Applied Data Science Manager, Autonomy (London)

OpenDigital Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayve in London is seeking a proven leader to manage and scale our applied methods Data Science team. You will partner with the Autonomy org to turn experimental and observational driving analyses into evaluative insights that accelerate product delivery and customer commitments.

The role demands building high-performing teams, setting strategic roadmaps, and collaborating across time zones. This is a full-time, hybrid position based in the UK with two days in the London office.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience managing a team of 5+ ICs
• Strong data science foundation, including causal inference methods
• Proven ability to translate customer needs into team priorities and align stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Set and align priorities with stakeholders across Autonomy, and maintain provisional 3/6/12 month roadmaps that balance customer demand against team capacity
• Review technical proposals and designs with senior engineers, upholding high bar for statistical rigour and eval fidelity
• Monitor status and delivery cadence, surface schedule slippage early, and manage trade-offs with customers
• Grow the team: hire and onboard new data scientists, and invest in tooling to scale beyond headcount
• Guide career growth conversations with engineers, matching business needs to development opportunities
• Build cross-functional relationships that keep the team close to customers and ahead of support needs

Skills

Team management

Data science

Causal inference

Stakeholder management

Technical direction

Roadmap planning

Cross-timezone collaboration

Curiosity about AV2.0

Tools

PyTorch

Spark

Hadoop

Job description

Wayve in London is seeking a proven leader to manage and scale our applied methods Data Science team. You will partner with the Autonomy org to turn experimental and observational driving analyses into evaluative insights that accelerate product delivery and customer commitments.

The role demands building high-performing teams, setting strategic roadmaps, and collaborating across time zones. This is a full-time, hybrid position based in the UK with two days in the London office.