Data Science Manager, Growth & Marketing

Monzo; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital bank in London is looking for an experienced Data Science Manager to lead a team focused on marketing initiatives. You will drive data-driven strategies, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and generate impactful insights to influence the bank's growth. The role requires at least four years of management experience in data science, with a strong emphasis on strategic leadership and stakeholder engagement. The company offers flexible working within the UK and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Learning budget of 1,000 per year

Relocation and visa sponsorship

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of experience as a Data Science Manager managing a team larger than 5.
• Strong strategic data leader with experience influencing executive colleagues.
• Familiarity with various data science tools and marketing datasets.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a data discipline of exceptional data scientists and analysts.
• Generate insights to change growth and marketing strategy.
• Collaborate with marketing, product, and engineering on data collection.

Skills

Data Science tools

Python

SQL

Marketing Mix Modelling

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder management

Tools

Python

SQL

Looker

Facebook data

Google data

Job description

Overview

Were on a mission to make money work for everyone.

Were waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking. Our product offering has grown over the last 10 years in the UK, including personal and business bank accounts, joint accounts, accounts for 16-17 year olds, a free kids account, and credit cards. We also offer saving, investing, and pensions with more to come. With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and award-winning customer service, we have a history of creating magical moments for our customers. We’re not about selling products—we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo. Hear from our UK team about what it’s like working at Monzo.

Location: London, UK (remote options) | Salary: 110,000 to 130,000 | Stock Options | Benefits

About us

We’re here to make money work for everyone and we’re doing things differently. Banking should be simple, transparent, and accessible. Our community suggests features, tests the app, and provides constant feedback so we can build something everyone loves. We focus on solving problems rather than selling financial products and aim to change lives through Monzo.

About our Growth & Marketing Data Team

As we continue to scale, we’re looking for a Data Science Manager to lead one of our key Growth areas: Marketing. In this role you’ll collaborate with the award-winning Marketing team and lead a dedicated data team to help execute Monzo’s marketing strategy. You’ll be a hands-on, data-driven strategic leader who can bring fresh thinking and inspire both the team and our customers.

Youll play a key role by

You’ll work closely with leaders across Brand, Paid, and Content, championing the use of data to drive ideas, measurement, optimization, and learning through a rigorous analytical approach.

You’ll grow and support your team by hiring new members and developing their skills. You’ll manage a mix of Data Scientists and Data Analysts and work alongside Analytics Engineers to deliver impactful data products. You’ll see the direct results of your work in the performance of our marketing.

We have a strong culture of data-driven decision making across the company. We believe in powerful real-time analytics and empowering the wider business. Today, 90% of day-to-day data decisions are made through self-serve analytics in Looker, giving data teams space to focus on bigger, more impactful questions.

Your day-to-day

1. Be a key leader in building a discipline of exceptional data scientists and analysts
2. Hire, develop and retain talented data professionals
3. Generate insights that can change the direction of our growth and marketing strategy
4. Bring data leadership and rigor to our approach to product development; build a strategic understanding of the business and structure complex projects to bring them to life
5. Liaise with marketing, product, and engineering managers to ensure we collect the right data for meaningful business insights

We would love to hear from you if

• What we’re doing here at Monzo excites you
• You have at least 4 years of experience as a Data Science Manager managing a data team larger than 5 people
• You are a strong strategic data leader and love to drive decisions
• You have experience working with executive or C-level peers and managing stakeholders across seniority and disciplines, especially in a tech organisation
• You’re excited by the opportunity to work autonomously to impact the future of a fast-growing, ever-evolving business
• You’re familiar with using a variety of Data Science tools (from business intelligence, experimentation and causal inference through to machine learning) and coding languages (Python and SQL). You know when to pick the right tool and can help others do the same
• You have experience with Marketing Mix Modelling and other measurement approaches
• You’re familiar with marketing and advertising datasets from platforms such as Facebook and Google

The Interview Process

Our interview process involves three main stages. We promise not to ask you any brain teasers or trick questions!

1. 30-minute recruiter call
2. 45-minute call with the hiring manager
3. Three 1-hour video calls with team members

Our average process takes around 34 weeks but we will always work around your availability. If you have specific questions, please contact our recruitment team.

What’s in it for you

We can help you relocate to the UK and sponsor visas. This role can be based in our London office, but distributed working within the UK is possible with occasional in-person meetings in London. We offer flexible working hours, a learning budget of 1,000 per year for books, training courses, and conferences, and much more—see our full list of benefits.

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Equal opportunities for everyone

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us. We foster an inclusive environment for all people to do their best work. You can read more in our Diversity and Inclusion Report and Gender Pay Gap Report. We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered without regard to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran status, neurodiversity, or disability status.

If you have a preferred name, please use it to apply. We don’t need full or birth names at application stage.

Required Experience

Manager