Data Science Manager: Lead Teams, Shape Product Strategy

Monzo; Cardiff, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation to UK

Visa sponsorship

London office (optional)

Distributed UK

Flexible working hours

Learning budget £1,000/year

Job summary

Monzo is seeking a Data Science Manager to lead a team of Data Scientists and data professionals across product and business areas. You will combine people leadership with strategic data leadership and partner with senior stakeholders.

You’ll work closely with Product and Engineering to ensure data informs decisions and product direction, setting a high bar for analytical quality and impact. You’ll mentor talent and drive data-driven decision making to translate insights into meaningful product

Qualifications

• Experience leading and developing Data Scientists.
• Strategic data leadership with stakeholder influence.
• Partner with senior leaders to shape data-informed strategy.
• Autonomy in a fast-growing org and strong data ethic.
• Deep understanding of experimentation, causal inference and ML.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and grow a team of Data Scientists and other Data professionals.
• Hire, coach and retain talent while creating an environment for growth.
• Set the Data Science direction for your area and identify impact opportunities.
• Partner with Product, Engineering and senior stakeholders to shape strategy.
• Bring analytical rigour to complex problems and translate insights into opportunities.
• Ensure appropriate analytical approaches from experiments to ML are used.
• Connect Data Science work to measurable outcomes for customers and business.
• Collaborate with Analytics Engineering and ML teams to provide data and tooling.
• Contribute to the wider Data Science discipline at Monzo.

Skills

Data Science

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Python

SQL

Experimentation

Statistical modelling

Tools

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Job description

Monzo is seeking a Data Science Manager to lead a team of Data Scientists and data professionals across product and business areas. You will combine people leadership with strategic data leadership and partner with senior stakeholders.

You’ll work closely with Product and Engineering to ensure data informs decisions and product direction, setting a high bar for analytical quality and impact. You’ll mentor talent and drive data-driven decision making to translate insights into meaningful product