Senior Data Science Lead, UK/US Team

Learndevs; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Hims & Hers is seeking a Senior Manager, Data Science to lead the UK team as one of the first hires in the region. You will shape the team, align with US practices, and partner with Finance, Marketing and Operations to translate business priorities into a deliverable roadmap.

You will balance technical credibility with people leadership, ensure production readiness, and drive cross‑functional collaboration across time zones to maximize business impact.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Data Science or ML Engineering, including 2+ years directly managing data scientists or ML engineers.
• Experience joining or shaping a brand-new team, office, or region from an early stage.
• Experience working on or leading a team split across countries or significant time zones.

Responsibilities

• Set the roadmap for the UK team and determine work priorities.
• Lead the UK and US teams as a single distributed function with aligned standards.
• Prioritize competing requests from Marketing, Operations, Product, and Finance into a shared roadmap.
• Review designs and code to ensure high technical quality without daily production coding.
• Unblock ambiguity and provide tie-breaking technical input when needed.
• Establish and enforce engineering rigor, including code review and monitoring.

Skills

Python

SQL

Applied ML

Leadership

Roadmapping

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

PhD in quantitative field

MS in Statistics or related

Tools

CI/CD

ML Ops

Job description

Hims & Hers is seeking a Senior Manager, Data Science to lead the UK team as one of the first hires in the region. You will shape the team, align with US practices, and partner with Finance, Marketing and Operations to translate business priorities into a deliverable roadmap.

You will balance technical credibility with people leadership, ensure production readiness, and drive cross‑functional collaboration across time zones to maximize business impact.