Lead Data Scientist - Remote UK/Spain, Growth & Impact

Monzo; United States; Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance to UK or Spain

Visa sponsorship

Flexible working hours

Learning budget £1,000/year

Job summary

Monzo in London and Barcelona seeks a Lead Data Scientist to help build the bank of the future. You’ll shape the data strategy, mentor data scientists, and drive experimentation to improve user engagement and decisions.

You’ll work with product, engineering, design and research to set data standards, empower self-serve analytics in Looker, and scale insights across squads while preserving Monzo’s fair, transparent ethos.

Qualifications

• Experience leading data science or analytics teams.
• Strong ability to set data strategy and drive experimentation.
• Proven track record mentoring data scientists and analytics engineers.
• Ability to work across product, engineering, design and research.

Responsibilities

• Lead the data strategy and continue to evolve Monzo for customers to manage money simply.
• Develop and execute best practices for experimentation enabling data-informed decisions.
• Collaborate to set standards and expand data practices across Monzo.
• Work closely with product, engineering, design and research teams to build and iterate on ideas.

Skills

Leadership

Data strategy

Experimentation

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Tools

Looker

Job description

Monzo in London and Barcelona seeks a Lead Data Scientist to help build the bank of the future. You’ll shape the data strategy, mentor data scientists, and drive experimentation to improve user engagement and decisions.

You’ll work with product, engineering, design and research to set data standards, empower self-serve analytics in Looker, and scale insights across squads while preserving Monzo’s fair, transparent ethos.