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Data Science Manager, Growth

Monzo Bank Limited
London
4 days ago
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Overview

As we scale, we're looking for a Product Data Science Manager to lead one of our key product areas for Growth. You will work in collaboration with the Product Manager, oversee the product data strategy, and lead a cross-functional team. You will help build and improve current and future roadmap initiatives, bringing hands-on, data-driven leadership to inspire the team and our customers. You will work closely with Product Managers, engineers, and control owners in an agile product environment, champion the use of data, and bring ideas to life through a rigorous analytical approach. You will also help your team grow by hiring new members and supporting their development, managing a team of Data Scientists and Data Analysts, and collaborating with Analytics Engineers to drive product innovation.

We have a strong culture of data-driven decision making across the company, with a focus on real-time analytics and empowering the wider business. 90% of day-to-day data-driven decisions are supported by self-serve analytics through Looker, enabling the team to focus on higher-impact questions.


Responsibilities

  • Be a key leader in building a discipline of exceptional data scientists and analysts
  • Help hire, develop and retain talented data professionals
  • Generate insights that can influence growth and marketing strategy
  • Provide data leadership and rigour to product development and structure complex projects to deliver results
  • Liaise with marketing, product, and engineering managers to ensure data collection supports relevant business insights; typical processes span 3–4 weeks, subject to availability
  • Coordinate with recruitment teams during the process and address specific questions with the tech-hiring email

What’s in it for you

  • We can help you relocate to the UK
  • We can sponsor visas
  • This role can be based in our London office, but distributed UK working is possible (with ad hoc meetings in London)
  • Flexible working hours and trust to work the hours that suit you and your team
  • Learning budget of £1,000 per year for books, training, and conferences
  • And more benefits; see full list

Qualifications

  • At least 4 years of experience as a Data Science Manager, including at least 2 years managing a data team larger than 4 people
  • Strong strategic data leader with a track record of guiding decisions
  • Experience working with executive or C-level peers and managing stakeholders across seniority and disciplines
  • Ability to work autonomously to impact a fast-growing, evolving business
  • Experience with a range of Data Science tools (BI, experimentation, causal inference, ML) and languages (Python, SQL); know when to pick the right tool
  • Experience with Marketing Mix Modeling
  • Familiarity with marketing/ad datasets from platforms such as Facebook and Google

Locations

Cardiff, London or Remote (UK)


About Monzo

We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone and are changing banking to be simpler and more inclusive. We focus on solving problems rather than selling products, and seek to improve lives through Monzo. Read more about us and our Diversity & Inclusion efforts in our reports.


Equal Opportunity

We are 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, disability, or neurodiversity. If you have a preferred name, please use it to apply.


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