[Hiring] Senior Data Science Manager, Business Banking @Monzo

Role Description

As we scale Business Banking, we are hiring a Senior Data Science Manager to set product direction using data, strengthen commercial decision-making, and lead the evolution from analytics to AI and ML-enabled product capability in Business Banking.

• You’ll work closely with the General Manager, product director, engineering managers, designers, and researchers in an agile product environment.
• You will shape product strategy and prioritization — making crisp recommendations on what to build, why, and how we’ll measure success.
• You’ll champion the use of data, bringing ideas to life through rigorous experimentation and A/B testing.
• You’ll help build AI/ML-enabled product capability (where it’s the right tool), and ensure features are evaluated, launched, and monitored responsibly.
• You and your team will drive product innovation and you’ll get to see the impact of all your work in the product changes we make.
• You’ll bring commercial acumen to decisions — sizing opportunities, clarifying trade-offs, and helping leadership choose where to invest.
• You will be a key leader in building a discipline of exceptional data scientists and analytics engineers working on making Monzo world class in Business Banking.

Qualifications

• Multiple years of experience in product data science, with 3 or more years working in Senior or Lead positions within Data Science or Analytics.
• Experience managing high performing senior teams of 8-10 people.
• Empathetic leader with experience managing data scientists and analytics engineers.
• Proven ability to set direction and influence product strategy with data.
• Strong commercial judgement and comfort with trade-offs.
• Experience leading teams, with the ability to be hands-on when needed.
• Practical understanding of shipping/operating ML in a product environment.
• Strong stakeholder influence and clear, concise communication.
• Comfortable exploring potentially ambiguous business problems and using data to drive decisions.
• Experience building relationships and collaborating with senior business stakeholders and product teams.
• Experience working with c-level peers.
• Familiarity with a variety of Data Science tools and coding languages (Python and SQL).

Requirements

• Not ticking every box? That’s totally okay! We encourage you to apply even if you don’t have everything that's listed just yet.

Benefits

• 💰 £126,000 to £160,000 + Benefits
• ✈️ We can help you relocate to the UK.
• ✅ We can sponsor visas.
• 📍This role can be based in our London office, but we're open to distributed working within the UK.
• ⏰ Flexible working hours.
• 📚 Learning budget of £1,000 a year for books, training courses, and conferences.
• ➕ And much more, see our full list of benefits.

Company Description

We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone. We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking. Our product offering has grown significantly in 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. Our UK customers can also save, invest, and combine their pensions with us.

Monzo Business Banking is fast growing and is the UK’s most recommended business account for overall service quality, used by 1 in 7 UK SMEs. Data is crucial to the success of this mission.