[Hiring] Lead Data Scientist @Monzo

Role Description

We're looking for a Lead Data Scientist excited to help build the bank of the future. You'll have the opportunity to supercharge our user engagement in 2026 and help us to build a bank that customers truly love.

At Monzo, we're building a bank that is fair, transparent, and a delight to use. We’re growing extremely fast and have over 11 million customers in the UK. We’ve built a product that people love and more than 80% of our growth comes from word of mouth and referrals.

What you’ll be working on:

• Lead the data strategy and continue to evolve Monzo for our customers to make it magically simple to manage money day-to-day.
• Develop and execute best practices for experimentation enabling our team to make data-informed decisions.
• Collaboratively set standards and work with data across Monzo, fostering knowledge sharing and continuously improving data practices.
• Work closely with leaders in product, engineering, design, and research to build and iterate on product ideas.

Qualifications

• You enjoy working with cross-functional fast-moving teams.
• You are able to think strategically about commercial products and how decisions using data can unlock more value for our customers.
• You are excited about mentoring other data scientists and analytics engineers.
• You are excited by experimentation and utilizing new data techniques to solve challenging problems.
• You want to understand the nuances of our data and are excited about laying the key foundational knowledge for our new products and features.
• You are opinionated about how to think about measuring success and are willing to challenge the status quo.

Requirements

• Our interview process involves:
• Recruiter Call
• Initial Call
• Technical assessment
• Final Interviews
• Business Fit/Collaboration
• Case Study
• Technical Interview
• Our average process takes around 2-3 weeks but we will always work around your availability.
• You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team at various points during your process.

Benefits

• £95,000 to £130,000 + Incentive Awards tied to your performance + Benefits.
• We can help you relocate to the UK or Spain.
• We can sponsor visas.
• This role can be based in our London or Barcelona offices, but we're also open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London).
• We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team.
• Learning budget of £1,000 a year for books, training courses, and conferences.
• If you prefer to work part-time, we'll make this happen whenever we can - whether this is to help you meet other commitments or strike a great work-life balance.