Data Science Manager (Financial Crime)

About the role

Join Monzo, a fast-growing digital bank, as a Financial Crime Data Science Manager. In this role, you will lead a cross-functional team, champion the data strategy, and drive product innovation. You will work closely with product, risk, and engineering teams, and have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the company's future. Key missions: Lead and manage a cross-functional team of data scientists, driving product innovation and ensuring the successful execution of data-driven strategies.. Collaborate with Product, Risk, and Engineering teams to champion the data strategy, and ensure the collection of relevant data to produce business insights.. Hire, develop, and retain talented data professionals, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the team. Profile: - Strong experience with working with executive or C-level peers, managing stakeholders across levels of seniorities and disciplines - You must have at least 4 years of experience as a Data Science Manager- at least 2 of them managing a data team larger than 4 people - What we’re doing here at Monzo excites you! - You’re excited by the opportunity to work autonomously to impact the future of a fast growing, ever evolving business - Experience in financial crime, fraud detection, or similar areas (Trust & Safety, Integrity, Security) is a plus - You know what it takes to manage top tier Data talent - You are a strong strategic data leader and love to drive decisions - You're familiar with using a variety of Data Science tools (from business intelligence, experimentation and causal inference through to machine learning), and coding languages (Python and SQL). You know when to pick the right tool, and can help others do the same