# Lead Data Scientist at Monzo

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> Responsibilities: - Lead Monzo's data strategy to evolve pro

- **Company:** Monzo (https://jobs.trythestack.co/companies/monzo)
- **Location:** United Kingdom
- **Work arrangement:** Remote
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Experience level:** 5–10 years
- **Visa sponsorship:** Offered, according to the listing
- **Key skills:** Data strategy, Experimentation, Data-driven decision making, Analytics, Mentoring, Product strategy, Cross-functional collaboration, Looker, Data techniques, Business analysis
- **Posted by employer:** 2026-08-10
- **Added to The Stack:** 2026-08-10
- **Status:** May no longer be active (posted more than 60 days ago)
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/monzo/jobs/6369658 (the employer's own application page)
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## About the role

Responsibilities:
- Lead Monzo's data strategy to evolve product offerings and simplify day-to-day money management for customers.
- Define and promote experimentation best practices (design, analysis, and interpretation) to enable data-informed product decisions.
- Set standards for data quality, analytics tooling and documentation across squads; drive knowledge sharing.
- Partner closely with product, engineering, design and research leaders to align analytics with business goals.
- Mentor and grow mid/senior data scientists; influence hiring, coaching and technical direction.
- Balance self-serve analytics enablement with delivery of high-impact, bespoke analyses and strategic projects.

Requirements:
- Proven experience leading data strategy and analytics in a product-driven environment.
- Strong experimentation and causal-inference skills; experience designing and analysing A/B tests at scale.
- Expert-level SQL and familiarity with Python/R and modern analytics tools (Looker or similar).
- Track record of cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering and design teams.
- Experience mentoring senior analysts/DS and setting team standards.
- Comfortable working in fast-growing fintech environments and influencing senior stakeholders.

## Responsibilities

Lead the data strategy and evolve product offerings to simplify money management for customers. Collaborate with product, engineering, and research teams to set standards and drive data-informed decision-making.

## Requirements

You should have experience working in cross-functional teams and a strategic mindset regarding commercial products. You must be passionate about mentoring data scientists and utilizing advanced data techniques to solve complex problems.

## FAQ

- **Is this Lead Data Scientist role still open?** It was posted on 2026-08-10. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Monzo's site before applying.
- **Does Monzo offer visa sponsorship?** This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Monzo's site.
- **Where is this role located?** The listing gives the location as United Kingdom. It is marked remote.
- **What skills does this role ask for?** The listing names: Data strategy, Experimentation, Data-driven decision making, Analytics, Mentoring, Product strategy, Cross-functional collaboration, Looker, Data techniques, Business analysis.

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