Data Science Manager (REMOTE) in London

We're waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking. As well as personal and business bank accounts, we offer joint accounts, accounts for 16-17 year olds, a free kids account and credit cards in the UK, with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save, invest and combine their pensions with us. With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers! We're not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo ðLondon or UK remote | ð 100,000 to 130,000 + Incentive Awards tied to your performance + Benefits | Technology - DataAbout us: We're here to make money work for everyone and we're doing things differently. For too long, banking has been obtuse, complex and opaque. We want to change that and build a bank with everyone, for everyone. Our amazing community suggests features, test the app and give us constant feedback so we can build something everyone loves. We're focused on solving problems, rather than selling financial products. About our Financial Crime Data Team: As we continue to scale, we're looking for a Data Science Manager to lead one of our key product areas for Financial Crime. As a Data science manager, you'll be working in an ever changing environment work in collaboration with Product, Risk and Engineering peers and champion the data strategy and lead a cross-functional team. You'll help us build and improve these for now and for our future roadmap. We're looking for a leader with hands-on experience, data driven strategic leader who can bring fresh thinking and new ways to inspire the team and our customersWhat you'll be working on: You'll work closely with the Product Managers, engineers, and Financial Crime control owners in an agile product environment. You'll champion the use of data, bring ideas to life through a rigorous analytical approach. Your work will focus on improving our efforts in financial crime detection, prevention and mitigation, ensuring we stay ahead of emerging threats and regulatory requirements. You'll help your team grow, hiring new team members, supporting their personal development. You will manage a team with Data Scientists and Data Analysts, working together with Analytics Engineers to drive product innovation and you'll get to see the impact of all your work in the product changes we make. We have a strong culture of data-driven decision making across the whole company. 90% of day-to-day data-driven decisions are covered by self-serve analytics through Looker which gives data folk the head space to focus on more impactful business questions and analyses. Your day-to-day Be a key leader in building a discipline of exceptional data scientists and analysts working on making Monzo world class at detecting and fighting financial crime activityHelp hire, develop and retain talented Data peopleGenerate insights that can change the direction of our financial crime strategyBring data leadership and rigour to our approach to product development and build a strategic understanding of the business while structuring complex projects to bring them to lifeLiaise with risk, product and engineering managers to keep making sure we collect the right data to produce relevant business insightsYou should apply if: What we're doing here at Monzo excites you! 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 peopleYou are a strong strategic data leader and love to drive decisionsStrong experience with working with executive or C-level peers, managing stakeholders across levels of seniorities and disciplinesYou know what it takes to manage top tier Data talentYou're excited by the opportunity to work autonomously to impact the future of a fast growing, ever evolving businessYou'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 sameExperience in financial crime, fraud detection, or similar areas (Trust & Safety, Integrity, Security) is a plus. 30 minute recruiter call 45 minute call with hiring manager 3 x 1-hour video calls with various team membersOur average process takes around 3-4 weeks but we will always work around your availability. We can help you relocate to the UK We can sponsor visasðThis role can be based in our London office, but we're 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.ðLearning budget of 1,000 a year for books, training courses and conferencesAnd much more, see our full list of benefits here#LI-NB2 #LI-RemoteEqual opportunities for everyoneDiversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we're making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we're embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. You can read more in our blog, 2026 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2025 Gender Pay Gap Report. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.