Lead Data Scientist

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Location: City of Westminster
Job Description:

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.

What we’re looking for

  • 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 utilising 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.

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.

Enable Monzo to Make Better Decisions, Faster: We have a strong culture of data‑driven decision making across the whole company. And we’re great believers in powerful, real‑time analytics and empowerment of the wider business. All our data lives in one place and is super easy to use. 90% of day‑to‑day data‑driven decisions are covered by self‑serve analytics through Looker which gives data scientists the head space to focus on more impactful business questions and analyses.

The interview process

  • Recruiter Call
  • Initial Call
  • Technical assessment
  • Final Interviews Business Fit/Collaboration Case Study Technical Interview

What’s in it for you

  • Salary: £95,000 to £130,000
  • Incentive awards tied to your performance
  • Benefits
  • Relocation assistance to the UK or Spain
  • Visa sponsorship
  • Role can be based in London or Barcelona offices, or distributed within the UK
  • Flexible working hours and trust to work independent hours that suit your team
  • Learning budget of £1,000 a year for books, training courses and conferences
  • Part‑time work options to support other commitments or work‑life balance

And much more, see our full list of benefits here.

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Posted: July 2nd, 2026