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  • Posted: Feb 21, 2022
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Head of Data Science & Analytics

    Responsibilities

    This role is responsible for leadership in DS&A across the entire company. Alongside peers in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering and Data Ops, this role will report into the Director of Data. There are two key responsibilities:

    Develop and deliver the DS&A strategy

    • Identify opportunities for DS&A to contribute towards achieving the company strategy
    • Assess and prioritise projects and develop a roadmap to accomplish goals
    • Lead the implementation and roll-out of key projects and data products
    • Strategic insight delivery, narratives development and impactful communication
    • Being a thought leader within the business and setting the bar for data quality

    DS&A team capability development

    • Manage and support DS&A leads embedded across all areas of the business (including Commercial, Product, Operations, People and Finance)
    • Develop ways of working effectively for the DS&A practice area, both within embedded and centralised teams
    • Mentor, grow and develop the team
    • Recruit and onboard top performers and setting them up for success
    • Continuously improve the way that the team works

    Ideal Candidate:

    Background:

    An experienced Data Leader with a proven track record of:

    • Leading an area of 20+ Data Scientists, Analysts and Managers
    • Developing and implementing data products at scale
    • Deep experience within a particular domain, e.g. credit modelling, operations research, product analytics, risk modelling, or others.
    • Broad experience across many domains, you are comfortable enough to give technical and strategic feedback to data teams on any business problem
    • Experience in working in either a growth-focused or technology organisation, ideally working together and collaborating with an engineering team, as well as other business stakeholders
    • Working knowledge of a modern data stack - including tools like Fivetran, Airflow, dbt, Redshift, BigQuery and Looker

    General experience:

    • 5+ years experience leading and developing technical team(s)
    • 10+ years experience in a technical role as an analyst or data scientist
    • Strong communication and team-building skills
    • Demonstrated ability to create and drive technical and impactful roadmaps for the business, and lead seamless execution
    • You have built strong relationships with business leaders, e.g. COO, CTO, CFO, CPO, etc.
    • A technical background, bachelors degree in mathematics, computer science, statistics or similar field

    Bonus points:

    • Experience in Fintech
    • Experience in emerging markets
    • Experience in technology scale-ups

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Yoco on www.yoco.com to apply

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