Head of Data Science & Analytics at Yoco

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