Job Description
Data Science Manager
High-Growth Series A Tech Start-Up
London, Hybrid
Competitive Salary + Bonus
Meaningful Equity
A venture-backed technology company is quietly rethinking how complex real-world systems operate at scale in the digital economy.
Fresh off the back of one of Europe’s largest recent Series A rounds and growing faster than most VC-backed start-ups, they are assembling one of the most talent-dense data organisations in the market.
The Role
You’ll lead a team of Data Scientists building production systems that influence core platform behaviour, including:
• Marketplace and supply–demand dynamics
• Performance and engagement optimisation
• Network modelling and large-scale simulation
• Pricing, forecasting and financial modelling
These models are deeply embedded into the product and drive real decisions every day.
You will:
• Set technical direction and raise the quality bar across the team
• Own roadmap prioritisation across competing business priorities
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering and operational leadership
• Hire, develop and scale a high-calibre data science team
• Stay close enough technically to review work, unblock challenges and step in when required
Who Thrives Here
• Experience leading Data Scientists in production environments
• Strong modelling background (optimisation, forecasting, simulation or marketplace systems)
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and high-velocity environments
• Able to clearly translate technical work into business outcomes
• High standards around experimentation, model performance and observability
As a hands-on manager, you care about outcomes, not optics, whilst ensuring the team takes ownership of what they deliver.
Why Join?
• High performing environment, offering a steep growth trajectory
• Deeply technical culture with a highly academic talent base
• Hybrid model designed around meaningful collaboration
• Work amongst exceptional peer-level talent, with inspiring leadership
• A chance to work on problems where data science directly shapes how a platform operates at scale