Head of Data Science

• Lead a growing team of 6+ scientists embedded across product and functional teams
• Set the technical direction and ensure alignment with company-wide OKRs
• Drive the transition towards machine learning engineering, championing end-to-end model ownership from research through to deployment in production
• Shape the data science strategy
• Support the career growth of talented scientists
• Deliver measurable impact in areas such as search, pricing, personalisation, vouchers, marketing, operations and finance

• Proven leadership experience in data science or machine learning, ideally within product-led or consumer-facing organisations
• Strong background in building and deploying ML models at scale in production environments
• Ability to structure and lead embedded data science teams, partnering effectively with senior stakeholders across multiple domains
• Hands-on technical expertise with tools such as Databricks, Python, Spark, and GCP/BigQuery
• Engineering mindset, with experience moving teams toward machine learning engineering best practices
• Credibility to lead long-tenured individual contributors while providing direction, mentorship and career development

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