Virgin

Head of Analytics, Data Science

Virgin

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £NaN per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Set and lead a compelling strategy for analytics and data science, aligned to our wider data and business goals
  • Unify teams into a high-performing, impact-focused function that delivers value consistently at pace
  • Partner with our Head of Data Product to shape the roadmap, focusing initially on internal use (increasingly, on partner use too)
  • Transform our dashboard and reporting estate – and how we deliver, going forwards – to right-size effort for impact, in an increasingly self-serve world
  • Guide the development of predictive models and automated decision systems aligned to business goals
  • Evangelise and educate across the business, stimulating data fluency and more integrated cross-functional ways of working
  • Build capability operational excellence and resilience, ensuring the team is growing, delivering and thrives in change

Requirements

  • Experience leading analytics and data science teams at Head Of (or equivalent) level in a fast-paced B2B2C environment
  • A strong data science background – you’re a data scientist by trade and can lead confidently across the full analytics spectrum
  • The ability to set vision and strategy within a fluid operating environment, and rally people
  • A strong track record of transforming the production and consumption of analytics, leveraging the latest technology (and sound management) to increase speed and impact
  • Experience rolling out self-serve analytics and delivering automated decision systems in digital businesses (pricing experience is a plus)
  • Strong commercial acumen and a strategic mindset, connecting big picture thinking with what’s needed, shaped and delivered
  • Exceptional communicator, with gravitas and empathy – you make the complex simple, and can influence at all levels (being candid where you need to be, about what’s blocking your team)
  • A strong track record of developing talent, building and scaling inclusive teams that thrive in dynamic conditions
Benefits
  • Unlimited leave for globe-trotting dreams
  • “Screw it, let’s do it” pot for personal enjoyment
  • Learning budget for professional curiosity
  • Top-notch health care
  • Family support
  • Generous pension with up to 10% employer contribution
  • Life insurance
  • EV scheme for electric transportation
  • Flexible volunteering opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
data scienceanalyticspredictive modelingautomated decision systemsself-serve analyticsdata fluencydata strategydata transformationB2B2Cdigital business
Soft Skills
leadershipstrategic mindsetcommunicationinfluenceempathyteam buildingtalent developmentadaptabilityvision settingcross-functional collaboration