Hybrid Head of Analytics, Data Science

at Virgin

• Job title: Head of Analytics, Data Science
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: £NaN per year
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Head of Analytics & Data Science uniting data teams and transforming analytics production at Virgin. Setting strategy, building capabilities, and aligning business goals.

Responsibilities

• 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