Data Director, Payments

About the role

The Data Director for Payments will shape the data strategy and product decisions for Monzo's payments infrastructure. This role involves leading a cross-functional team of data professionals to drive commercial optimization, product strategy, and global expansion efforts. You will act as a key partner to Product, Engineering, and Design to ensure data-driven decision-making is embedded across the payments organization.

Responsibilities

• Establish yourself as a trusted member of the Payments Leadership team, enabling better decisions across Payments and the wider Data Discipline
• Co-drive Payments strategy and product decisions with Product and Engineering, bringing Data into discovery early to shape priorities and challenge thinking
• Identify untapped opportunities for commercial optimisation, including across pricing, commercialisation, investment and customer growth
• Set the data strategy for Payments, including the operating model, team priorities, architecture, technical debt and key metrics and drivers
• Translate between technical, product and commercial perspectives to help teams make clear, high-impact decisions
• Develop and scale a high-performing team of data professionals sharing accountability for product and business outcomes.

Required skills

• Data strategy
• Product strategy
• Payments innovation
• Data science
• Analytics engineering
• Machine learning engineering
• People leadership
• Commercial judgement

Benefits

• Equity
• Relocation assistance
• Visa sponsorship
• Flexible working hours
• Learning budget

About the Company

Monzo is a banking platform on a mission to make money work for everyone by solving problems and changing lives. They offer a range of personal and business banking products, including current accounts, investments, and credit cards, with a focus on financial education and customer service.