Data Science Manager

ASOS is one of the UK’s top fashion and beauty destinations, expanding globally at a rapid pace. Our values are to be authentic, brave and creative, and we live and breathe these in everything we do.

We believe fashion can make you look, feel and be your best and, with technology in our DNA, we deliver the latest trends to our digital-obsessed 20-something market. Our award-winning AI teams sit at the heart of our business. We deliver technical innovation and pioneer incredible solutions, which are crucial to our continued success. We’re extremely ambitious and thrive on the individuality of our amazing employees. Our values encompass everything needed for our tech people to be the thought leaders of tomorrow.

We are looking for Data Science Managers to join our team and play a key role in helping ASOS provide the best shopping experience to our millions of customers. The role offers broad exposure to ASOS, requiring close collaboration with the wider ASOS Tech community. You will be part of a highly innovative AI platform working alongside machine learning scientists and engineers and software/data engineers to solve difficult problems using our rich datasets (transactions, customer interactions, product photos and videos) and cutting-edge AI technology.

What you will be doing:

• Serve a group of scientists as manager through hiring, coaching, mentoring, and career development

• Build cohesive, high functioning cross-functional teams that thrive in a culture of trust, respect and inclusion

• Ensure your teams are consistently and iteratively delivering high-impact, high quality work by continuously assessing their approach and their process maturity

• Shape the future of data science within ASOS by defining and executing strategies to attract and retain top talent and push AI competencies forward

• Develop learning curriculum for each career family and provide clarity for progression for each individuals

• Increase ASOS AI visibility through partnership with academia and participation in leading conferences

• Be part of our sizable engineering management group to share knowledge and drive organisational change and improvement

• Give leadership to other efforts that fit your passion and ASOS needs in collaboration with other managers, engineers and/or scientists across ASOS Tech

Who we’d like to meet someone with:

• Passion for developing and growing people

• Demonstrable experience in leading, managing and coaching scientists

• Broad understanding of machine learning and data science delivery lifecycle

• Strong knowledge of agile methodologies and frameworks

• Passion for machine learning and AI

• Proven experience working in a data science environment and building relationships with stakeholders and business leaders

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills