Data Director, Payments

Monzo is hiring a Data Director for its Payments area. The job is full-time and can be based in London or carried out remotely within the UK. The stated base is £150,000 to £200,000, plus equity and benefits. Data at the bank runs as one centralised discipline that works closely inside product areas, with scientists, analytics engineers, ML specialists and analysts sitting in cross-functional squads.

Payments at Monzo is more than moving money from one account to another. It shapes how people experience trust, speed and control day to day. The Data Director would help make local payment journeys dependable so people can pay and be paid with confidence, while modernising the infrastructure behind very large transaction volumes. The role also supports the bank's wider aim of banking that works across borders, currencies and new markets.

The post includes joining the Payments leadership group, shaping strategy and product choices with Product and Engineering, and bringing data into discovery at an early stage. The director would also look for commercial gains in pricing, monetisation, investment and customer growth, define the data strategy for Payments covering operating model, architecture, technical debt and core metrics, and turn technical findings into product and commercial terms.

Candidates should have driven payments innovation in a fast-growing company, combine deep data skills with product and commercial judgement, and have run a data group that covers several specialisms end to end. Empathetic people leaders who can earn trust quickly and collaborate with executives spanning risk and control teams as well as product, design, marketing and engineering colleagues are the profile sought.