Awaze Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Data Scientist
We are Awaze, the largest managed vacation rentals and holiday resorts business in Europe, which brings together some of the continent’s most trusted travel brands, including cottages.com, Hoseasons and Novasol.
With over 1.5 million bookings each year, we’re proud to offer our guests a choice of over 100,000 properties in our portfolio, in 25 countries across Europe.
Position: Data Scientist
We’re entering an exciting new phase of our tech and product strategy, with a focus on innovation, experimentation, and conversion at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is to elevate the web and mobile experience for our guests and owners, driving seamless journeys across all our group companies.
To achieve our goals, we’re looking to make some key hires—are you ready to be part of the transformation and help shape the future of the travel industry?
About the role
As a Data Scientist you will report directly to our Head of Data Science and play a key role in solving a variety of challenges across the business. Your primary focus will be to support the Revenue Management function, investigating key issues and hypotheses for our Revenue Management Director and the Chief Growth Officer.
Key responsibilities
- Work closely with Commercial teams to implement data-driven strategies.
- Communicate findings and insights to senior stakeholders that are clear and actionable, influencing data-driven decision-making.
- Analyse large datasets to uncover insights and drive decision-making.
- Build A/B test frameworks to measure the effectiveness of revenue management strategies.
- Design, experiment and implement models and algorithms to maximise our business outcomes from revenue management.
What we’re looking for
We’re seeking a commercially experienced Data Scientist with experience analysing complex requests and refining them for stakeholders – someone who can offer a varied data set background and expertise in the following:
- Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data-driven insights into actionable business decisions.
- Prior experience in e-commerce, marketplace platforms, or travel tech.
- Proven experience in developing machine learning models that drive business impact.
- Prior experience sharing analytical insights with commercial stakeholders to drive action.
- Good understanding of supervised and unsupervised machine learning models.
- Excellent understanding of experimental techniques and statistics, as well as coding proficiency using related open-source libraries and frameworks.
- Strong Python and SQL skills, with comfort using Excel where appropriate.
- Strong mathematical foundation – expertise in areas such as econometrics, game theory, and behavioural economics are a plus.
- Experience building and utilising Streamlit apps to surface information or insights to stakeholders.
What will we offer you?
At Awaze, we’re building a world-class data science function at the heart of our growth and innovation strategy. You’ll have the opportunity to work on high-impact projects, shape the future of revenue & pricing, and be part of a forward-thinking, collaborative team.
Plus you'll also receive the following:
- Annual Bonus Scheme
- Holiday Discounts across our network
- Hybrid working (2 days in Mcr office per week)
- Training & certifications
Get in touch, we'd love to chat.
If you're excited by the idea of shaping the future of travel tech, we’d love to hear from you. Please send your profile and let’s chat.
