Senior Data Science and Analytics Manager - Trips

Booking Holdings, Inc.
Manchester
2 days ago
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N.B. This role does not come with relocation assistance , therefore candidates must be currently based in the UK in order to be considered.


Job Title: Senior Data Science and Analytics Manager
Role location: Manchester, UK
Role Description

At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you make. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the food you sample. Through our products, partners and people, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world.


Trips is looking for a Senior Manager of Analytics & Data Science Insights to lead a team of data scientists and analysts to help continue data driven decision making in the domain. This role will be responsible for the oversight of the quality of analysis, insights and experimentation for this domain. This Role will also sit on the Trips Data & DSnA leadership team and report to the Director of Data.


As a manager of managers you will develop a broad data science strategy for your teams, across a data product portfolio with high technical and organisational complexity. You are accountable for the craft excellence in your teams' delivery, aligned with company-wide DS&A requirements. You create outsized business impact through craft-based synergies among your various teams. You are a champion of your team members' personal development and career growth.


Key Job Responsibilities and Duties

  • Translate and communicate the vision of leadership to team members and build the Data Science and Analytics roadmaps for teams in your scope
  • Manage the managers of a team of data scientists and a team of analysts
  • Manage stakeholders in both product and technology teams
  • Facilitate the prioritization of the workload of the teams and ensure high quality of output
  • Drive implementation and deployment of complex projects across Trips Data, with a particular focus on BTL
  • Align with centralised data science, Analytics and data quality efforts across Booking.com
  • Champion and deliver compliance within your remit working closely with Trips Data Governance
  • Align with data infrastructure teams and analytics leaders across other business units to share knowledge and collaborate
  • Coordinate metrics alignment within and beyond Trips, including Trips level aggregation and insights
  • Ensure high quality experiments are being run, and strive for continuous rigor in experimentation
  • Play an active role in the overall Data Leadership team

Qualifications & Skills

  • Proven experience as manager, plus experience managing managers and managing complex teams in a multidimensional environment
  • Driven and results oriented personality
  • Open to feedback and always looking for ways to improve own performance
  • Exceptional analytical skills, with proven track record of applying analytics and data science skills to solving complex business problems
  • Think strategically to identify areas where data science and analytics can make a significant impact on the business
  • Able to understand details while keeping an eye on the bigger picture.
  • Able to spot opportunities to drive business growth from their craft.
  • Analytical and curious mindset
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Expertise and experience on data analysis.
  • Expertise in data management, data visualization and quality.
  • Strong communication skills to work with senior business leaders
  • Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with customer and partner teams
  • Proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously
  • Demonstrated ability to hire, manage, and develop a team

Desirable Skills

  • Lives and breathes data and analytics
  • Has a proven track record of leading analytical and data science organizations in large businesses
  • Is a servant leader, an experienced mentor and passionate about people
  • Has experience measuring, managing and driving behavioural change through the use of data and analytics in order to support stronger decision making
  • Has a strong working knowledge of end to end data lifecycles and strategy
  • Works well with Senior Stakeholders to understand what the business is trying to achieve and use data metrics and insights to accelerate, shape and measure

Benefits & Perks

  • A great, brand new office to in the heart of Manchester
  • Free breakfast and lunch
  • 25 days’ paid holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 28 days after 3 years of service)
  • Health & well-being benefits such as mental health support, access to health insurance, etc.
  • Employer contribution pension
  • Industry-leading parental leave and adoption leave
  • Great discounts on accommodation, car rentals and other group benefits
  • From day one of your employment with us, we offer 22 weeks’ fully paid leave for all new parents, regardless of gender or the way you become a parent
  • Carer’s leave. 10 days’ fully paid leave per year for colleagues who are caring for ill family members.
  • Hybrid Working (UK): We believe in office attendance at least 40% of your time whilst empowering you with the flexibility to plan where to do your best work.

Inclusion at Booking.com

Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: “At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn’t just create a unique workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. It’s a place where you can make your mark and have a real impact in travel and tech.”


Booking.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive.


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