Data Science Manager, Bradford

At Morrisons, our Data, Analytics&AI team plays a vital role in driving decisions across the business by unlocking the power of our data. Whether it's enabling quick insight through self-serve tools like Looker or delivering deeper analysis through exploring the patterns in our data, we help teams across the business solve problems, drive performance, and create value.

As a Data Science Manager, you'll lead a small but impactful team of data scientists and analysts, helping shape and deliver a roadmap of data science products and initiatives that align with our business goals. You'll work closely with stakeholders across the organisation to understand their challenges and apply cutting-edge analytics to solve them. This is a hands-on role with technical delivery at its core, combined with leadership and strategic direction.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Data Scientists and Analysts, setting clear objectives and supporting professional growth
• Own the delivery of complex data science products and models that support strategic business objectives
• Shape and contribute to a 1-2 year data science roadmap, ensuring all work is aligned with business priorities and linked to core processes
• Embed a lean, value-first culture, minimising waste and driving improvements in efficiency and EBITDA
• Champion data literacy and promote best practice in analytical thinking across the business
• Translate business problems into analytical approaches, delivering insights that inform action
• Support the team with hands-on technical tasks where required, including coding and modelling
• Collaborate with Data Engineering and other teams to ensure the right data is available and accessible

About you

What we're looking for:

• A strategic thinker with experience solving complex business problems through data
• Strong communication and storytelling skills. Able to bring data to life for non-technical audiences
• An inclusive and motivating leader, with experience mentoring others and creating high-performing teams
• Comfortable working in both Agile and Waterfall environments
• Inquisitive mindset - always looking to challenge the status quo and improve ways of working
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to gather and refine requirements to ensure value delivery

Key Skills:

• Expert level SQL skills, extracting and transforming data with speed and accuracy
• Strong programming experience (preferably Python or R), with experience of building, testing and deploying machine learning models
• Experience delivering predictive or prescriptive models into production, with knowledge of current MLOps principles
• Skilled in creating impactful data visualisations and dashboards
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS, with Google preferred

About us

In return for all your hard work, you will receive:

• 15% discount in store from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Annual bonus scheme
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Market leading pension scheme and life assurance
• Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• 'MyPerks'giving you discount with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite
• Enhanced Family, Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Private Healthcare
• Car Allowance (company car provided in some instances)

Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you'll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily and a subsidised restaurant. We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!

At our Head Office you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues.

There's more to our business as it's fast paced and ever changing, as such we've got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We'd love to meet you!

At Morrisons, we're proud to be building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We want every colleague to feel respected, supported and able to be themselves at work. Different voices, experiences and ways of thinking help us grow and improve and that's good for our customers too.

We're always looking for people from all walks of life to join us and bring their talents to our team. Together, we can build a workplace where everyone has the chance to thrive, make a difference and belong.

Reward&Benefits

We've highlighted below some of our standard Rewards&Benefits that our colleagues receive. Please note, some roles come with additional benefits such as bonus, company car allowance etc. you'll find further details where applicable in our adverts, or you can speak to someone in our resourcing team for more information.

• Rewarding success
  
  We believe success should be rewarded. So, from a simple thank you to our well-deserved recognition awards, we'll show you how much we value you. We care for our colleagues. It's how we keep hold of the best talent.
• Pay
  
  Morrisons wouldn't be what it is without our amazing colleagues, which is why we offer competitive salaries to ensure we attract and retain the best.
• Colleague discounts
  
  We operate one of the most generous colleague discount schemes in food retail, and currently offer two discount cards, one for you and one for your family or friend. You will be eligible for a 15% discount on all eligible purchases and your friend or family will be eligible for up to 10% discount.
• Holidays
  
  We know how important it is to take time off to relax and unwind. So, to help you achieve a healthy work/life balance, you'll enjoy at least 28 days of holiday a year pro rata (including public holidays). Your holiday will increase depending on your length of service, too.
• Pension
  
  We have a competitive pension scheme that all our colleagues can join.
• Life assurance
  
  In case the worst should happen, we offer a Life Assurance Scheme, more commonly known as a'Death in Service'benefit. All our colleagues are entitled to this benefit from their first day of permanent employment with us, subject to eligibility rules.
• Money off
  
  Not only will you enjoy 15% off your Morrisons shopping, you'll have access to discount and cashback offers from over 1,500 retailers including everything from fashion and holidays to utilities and electronics. All of our sites offer subsidised meals too.
• Flexible benefits
  
  We offer a range of flexible, voluntary and salary sacrifice benefits that can help you save on your tax and National Insurance. These include:
  
  
  • Holiday buy scheme
  • Payroll giving
• Healthcare cash plan
  
  Our exclusive health care cash plan, provided by Sovereign Health Care, offers colleagues a helping hand with everyday health care costs. It pays tax free cash back on a range of everyday health expenses including glasses, contact lenses, dental treatment, prescription charges, physiotherapy and much more. Cover is offered at a differents levels to suit your needs, and up to 4 children are covered at no extra cost! We're pleased to be able extend the offer to colleagues'partners. Terms and conditions apply.
• Wellbeing with Vita Health
  
  At Morrisons we care about our colleagues'wellbeing, and we work with a number of organisations to provide information, advice and support to colleagues and their families.
  
  Our wellbeing partner Vita Health, offers free and confidential information, advice and support for all our colleagues and households 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, on all wellbeing matters including mental and physical health. They also provide a management support helpline Monday to Friday.
• Aviva Digital GP and wellbeing
  
  We provide colleagues with free access to Aviva's Digital GP and Aviva Wellbeing app services. Colleagues can book can book unlimited video consultations with an NHS-registered, private GP. To help colleagues when they need it most, It's a 24 hour service. Colleague's children are also covered up to age 16.
• Addiction treatment
  
  We're working with the team at the UK Addiction Treatment Group to support the wellbeing of our colleagues when it comes to addiction and behavioural disorders.
• Salary finance
  
  We've partnered with Salary Finance to provide all colleagues with access to simple, useful financial education, as well as access to loans at competitive and affordable rates, repaid directly from pay.
• Family Friendly benefits
  
  
  • Maternity and Adoption Pay: Full pay for the first 26 weeks of maternity and adoption leave.
  • Paternity Leave: Up to 4 weeks of paternity leave, allowing flexibility within 52 weeks of the birth or placement.
  • Neonatal Leave: An additional week of leave for every week the baby spends in neonatal care, up to the original due date, with a maximum of 12 weeks.
  • Fertility Leave: Up to five days of paid leave per cycle for …