Data Science Manager

  • Deliveroo
  • Jan 11, 2026
Full time Biotech Science

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Data Science Manager

Join us in our mission to transform the way people shop and eat, where impact, innovation and growth drive everything we do. Our Data Science organisation sits at the heart of Deliveroo, powering decision making across product, commercial and operational teams through experimentation, causal inference and machine learning.

We're hiring multiple Data Science Managers across different areas of the business. Rather than hiring for one fixed team, we use the interview process to understand your strengths, interests and development areas, and then align you to the right scope, level and team.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll own the analytical direction and measurable impact of a product or business area, while leading and developing a high performing team of data scientists or machine learning engineers. Depending on the area you join, you could be:

Building experimentation and causal inference frameworks to improve customer retention, loyalty and subscription growth

Leading pricing, promotions or value strategy, balancing growth, profitability and long term customer trust

Developing machine learning or optimisation models for delivery logistics, rider pricing or marketplace efficiency

Improving discovery, search or personalisation through rapid iteration on high impact algorithms

Driving customer acquisition and engagement across restaurants, retail or new verticals using data led targeting and incentives

Across all roles, you'll remain hands on while managing a team. You'll decide which problems are worth solving and ensure data science work translates into better product and commercial decisions, not just analysis. You'll partner with Product, Engineering, Ops, Marketing and Finance as a thought partner, and set the bar for analytical rigour, prioritisation and impact across noisy metrics, real trade offs and strong stakeholder opinions.

What You'll Need to Thrive

Our ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in some of these areas and curiosity to grow in others:

Experience line managing data scientists or machine learning engineers and supporting their career development

A strong background as a senior individual contributor, with hands on experience in experimentation, causal inference or applied machine learning

Proven ability to identify high impact opportunities and turn insights into clear strategy and execution

Confidence working with senior stakeholders and explaining complex technical concepts to non technical audiences

Comfort operating in fast moving, ambiguous environments where prioritisation and judgement matter as much as technical skill

Why Join Us?

At Deliveroo, you'll work on real world problems at global scale, across a three sided marketplace that is constantly evolving.

We're food lovers, problem solvers, community organisers and more, united by a shared drive to make things better. Working here, you can expect:

High autonomy to shape strategy and deliver meaningful impact

Support to learn and grow through L&D programmes, mentoring and peer learning

A strong focus on wellbeing, with benefits that vary by country

A place to belong, with a diverse global workforce and active employee communities

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Deliveroo, we believe great workplaces reflect the world around us. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio economic background, religion or belief.

If you require adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know. We're committed to ensuring everyone has an equitable opportunity to succeed.

Ready to own impact and shape how decisions are made at Deliveroo? Apply today.

A competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package

Compensation
  • We aim to pay every employee competitively for the role they are performing in their respective location
  • Depending on role and location, some employees may be eligible for an annual cash bonus, sign on bonus or relocation support
  • Up to 5% matched pension contributions
Equity
  • Some roles may be eligible for share awards, giving them ownership in Deliveroo and a share in our success
Food
  • Free Deliveroo Plus: free delivery and access to special offers
  • Team lunches from the best local restaurants
Time away
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of time spent working at Deliveroo
  • One day of paid leave per year to volunteer with a registered charity
  • Funded single cover healthcare on our core plan, with the option to add family members at own cost
  • On site gym (HQ), discounted external gym membership
  • Access to wellbeing apps such as LesMills+, Strava, Headspace, Yogaia via GymPass
  • Discounted dental insurance and a range of other flexible benefits, such as critical illness cover, partner life cover, travel insurance, health assessments
  • Life assurance
Work Life
  • Maternity, paternity and maternity and shared parental leave, eligible from day one of employment
  • Excellent kit to enable working from home and a parent friendly working culture
  • Access to free mortgage advice
  • Cycle to Work Scheme or Season Ticket Loans, depending how you wish to travel
  • Excellent learning and development opportunities and access to RooLearn, our learning platform, packed with high quality training and content
  • Regular Employee Resource Group (ERG) led social events - examples include dinners, dance lessons and in office yoga sessions