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.