Data Scientist - Partnerships Strategy

Hybrid in London UK

Were looking for a Data Scientist to join our Partnerships Strategy team

Youll shape how iwoca works with partners by influencing pricing commission and engagement decisions that drive more than half of our new customer acquisition.

The company

Small businesses move fast. Opportunities often dont wait and cash flow pressures can appear overnight. To keep going and growing SMEs need finance thats as flexible and responsive as they are.

Thats why we built iwoca. Our smart technology data science and five-star customer service ensures business owners can act with the speed confidence and control they need exactly when its needed.

Weve already cleared the way for 100000 businesses with more than 4 billion in funding. Our passionate team is driven to help even more SMEs succeed through access to better finance and other services that make running a business easier. Our ultimate mission is to support one million SMEs in their defining moments creating lasting impact for the communities and economies they drive.

The team

The Partnerships Strategy team supports iwocas commercial teams by turning partner performance and behaviour into clear data-led guidance. The team analyses experiments and builds models to understand how pricing commission structures and partner engagement affect customer acquisition and profitability.

The team is small and interdisciplinary combining commercial strategy business analysis and data science. It works closely with partner-facing teams to translate business questions into quantitative problems and to present evidence in a way that supports sound timely decisions.

The role

iwocas Data Scientists specialise in supervised machine learning statistical inference and exploratory data analysis focusing on tabular and time-series data. Their work emphasises quantitative predictions through the analysis of conditional probabilities and expectations using medium-sized datasets.

Working in the Partnerships Strategy team youll model customer price sensitivity to support pricing strategy analyse differences in how partners operate to guide commercial treatment and evaluate how relationship management effort translates into performance and profitability. Youll work closely with commercial and strategy colleagues and see your analysis applied directly in day-to-day decisions.

The requirements

Essential:

• Expertise in probability and statistics gained through work in a quantitative field such as Mathematics Statistics Physics Engineering or similar.

• Ability to understand business context and translate data into actionable insights that guide decisions.

• Proficiency with data manipulation and modelling tools such as pandas statsmodels or R.

• Experience with scientific computing tools such as NumPy or SciPy.

• Ability to work autonomously and manage analytical work from framing the question through to making a recommendation.

• Ability to communicate clearly in writing and speech adapting technical detail to different audiences.

Bonus:

• Understanding of Bayesian statistics including interest in or experience with hierarchical models.

• Experience building or adapting statistical or machine-learning models with an interest in understanding the underlying methods.

• Familiarity with stochastic modelling concepts as they apply to inference time series or uncertainty.

• Understanding of financial concepts such as pricing or deterministic cash flows.

The salary

We expect to pay from 60000 - 90000 for this role depending on experience. But were open-minded so definitely include your salary goals with your application. We routinely benchmark salaries against market rates and run quarterly performance and salary reviews.

The culture

At iwoca we prioritise a culture of learning growth and support and invest in the professional development of our team members. We value thought and skill diversity and encourage you to explore new areas of interest to help us innovate and improve our products and services.

The offices

We put a lot of effort into making iwoca a great place to work:

• Offices in London Leeds Berlin and Frankfurt with plenty of drinks and snacks.

• Events and community-led groups including running groups padel and monthly ping-pong and pool competitions.

The benefits

• Flexible working hours.

• Medical insurance from Vitality including discounted gym membership.

• A private GP service (separate from Vitality) for you your partner and your dependents.

• 25 days holiday per year an extra day off for your birthday the option to buy or sell an additional five days of annual leave and unlimited unpaid leave.

• A one-month fully paid sabbatical after four years.

• Instant access to external counselling and therapy sessions for team members that need emotional or mental health support.

• 3% Pension contributions on total earnings.

• An employee equity incentive scheme.

• Generous parental leave and a nursery tax benefit scheme to help you save money.

• Electric car scheme and cycle to work scheme.

• Two company retreats a year: weve been to France Italy Spain and further afield.

And to make sure we all keep learning we offer:

• A learning and development budget for everyone.

• Company-wide talks with internal and external speakers.

• Access to learning platforms like Treehouse.

Useful links:

• iwoca benefits & policies

• Interview welcome pack

Required Experience:

IC