Just Eat Takeaway

Director Data Science Machine Learning in London


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About the company

Just Eat Takeaway is a leading online food delivery marketplace, connecting consumers and restaurants through its platform in 22 countries.

Job description

We're hiring a Director of Data Science & Machine Learning to lead a large global team, optimizing our logistics network and real-time decision systems. This role significantly impacts delivery time and cost efficiency, contributing to success from our London or Amsterdam office in a hybrid work arrangement. Key Responsibilities: - Optimize delivery performance by implementing advanced real-time decision systems and models, significantly improving courier utilization and reducing cost per order. - Lead strategy and roadmap development for crucial real-time systems, including demand forecasting, courier assignment, and dynamic pricing, ensuring low-latency production at scale. - Drive advanced experimentation and causal inference, including network-effect designs, to connect short-term results with long-term courier retention and network health outcomes.

Job benefits

Job requirements

- 10+ years experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, or Operations Research, leading large, global organizations effectively. - Proficiency in real-time ML systems, marketplace optimization, and deploying models from research into low-latency production environments at scale. - Demonstrated analytical skills with strong grounding in experimentation, causal inference, and multi-sided marketplace economics to shape strategy.

Education

  • Supply Chain Management & Logistics
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Hybrid | United Kingdom, London

Full-time

English

10-12 years