Senior Data Scientist, Carwow
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2-3 days a week in office
Leveraging technology, media and innovation to reimagine car-changing.
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Leveraging technology, media and innovation to reimagine car-changing.
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
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2-3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To become the car-changing destination of choice. By combining technology, media and deep automotive expertise, we've turned how people buy, sell, advertise and lease cars on its head.
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Company mission
To become the car-changing destination of choice. By combining technology, media and deep automotive expertise, we've turned how people buy, sell, advertise and lease cars on its head.
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36% female employees
52% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Carwow believes there should be a better way to buy cars than the traditional method of visiting local dealerships and negotiating prices. The platform has simplified the car-buying process by allowing customers to easily find the exact car they want, including the preferred combination of optional extras while eliminating the need for haggling. This has made Carwow a popular choice for consumers looking for a more transparent and hassle-free experience.
As the largest web platform for new car sales in the UK, Germany, and Spain, Carow has grown rapidly through innovative marketing strategies. One of its key tactics is leveraging it massive YouTube following, which boasts nearly 10M subscribers. The videos feature a mix of in-depth car reviews and entertaining drag races, helping to engage potential customers and drive traffic to the platform.
Over 10M customers now use the platform to buy and sell cars and in 2023, nearly £3B worth of cars were bought through the platform. Carwow continues to grow and innovate, and with its strong customer base and expanding partnerships, it's ready for continued success.
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Benefits
- 🌴 28 days' holiday increasing to 35 with length of service, plus extras for house moves, weddings and more!
- 📈 Employee-friendly share options
- 💰 Pension scheme via Royal London - up to 5% company contribution
- ❤️🩹 Vitality private healthcare insurance
- 💵 Life Assurance - 4x annual salary
- 💚 Monthly coaching sessions with Spill - our mental wellbeing partner
- 👪 Inclusive parental, partner and shared parental leave including up to 20 weeks' full pay maternity and shared parental leave, and 8 weeks' full partner pay, as well as fertility treatment and pregnancy loss policies
- 🧒🏽 Bubble childcare support and discounted nanny fees for little ones
- 🏖️ 'Work from abroad for a month' annual scheme
- 🧠 Generous learning and development budget
- 🖥️ £500/€550 home office budget
Company values
- Be clear
- Be collaborative
- Be curious
- Be effective
- Be humble
- Be positive
- Be proactive
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jul 2024
$52m
LATE VC
Nov 2023
$3.8m
LATE VC
Total funding: $225.2m
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Leadership
David Santoro
(Co-Founder & CTO)Experienced Developer having previously worked at Barclays, ITV, ThoughtWorks, Xbright, and Confetti Network.
John Veichmanis
(CEO)Previously the CMO at Farfetch and Vice President of Global Search Marketing and Consumer Acquisition at Expedia.
Alice Flaye
(Chief Business & Operations Officer)Previously worked in People and Strategic Projects at Sproutl. Prior to that they spend 5 years at Farfetch in various Senior Legal roles.
Sally Foote
(Chief Commercial Officer - Sell My Car)Previously the Vice President of eCommerce at GoCompare. They also spent 6 years at 10 Digital Ladies as an Associate.
People progressing
Joined as an Account Manager in 2016. Has worked as Director of Strategic Growth of 'Sell Your Car' since November 2023.
Alyx joined as an Account Manager in 2017, they are now the Head of Commercial Operations and Leasing.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Carwow
Zaina Ishaq (Culture & Inclusion Manager)
- Our mission is to foster an environment of belonging that enables everyone to bring their authentic selves to work, harnessing the unique perspectives and talents that drive us to be the car-changing experts for life’s defining moments. Our DEI strategy is centred around three key pillars; Talent Attraction, Supporting Career Development and Inclusive Workplaces.
- We recently launched our own real-time DEI Gender & Ethnicity Pay Gap dashboard to measure the impact of our efforts in real time
- We've developed our Internal Mentoring Programme to help employees from diverse backgrounds climb the career ladder
- We are proud partners of BYP Network - helping us to attract and retain black talent
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A significant proportion of carwow's mid-managerial leaders have been internally promoted, and there are countless examples of people going from an individual contributor to leading teams of 5+ within 18mths (including myself!) Furthermore, I felt very supported when taking these steps up - with an appreciation of how raw I was in many of the core capabilities needed to lead a team and influence. I was worried about it being a step too far, and that hasn't been the case due to great managerial support.
Operations & Strategy
Career progression
Jan 2022
Carwow just raised further funding to rapidly scale the service helping customers to sell their vehicles, a hot market right now. This is a huge focus internally and leads to some very new questions - that are always fun to tackle! There's a massive opportunity to diversify outside of our traditional car-purchasing product.
Operations & Strategy
Growing fast
Jan 2022
I've had 3 separate managers in my 18mths here at carwow, each of them helping me develop in different areas. Our 'People' team does a great job at setting the base expectations of managers, and new managers go through extensive training with 3rd parties, but there is significant free reign to manage how you would like - which I feel leads to managers playing to their strengths.
Operations & Strategy
Supportive management
Jan 2022
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