Senior Director of Analytics and Data Science

As the Senior Director of Analytics and Data Science, you will combine leadership, technical insight, and product design thinking to help a growing team of Data Scientists and Analysts deliver high-impact, actionable insights. Your passion for mentorship and feedback will amplify a culture that brings out the best in each team member. You will guide and structure the development of statistical models and experimental designs while enhancing the storytelling capability of the team. 

Your work will have a direct impact on the company’s revenue and product strategy. This role requires empathy, business acumen, and an obsession for using data to drive product enhancements.  

This role reports into the Executive VP of Engineering.

Responsibilities:

• Provide inspirational leadership for a team of Data Scientists and Analysts
• Recruit, hire, and retain world-class analytics and data science staff
• Ensure that projects have sound technical architecture and make use of appropriate technologies
• Solve mission-critical business problems with appropriate statistical rigor
• Partner with product leaders and provide deep strategic insights
• Demonstrate grit and break down complex problems into actionable development plans

Requirements:

• Subject matter expertise in data analytics or data science for online consumer software products, e.g. online shopping, social media, streaming services, content aggregation, gaming, etc.
• Deep leadership and people management experience
• Hands-on experience conducting quantitative product/business analysis using Python or R, and SQL
• Passion for enabling analytics and data science best practices
• Create analytical frameworks to measure team success: partner with cross-functional teams to define success metrics; create approaches to track the data and troubleshoot errors; quantify and evaluate the data
• Establish meaningful business insights and lead development and implementation of statistical and machine learning models to drive improvements in products
• Hands-on experience with experimentation, including design, implementation, and interpreting results for stakeholders methodologies (e.g. hypothesis testing and regression analysis) for analyzing and interpreting results to stakeholders
• Comfortable functioning in spaces with high ambiguity and adapt easily to changing environments
• 7+ years of experience managing and growing teams.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with big data tools such as Spark, Hive, or Pig is a plus
• Knowledge of Google Analytics or Tableau
• Understand end-to-end user journeys for web platforms and the challenges of managing user funnels that have multiple attribution touchpoints
• BA/BS or Masters in a field that emphasizes data analysis and visualization (e.g., computer science, social sciences, physical sciences, math, engineering, or statistics), or equivalent work experience

• Competitive salary, annual bonus, and RSUs
• Medical coverage, including full dental and vision
• Life and disability benefits
• 401(k) program (US)  / retirement savings plan (Canada) with company match
• One month paid sabbatical after 5 years at the company
• Education reimbursement
• Professional development workshops & industry conferences
• Paid parental leave
• Flexible work schedule
• Social responsibility program (volunteer time off and donation matching)
• Annual wellness stipend
• Monthly tech stipend
• Annual family planning stipend
• Monthly snack boxes delivered to your door
• Cell phone allowance 

This role is based in three areas: Vancouver, Toronto and San Francisco bay area.

For positions in San Francisco, CA, and other locations where required, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

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