What you will do
- Use data to solve ambiguous, meaningful customer and business problems.
- Deliver insights to understand customer behavior, our systems, to inform product strategy. Present these in various leadership forums.
- Develop and implement new algorithms for Feed personalization.
- Understand, research the latest trends in personalization. Make pragmatic decisions on what technologies and methods to incorporate into our systems.
- Build data foundations and dashboards that monitor system health and product metrics.
- Work with a cross-functional team that includes PM, Eng, Ops, Design, to develop strategy, roadmaps for the area.
- Mentor, coach, inspire and grow a team of Scientists. Support them to do their best work and bring their authentic selves to work. Provide guidance and support to advance their careers.
Basic Qualifications
- Ph.D. degree in Math, Economics, Bioinformatics, Statistics, Engineering, or other quantitative fields
- Minimum of 7 years of experience with 4 years of people management experience.
- Experience in building and managing high performance science teams - including mentoring and coaching senior ICs and people managers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of mathematical foundations of statistics, machine learning, optimization, economics, and analytics, in the domain of recommendation systems.
- Experience with experimental design, exploratory data analysis, statistical analysis, testing, and model development.
- Proficient in both a data ETL language (e.g. SQL) and a scripting language like Python or R for data analysis.
- Track record in prioritizing and driving multiple work-streams forward simultaneously
- Ability to empower a team while providing them with career paths that align with business goals.
- Proven track record of collaborating with and influencing stakeholders.
- Principled yet pragmatic, having conviction and being authentic in your approach, but situationally aware enough to adapt when needed.
- Exhibit sound business judgment, long term and deep analytical thinking. Adept at influencing various stakeholders.
- Excellent storyteller with the ability to translate deep technical subjects into understandable narratives for non-technical audiences.
- Able to build a clear technical vision of the system that balances customer empathy, business needs and practical considerations.
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$239,000 per year - USD$265,500 per year.
For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$239,000 per year - USD$265,500 per year.