Head of Product Data Science

Job Summary

We are seeking a Fulltime/Direct hire Head of Product Data Science for a world class organization located in the San Francisco Area. The ideal candidate will lead the product data science team, develop data and AI products, and partner with product managers and engineering leaders.

About the Role

Grow the product data science team and lead the development of data and AI products. Lead a team of data scientists and work directly in partnership with product managers and engineering leaders to empower them with data-driven insights and solutions. Uncover new insights, identify opportunities and actions for product improvements and new product development, determine product metrics with goals, design experiments, and promote customer experience, engagement, and growth of the Company’s products.

Responsibilities

• Establish the roadmap for your team and implement projects in data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and product insights.
• Partner with our engineering teams to create requirements of the Company product to allow data scientists to easily explore and analyze new data sets for insights and to build data products.
• Lead data scientists to provide product insights and develop important data and AI products and capabilities.
• Develop data science solutions to identify opportunities for product improvements, new product features, improve and forecast growth, and improve product use and customer experience.
• Partner with product managers and stakeholders to understand the business need and priorities to build a roadmap of strategic capabilities and ensure delivery and adoptions.
• Design metrics and KPI definitions with goals for different product areas, report and communicate insights around product success to partners and the senior management team.
• Function as a thought partner with senior management and stakeholders as well as provide leadership in developing the long-term vision and requirements for the Databricks product.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in product data science, machine learning, and advanced analytics.
• 5+ years of successful team management and development.
• Cloud environment expertise in developing data science, analytics, and AI products.
• Strong knowledge of statistics and analytical techniques.
• Leadership skills to drive collaboration across functions.
• Excellent communication to articulate analytics and data science to senior management.