Director of Data Science and Advanced Analytics

Course Hero is scaling! As the Director of Data Science and Advanced Analytics, 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.

 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:

• 5+ years of 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.
• 2+ years of 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

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

Equal ​Employment Opportunity Statement ​(EEO)

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and ​inclusion within our company.  ​We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender ​identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, ​veteran status, or ​ability status. We will ensure that individuals who are differently abled are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment as provided to other applicants or employees. Please contact us to request accommodation.

 

About Us:

Course Hero is on a mission to help students graduate, confident and prepared. The online learning platform offers over 60 million course-specific study resources created by and for students and educators, as well as 24/7 tutor help. More than 65,000 verified college educators use Course Hero to collaborate with other faculty and share resources to hone new strategies for instruction. Everyday, students, educators and tutors help more than 20 million students make every study hour count.  

We have an awesome team and a truly engaging culture. We are customer-focused, collaborative, responsible, gritty, and we love to learn. Our bold mission is to help students graduate confident and prepared!

 

We are not the only ones that think we’re onto something big. Course Hero has been recognized as one of the 2021 Top 100 Best Places to Work in the Bay Area, Top 50 Best Paying Companies in the Bay Area, Top 100 Most Transparent Companies, and in the Top 50 Most Transformational Companies in Education Technology. Read up on some of our recent news coverage, blog, and learn more about us to see what it is like to work with our team. 

 

Join us on our mission!