Senior Manager - Applied Research / Data Science
Toronto Office
Scribd
Explore over 170M documents from a global community. Share information, and find inspiration on Scribd.Our data science team is digesting terabytes of data, making sense of it, and delivering key insights that drive both business and product decisions. The team works on every aspect of the business so you’ll touch everything we do and have an impact on all aspects of Scribd. Reporting to the Head of Data Science, you will assume leadership of a team that currently includes two Data Scientists. We anticipate that this team will grow to as many as seven over the next year or so. Initially, the role will include individual contributor work, but that should diminish as the team expands.
At present one Data Scientist focuses on machine learning and the other on payments and fraud. However, we are open to your suggestions for organizing the team and work moving forward. The team is involved in a lot of activities, including product science, A/B test design, exploratory analyses, modeling and more. You'll oversee the team, providing technical support, managing performance, training/coaching, assigning work, monitoring progress, and more.
The team is expected to:* Provide decision support to the whole company by doing analysis, building predictive models, creating reports - doing whatever it takes - to support data needs across the organization.* Becoming domain experts in all aspects of the Scribd business, product, and data model; use this expertise to provide advice to all teams in the usage of our data.* Solve ambiguous problems.* Collaborate with stakeholders to determine the highest-impact opportunities.
You have:
- A bachelor's degree or higher in math, stats, CS, or physics, or equivalent experience.8 to 10 years of progressive experience, including a couple of years at the management level.
- Solid professional experience in data science, and familiarity with at one or more of the following; NLP, recommendation systems, neural networks, predictive modeling.
- Experience writing in SQL. Experience with a scripting language like Python, R, etc.
- Knowledge of A/B testing.
- Experience designing metrics such as success metrics.
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves to achieve goals.
- The ability to adapt as our company grows and evolves.
Ideally you have:
- Different companies/business models.
- Experimental design or deep learning.
- Building a small team.
- Working remotely from your supervisor.
Want to learn more? Check out our office and meet some of the team at www.linkedin.com/company/scribd/life
Scribd is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. We believe that a diversity of perspectives and experiences create a foundation for the best ideas. Come join us in building something meaningful.
Tags: A/B testing Deep Learning Machine Learning NLP Physics Predictive modeling Python R Research SQL Testing
Perks/benefits: 401(k) matching Career development Equity Flex hours Flex vacation Health care Medical leave Parental leave Team events Wellness
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