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Director, Data Science
Upwork
posted 5hr ago
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Job Description
- Use quantitative analysis and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and understand what drives our business
- Lead a team to develop models that provide insights to help business and product leaders understand marketplace dynamics, customer value, user behaviors, fraud activities, and long-term trends
- Hire, scale, and develop a team of data scientists
- Establish robust processes to select models to pursue in partnership with the business, drive follow through, and establish an operating rhythm to revisit and retrain models
- Collaborate with our machine learning engineering and data platforms teams on tooling and shared feature stores
- Get hands on to deploy prototype models into production that customize product experiences
- Evangelize data science techniques within the broader Analytics, Data Science, and Economics team and mentor others seeking to develop more advanced capabilities
What it takes to catch our eye:
- A degree in Math, Physics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a similar domain
- A strong track record of managing data science teams
- Experience working with user segmentation, cohort analyses, mix modeling, random forest, regression models, and other advanced techniques
- The insight to take ambiguous problems and solve them in a structured, hypothesis-driven, data-supported way
- Passion for getting into the details
- Proficiency in Python
- Previous experience in a two-sided marketplace or ecommerce business
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
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Flexible timing
Monday to Friday
No travel
Night Shift
Upwork Benefits
Work From Home 
Soft Skill Training 
Job Training 
Education Assistance 
International Relocation 
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