Director Data Scientist - Analysis
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- دائم
- دوام كامل
- Responsible for defining and executing a comprehensive data strategy that aligns with the company's goals, leveraging data to drive business decisions and achieve strategic objectives.
- Lead cross-functional teams to design and implement innovative data-driven products and analytics insights, to deliver measurable impact on business outcomes.
- Develop and oversee frameworks for rigorous A/B testing, multi-armed bandit testing, and quasi-experimental designs.
- Establish best practices for hypothesis formulation, testing methodologies, and causality analysis to ensure valid and actionable insights.
- Drive adoption of experimentation as a core decision-making process across the company.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business challenges into well-defined analytical problems.
- Present clear, data-driven recommendations to senior leadership and executive teams.
- Ensure statistical rigor and best practices in all analyses conducted by the data science team.
- Demonstrate strategic leadership skills and an understanding of how data science can drive business success.
- Articulate your vision for your area and align your team's work with broader organizational goals.
- Identify emerging trends and technologies that can drive value for the business and take steps to incorporate them into your team's work.
- Work collaboratively with a wider range of stakeholders, including senior executives, product managers, and engineers.
- Build strong partnerships across the organization, communicate effectively, and influence decision-making.
- Manage relationships with external partners, such as vendors or academic institutions, and represent the organization in industry events and conferences.
- Make data-driven decisions about resource allocation, prioritize projects and initiatives, and manage risk effectively.
- Coach and mentor other managers within your team, helping them to develop their skills and grow as leaders.
- Responsible for recruiting and retaining top talent within your organization.
- Work with HR and recruiting teams to develop job descriptions and identify candidates, as well as creating onboarding and training programs to help new hires get up to speed quickly.
- Develop career paths for your team members, set expectations for their growth and development, and provide regular feedback and coaching to help them achieve their goals.
- Manage organizational change effectively, whether it involves new technologies, processes, or initiatives.
- Communicate the rationale for change, involve key stakeholders in decision-making, and manage resistance effectively.
- Develop and implement change management plans that minimize disruption and ensure that your team is able to adapt to new ways of working.
- A minimum of 8-10 years of professional experience in data science, including leadership roles in data science teams or consulting.
- A Ph.D. or Master's degree in a relevant field such as computer science, statistics, data science, or a related disciplines
- Proven experience in leading and managing managers and a demonstrated ability to foster a high-performance team culture.
- Must possess a deep and practical knowledge of data science, encompassing statistics, causality, experimentation, and causal inference, as well as knowledge in modeling.
- Must have a track record of applying these skills and leading teams to design and implement innovative data-driven products and deliver impactful insights and recommendations
- Proven ability to understand and navigate complex business landscapes, including familiarity with industry-specific challenges and opportunities.
- Demonstrated experience in identifying and quantifying the business impact of data-driven initiatives, such as revenue growth, cost savings, and customer retention.
- A strategic mindset with the ability to envision and communicate long-term data-driven goals and objectives that align with the organization's overall strategy.
- Proficiency in developing and executing data-driven roadmaps and plans that drive innovation, competitive advantage, and market growth.