VP Data Science & Research, WhatsApp

Key Skills

Python Programming, SQL, Apache Hadoop, R Programming

Job Description

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities - we're just getting started.

WhatsApp was founded with the vision of offering simple, secure, reliable messaging to everyone in the world. More than 2 billion people around the world in over 180 countries use WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere. WhatsApp is available on multiple mobile devices and in low connectivity areas — making it accessible and reliable wherever you are. It's a simple and secure way to share your favorite moments, send important information or catch up with a friend. WhatsApp helps people connect and share no matter where they are in the world. As the VP of Data Science & Research you will oversee Data Science, Data Engineering, and Research teams for WhatsApp. In our journey of learning thru rigorous methods, we are looking for an experienced leader to drive data-informed product and business decisions for WhatsApp, pulling these various functional teams together to deliver insights into what people need. This person will build organizational processes and structure for scale, as well as help set the culture of Data Science & Research within the organization. We are looking for high level executive communication and strategic thinking as well as strong east west collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership teams across product and research organizations to build and strengthen a data-inspired culture where we are bringing innovative data insights into the key decisions for product success.
• Inspire, lead and grow a globally distributed team including data scientists, data engineers, and researchers.
• Build organizational processes and structure for scale including recruiting, new hire onboarding, team operating rhythm and people programs.
• Build strong cross functional relationships in order to strength data culture and analytics team integration into key product and Go to Market processes.
• Be proactive with asking questions, ensuring that the right questions are being answered with appropriate level of rigor and that analyses lead to clear and actionable recommendations and impactful product and business changes.
• Be an advocate for the global WhatsApp user.

Minimum Qualification

• 15+ years of work experience managing analytics teams, working collaboratively with Product and Go-to-Market teams, and guiding data-influenced product and business planning, prioritization and strategy development.
• Demonstrated experience in hiring, retaining and scaling diverse, geographically dispersed, high-performing teams.
• Proven experience influencing strategy and driving change across org boundaries through clear and compelling communication of data-driven insights and analyses.

Preferred Qualification

• Experience with driving analytics and research for a brand-new or rapidly scaling business or product line.
• Experience developing social products, technologies and platforms.