Senior Data Science Manager - Growth

Key Skills

Distributed systems, Google BigQuery, Large data sets, Looker, Python Programming, R Programming, Tableau

Job Description

Discord is looking for a Data Science Manager for our Growth Analytics team!

As a Senior Data Science Manager, you would own the vision of Growth Analytics, build a roadmap to achieve this vision, and drive strategic impact to our Growth org (Product management, Engineering, Design teams) and the company proactively and autonomously! 

At Growth Data Science, we directly impact the strategy and roadmaps that improve Discord for its more than 150 million (and many more future) users! If helping make Discord an even better place to hang out with your friends and communities sounds like an exciting challenge - we'd love to chat with you! Check out our blog about how our team informs strategy & innovation at Discord here!

What You'll Be Doing

• Manage and mentor a mission-driven, world-class team of Analytics Data Scientists, expanding the impact of Data teams at Discord
• Own the vision and roadmap of a data-driven decision-making for our Growth org.
• Partner closely with product and engineering to proactively identify opportunities for improvement, and shape our Growth strategy and roadmap
• Develop novel and interpretable metrics to provide insight into Discord's growth by using analytics and experimentation
• Develop and guide Data Scientists to use robust analytical frameworks for strategic analyses
• Build robust scalable tools to empower decision-making at all levels of the company
• Drive fierce prioritization to make sure we're working on high impact analyses that best use our time and unique strengths
• In partnership with our Data leaders, inform architectural decisions, establish best practices, develop lean scalable processes, and contribute to the overall direction of the Data organization at Discord 

You Will Thrive In This Role If

• You built, led and developed impact oriented analytics teams before: ideally 3+ years of leadership experience as a people manager, leading a team of 5+ data scientists
• Teams you have led had technical expertise covering at least two of the following: analytics, A/B testing experimentation and business intelligence
• You have experience in analytics techniques to answer vague and challenging business problems: ideally 6+ years of industry experience
• You have excellent skills in communicating to both technical and non-technical audiences, with an ability to explain complex concepts in easy-to-understand ways
• You are proficient in SQL (any dialect), and competent with Python/R for hands-on analysis
• You are well versed with A/B testing principles
• You are competent in modern BI tooling (Chartio, Looker, Tableau, etc.) with an eye towards clear, rich visualizations and performance
• You have a collaborative attitude and natural curiosity

Bonus Points

• Proficient with Python/R for hands-on analysis; proficient in modern BI tooling (Chartio, Looker, Tableau, etc.) for dashboarding and visualization 
• Experience with social media or within digital consumer products
• Experience with very large data sets and distributed computing
• Familiarity with how to use Machine Learning models to inform decision making at scale
• Familiarity with BigQuery
• Experience partnering with business teams in a data-driven culture
• Passion for Discord or online communities 

(New York City only) Minimum salary of $221,000/year + equity and benefits
Note: Disclosure as required by NYC Pay Transparency Law
(Colorado only) Minimum salary of $198,900/year + equity and benefits
Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20).

Benefits and Perks

• Comprehensive medical insurance including Health, Dental and Vision (plus up to $20,000 for gender affirmation procedures)
• Mental health resources and quarterly wellness stipends
• 16+ paid holidays, 4 weeks of PTO + use-what-you-need sick days 
• Paid parental leave (plus fertility, adoption and other family planning benefits)
• Flexible long-term work options (remote and hybrid)
• Volunteer time off
• A diverse slate of Employee Resource Groups 
• Plus commuter contributions and other perks for office-based employees