Manager, Data Science - Analytics

Key Skills

Data Analytics, Data science techniques, Effective communication skills, Microsoft-Excel, Python Programming, SQL

Job Description

The Global Shipping team works closely with product and business partners with the objective to drive success of eBay’s key shipping initiatives through data-driven recommendations, we are a dynamic and driven team working on high impact projects along with partners from global teams.

We are seeking a high-energy, driven and collaborative team member with extensive problem-solving skills, sound business judgement and deep analytical capabilities. The ideal candidate will apply advanced analytics and data science techniques to drive innovation, build data products, and deliver actionable recommendations through meticulous analysis.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate strong analytical and statistical skills towards taking complex and unstructured business problems, and provide structured and data-supported practical solutions to optimize eBay’s domestic and cross-border shipping
• Drive product decisions through A/B testing techniques to improve shipping time estimates, routing, cost reduction while optimizing conversion.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement within the shipping analytics team, develop data products for faster and accurate decision-making, leverage advanced analytics tools and data science models.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business unit, product management, engineering, and finance, to identify, prioritize, and solve shipping-related business challenges.
• Serve as a trusted partner and advisor to business units and senior leaders, translating complex analytical results into business insights, create necessary tools/reports to monitor and ensure program success.

Additional requirements: This role operates within a hybrid work-from-home model, requires flexibility for late evening audio or video conference meetings with US or Europe-based partners, or respond to emails and complete tasks in late evenings.

What we expect from you:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field. Masters in a related field or an MBA is preferred.
• 6+ years of work experience in data science, analytics, or a related field.
• Strong analytical skills with expertise in SQL, Excel and data visualization tools. Proficiency in a statistical programming language like R or Python is preferred
• Background in product analytics with hands-on experience with A/B experiments (design and measurement techniques) is preferred.
• Proven track record of using data science / analytics to drive significant business impact, build predictive models, tackle elasticity and optimization problems.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into actionable insights for non-technical partners.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment with cross-functional teams

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