Data Science Manager, Justworks
$205-225.5k
Business operations platform
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Business operations platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$205-225.5k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Justworks' mission is to help entrepreneurs and businesses grow with confidence.
Role
Who you are
- You are a data leader with a curious mindset, a passion for building and an eye for optimization
- You thrive at understanding key drivers of performance and identifying strategic opportunities and framing them as data driven product opportunities
- You are adept at understanding business challenges and framing them as data-driven opportunities
- You possess strong empathy and interpersonal skills, enabling you to work effectively with your team and cross-functional partners
- You can clearly communicate data science concepts to various audiences and have a growing track record of guiding projects to successful outcomes
- 7+ years in data science, with hands-on experience developing data-driven models, algorithms, and systems
- 2+ years in people management, with a proven track record of developing and managing high-performing teams
- Proficiency in Python or R and SQL
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work with complex datasets to extract insights
- Excellent oral & written communication skills and strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Manager with people management experience and hands-on development skills
- In this player-coach role, you will be responsible for managing a team of data scientists, while also working closely with cross-functional teams to develop and implement data-driven solutions that contribute to business growth
- This role requires a strong analytical & statistical programming background and a passion for mentoring and growing teams
- Lead and develop a team of data scientists, fostering their professional growth through goal-setting, feedback, and recognition
- Guide your team in developing and implementing data-driven models, systems, and insights that power product experiences, revenue growth, and operational efficiency
- Manage project priorities and timelines for your team, ensuring the timely delivery of rigorous, impactful solutions
- Collaborate with Data & Analytics leadership and cross-functional teams (including Product, Engineering, and Operations teams) to understand requirements and translate them into executable data science projects
- Contribute to the data science roadmap by identifying opportunities and executing projects leveraging machine learning, predictive modeling, and other advanced data science techniques
- Uphold and contribute to best practices for data science product development processes, tools, and methodologies within your team to deliver iteratively and efficiently
- Build relationships with cross-functional leads to promote the adoption of new methods, technologies, and data products that help Justworks scale
- Plans & Aligns - Ensures individual actions support company mission; communicates effectively; understands urgency and plans accordingly
- Balances Stakeholders - Understands internal and external stakeholder requirements, expectations, and needs and acts fairly despite conflicting demands of stakeholders
- Influence and leadership - fostering a community of knowledge-sharing, collaboration, mentorship, and forward-thinking across the organization
- Manages Complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
- Good Judgment - Pauses before acting; asks questions to fully understand context; applies critical thinking and takes ownership of outcomes
- Teamwork & Communication - Honors diverse thoughts and opinions; leverages unique skills to maximize efficiency
- Skills and knowledge - the capacity to actively learn and apply specific domain knowledge, know-how, and best practices to continually enhance and improve
Our take
Justworks operates in an increasingly crowded space of all-in-one business operation suites, that include tools like human resources, payroll, employee management, benefits, and others that businesses critically need to operate as they scale.
Globally, human resource management has become an extremely fertile field, worth over $20 billion annually and predicted to grow to over $50 billion annually by 2030 - creating great opportunity for Justworks to continue to grow. The company is regarded as a market leader, but does see competition in the shape of Paychex Flex, Rippling, Paylocity, and TriNet, among others.
Solutions delivered by Justworks have proven to be extremely popular with SMEs, and this has not gone unnoticed by investors, with the company picking up exceptional amounts of funding. Justworks is known to have sights on going public, though action towards this end has been delayed until global mass-market conditions have settled from a period of volatility. However, the company's acquisition of
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Insights
24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2023
$16.9m
LATE VC
Jan 2020
$50m
SERIES E
Total funding: $159.9m
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer work.
- Paid parental leave.
- Work from home opportunities.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus access to One Medical, Kindbody, and Teladoc.
- Premium access to Headspace, ClassPass stipends, and webinars to support your overall wellness on topics like nutrition, budgeting, mindfulness, and more.
- All Justworks offers include equity, and Justworkers can continue to earn more over time with promotions and tenure.
- Extensive learning & development opportunities through workshops, ExecOnline, Udemy, and BetterUp coaching.
- Engineering Apprenticeship program that supports internal movement and growth
Company HQ
Fulton Ferry District, NY
Leadership
Isaac Oates
(Executive Chair)Experience as a Senior Product Manager at Amazon before founding Adtuitive and serving as COO for a year. Left this position to spend 3 years as a VP at Etsy, before founding Justworks.
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