Senior Data Science Manager, Fetch
+ Equity
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Mobile shopping and rewards platform
Open for applications
Mobile shopping and rewards platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
+ Equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower consumers to live rewarded and help brands create lifelong customers through the power of Fetch Points.
Role
Who you are
- This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can operate strategically and technically
- You should be comfortable coaching data scientists on experimentation, modeling, and stakeholder communication, while also evaluating technical proposals and presenting recommendations to senior leadership
- The ideal candidate brings strong people leadership, deep data science expertise, and the ability to influence cross-functional partners at a high level
- 6+ years of experience in data science, applied analytics, or a related quantitative field
- 1+ year of direct people management experience leading data scientists or other quantitative practitioners
- Hands-on experience in experimentation, statistical analysis, causal inference, measurement, and predictive modeling
- Proven ability to partner cross-functionally with Product and Engineering to define priorities and translate ambiguous business problems into clear analytical approaches
- Demonstrated ability to connect technical work to measurable business outcomes such as revenue growth, user growth, engagement, retention, or customer value
- Experience evaluating analytical approaches, guiding technical strategy, and driving high-quality, actionable outputs
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders
- Proficiency in SQL, Python, and modern data science workflows
Desirable
- Experience leading data scientists in a consumer product, marketplace, or growth-focused environment
- 2+ years of people management experience
- Experience serving as the primary data lead for a product area, product pillar, or business domain
- Track record of influencing product strategy and roadmap decisions through data-driven recommendations
- Experience operating effectively in highly ambiguous environments and creating structure, focus, and clarity for teams
- MBA, consulting background, or comparable experience driving strategic decision-making across cross-functional stakeholders
- Prior hands-on experience as a data scientist, with a strong preference for candidates who have directly led data science work
- Experience mentoring generalist data science teams across a broad range of product and business problem spaces
What the job involves
- Fetch is looking for a Senior Data Science Manager to lead a team of data scientists and analysts focused on high-impact product and business problems across the consumer app experience
- In this role, you will serve as the data lead for a pillar, partnering closely with Product and Engineering to shape priorities, guide technical strategy, and ensure the team is delivering meaningful business outcomes
- You will help the team navigate ambiguity, break down broad problem spaces into clear analytical approaches, and drive high-quality work that informs product direction
- This person will play a key role in helping Fetch continue to build a strong, high-impact generalist data science organization
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of data scientists focused on high-impact product and business opportunities
- Provide clear feedback, support career growth, and create an environment that enables strong performance, healthy team dynamics, and continued development
- Support hiring, onboarding, and team growth while contributing to the broader evolution of Fetch’s data science organization
- Serve as the data lead for a product pillar, partnering closely with Product and Engineering to shape priorities and influence strategic direction
- Translate ambiguous business and product questions into clear analytical roadmaps that drive measurable impact across user growth, customer value, revenue, and product performance
- Ensure the team’s work is aligned to broader business goals and meaningfully informs product roadmap decisions
- Guide the team in experimentation, measurement, statistical analysis, causal inference, and predictive modeling with a high bar for rigor and practical application
- Evaluate analytical strategies, technical proposals, and team outputs to ensure work is high quality, actionable, and grounded in strong scientific thinking
- Help break down broad problem spaces into clear technical approaches and support execution from concept through impact
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Analytics, Marketing, and business leaders to turn insights into decisions, systems, and shipped outcomes
- Communicate findings, recommendations, and tradeoffs clearly to senior and executive leadership to influence direction and drive alignment
- Create clarity in ambiguous, fast-moving environments by setting priorities, managing dependencies, and protecting the team from unnecessary thrash
- Establish strong standards for quality, prioritization, and execution across the team’s work
- Balance speed and rigor by making thoughtful tradeoffs that maintain momentum while protecting scientific quality
- Contribute to a strong generalist data science organization through improvements to team operations, planning, and ways of working
Our take
Leading mobile shopping and loyalty platform Fetch has seen explosive success in recent years. Its concept is simple: users receive spendable points in exchange for scans of their shopping receipts.
The app has tens of millions of daily active users with even more downloads, and has seen impressive growth, having now reached 'unicorn' status twice over. This should come as no surprise. Brand reinforcement is crucial to customer retention and acquisition - but it is harder than ever, with the fragmentation of choice on the market and the declining efficacy of marketing. So material loyalty benefits are likely to prove a crucial tool in creating and leveraging a strong customer base.
Whilst Fetch faces competition from similar receipt-scan rewards platforms like ReceiptPal and Ibotta, it grew into a profitable company in late 2023. And its using its most recent Morgan Stanley-backed funding to aggressively add brand partners at a competitive pace and onboard staff at a level that promises strong continued growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Apr 2022
$120m
SERIES E
Mar 2021
$210m
SERIES D
Total funding: $456.6m
Company benefits
- Equity: Hop on the rocketship and have your own stake in Fetch's success with generous equity.
- 401k Match: Fetch matches 100% of the first 4% of your 401(k) contribution.
- People Benefits: Enjoy a competitive suite of ebenfits to promote health for you and your family,. Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance. Flexible Spending Accounts & Health Savings Account, with automatic employer HSA contributions per pay period. Family forming benefit with $10k lifetime stipend.
- Pet Benefits: We know your furry friends are family, too. Pet insurance is fully covered for your first pet.
- Continuing Education: Fetch provides $10,000+/year in education reimbursement support for job-related courses or programs.
- Flexible Paid Time Off: At Fetch, you'll plan your time off as you see fit with our flexible PTO policy. On top of our flexible PTO, Fetch observes 9 paid holidays as well as a year-end-week-long break.
- Robust Leave Policies: Fetch offers generous leave time for health and personal needs, including 20 weeks of parental leave for primary caregivers and 14 weeks for secondary caregivers + $2,000 incentive to assist employees with covering the cost of childcare, clothing, diapers and much more!
- Flexible Work Environment: Experience our beautiful work spaces, or get things done from the comfort of your couch. Choose what's best for each day.
Leadership
Wes Schroll
(Co-Founder & CEO)Co-founded Fetch while an undergrad at UW-Madison and grew the company into the nation's No. 1 rewards app, connecting millions of consumers with their favorite brands.
Tyler Kennedy
(Co-Founder & SVP of Operations)Studied Business Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founded his first company, Baker's Marine Services, a yacht detailing company, when they were only fourteen.
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