Lead Data Scientist, Spotify
Commerce Revenue Protection, 13 Month FTC
Commercial music streaming service
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Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock the potential of human creativity—by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in data science, including experience in the fraud prevention domain
- A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or another quantitative field
- Proven leadership experience, either as a people manager or mentor, inspiring others and shaping project direction
- Hands-on expertise with machine learning, including applying ML to real-world fraud prevention or misuse detection problems
- Proficient in Python and SQL. Experience with Google BigQuery is a plus
- Familiarity with dashboarding and data visualisation tools such as Looker, Tableau, or similar
- A strong problem-solver who thrives at the intersection of business and data, with the ability to think strategically and act tactically
- Comfortable with ambiguity and able to take initiative. Capable of owning loosely defined problems and turning them into concrete, impactful solutions
- A thoughtful communicator who builds trust and alignment across functions, and who values collaboration in a fast-paced environment
- Someone looking to step into a leadership role or grow as a leader. Whether you’re a Senior Data Scientist ready to gain formal people management experience, or a current Lead who’s eager to stay hands-on while driving impact in a new team
What the job involves
- Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for combating fraud and misuse at scale? Spotify is seeking an interim Lead Data Scientist to step into a critical leadership role on our Revenue Protection Data Science team during a parental leave cover
- In this role, you will lead a team of data scientists focused on identifying and addressing sophisticated threats to our business, helping to craft and drive our Revenue Protection strategy
- You’ll work closely with cross-functional partners to ensure our detection systems evolve with emerging threats, and contribute directly to the resilience of Spotify’s global revenue ecosystem
- We are all passionate about what we do and move forward with high impact projects at a high pace
- Learning and improving is part of our daily routine, and you will be free to develop your skills and ways of working
- Our collaborative environment encourages innovation and continuous improvement, making it an exciting place to grow your career
- Lead and support a distributed team of data scientists, guiding their day-to-day work, setting priorities, and encouraging a collaborative, high-performing team culture
- Balance leadership and people management responsibilities with individual contribution. As part of a small, focused team, you’ll remain hands-on in delivering analyses and driving core initiatives
- Apply your domain knowledge in payments and fraud to inform detection strategies and partner with stakeholders to evolve Spotify’s fraud & misuse mitigation approaches
- Leverage your deep expertise in machine learning to inform model development, evaluation, and performance monitoring
- Monitor and communicate key performance indicators to track the impact of Revenue Protection initiatives and surface emerging risks and opportunities to business partners
- Translate data into strategy by assessing the business impact of new initiatives and threats, ensuring the team’s work is aligned with high-impact opportunities
- Influence and partner cross-functionally, collaborating closely with Engineering, Product, and Business stakeholders to implement solutions and drive improvements
- Communicate clearly and effectively, presenting data-driven insights and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences, including leadership
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Spotify was founded in an attempt to combat the rampant music piracy that was causing significant harm to the industry. The company has since taken music streaming mainstream and now has 180m+ paying subscribers across the world.
With features that include a highly accessible interface and a vast catalogue of artists, Spotify's strong brand has been able to maintain growth in spite of fierce competition from deep-pocketed rivals like Amazon and Apple. The company has achieved this by making smart acquisitions to move into other verticals to strengthen its offerings, especially podcasting, by acquiring Gimlet Media, Anchor and Parcast.
Spotify's future plans include rapid growth with a goal to become a one-stop destination for all digital sound, as well as AI and NFT integrations. However, high costs incurred from the acquisition of exclusive podcasts, increasing competitor strength, and weak bottom-line growth mean that the company must find a balance to maintain its position in the sector.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jan 2016
$1bn
CONVERTIBLE
Jun 2015
$526m
SERIES G
Total funding: $2.1bn
Company benefits
- Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse
- Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success
- Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents
- All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub
- Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs
Company HQ
Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län
Leadership
Daniel Ek
(CEO & Chairman)Founded Spotify in 2006. Previously worked as an executive at Tradera, an auction company that was sold to eBay and was briefly the CEO of uTorrent.
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