Senior Manager of Data Science, Lyft
AdTech
$200-250k
3 days a week in office
Ride sharing company
Posted today
Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Posted today
$200-250k
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in the Advertising/AdTech industry and strong technical know-how to build at scale
- This candidate should be able to navigate complex technical topics, strategic problem solving, and team development to deliver business impact
- If you’re driven, collaborative, resourceful, and can communicate complex ideas with ease, then we’d like to talk to you
- Advanced Degree in a quantitative field like statistics, economics, applied math, operations research or engineering
- 4+ years demonstrated experience leading work in the AdTech/Ads industry
- 3+ years demonstrated experience building scaled Advertising products and services from early stages
- 10+ years general hands-on technical experience in a data science or equivalent ML role
- 5+ years people management experience building and leading data science teams
- Track record of guiding teams through unstructured technical problems to deliver business impact
- Skilled at managing cross-functional relationships and communicating with leadership across multiple teams
- Willingness to collaborate and communicate with others to drive cross-team and cross-organization initiatives forward
What the job involves
- Data Science is at the heart of Lyft’s products and decision-making
- As the Senior Data Science Manager for Lyft Media, you will work in a dynamic environment, where we embrace moving quickly to build the world’s best transportation
- Data Scientists take on a variety of problems, ranging from shaping critical business decisions to building algorithms that power our business insights
- We’re looking for a passionate, driven Senior Manager of Data Science with strong experience in the Advertising/AdTech industry to take on some of the most interesting and impactful problems and lead some of the best scientists in the industry
- This role will be overseeing the teams on Lyft Media and Lyft Business
- You will be working on one of the most profitable and fastest growing revenue centers in our company
- We are the team that brings delightful Advertising Experiences in the Lyft app and in out-of-home displays such as tablets mounted behind driver seats or on displays mounted on the top of the cars as well as serving the transportation needs of outside enterprises ranging from medical care providers to management consultancies and rental car companies
- As a trusted leader in the broader Data Science org, you will define and drive the Data Science strategy, vision, and roadmap for Lyft Media, while ensuring that the team has all the necessary tools and infrastructure to perform their work
- You will also be responsible for building and executing a strategy for self-service data science and analytics experiences across the organization
- In this role, you will be a key partner to Product, Engineering, Science, Operations leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure consistent delivery of what the organization and our partners need
- You will be managing a team of data scientists and 1 DS Manager to start, with potential for additional team expansion
- Build and lead a high-performing team of data scientists
- Experience leading and managing teams of managers is preferred
- Work with cross-functional partners in product, engineering, design, finance, and operations to achieve business goals
- Prioritize and lead deep dives into our data to uncover new product and business opportunities
- Prioritize and lead development of productized models to automate operational decision-making and drive operational productivity
- Develop analytical frameworks, roadmaps, and metrics for the team and broader organization
- Collaborate with other leaders and executives to build data-informed business strategy and product roadmaps
- Serve as a champion of sound decision-making at all levels of the company
Our take
Lyft has aimed for consistent growth, making sure to pitch itself as a more reliable and friendly ride-sharing option than its main competitor, Uber. Uber has a greater market share and operates globally, but Lyft hopes to compete by its focus on ride-sharing over Uber's more diversified business approach and as a more rider-friendly and greener alternative to Uber.
Operating only in the USA and Canada, Lyft is in a position of being less affected by global events than Uber but also more vulnerable to local conditions. As an example, while it doesn't face the regulatory hurdles around employment rights that Uber does, it is unable to balance out the cost of the unusually expensive US auto insurance across its operations.
In 2022, Lyft acquired PBSC Urban Solutions, a bike-share equipment and technology supplier, allowing Lyft to compete in new verticals and reaffirming its commitment to green transportation. It has also trialed and launched Lyft Assisted, where drivers help passengers from their door into the car to get to medical appointments. These developments chime well with Lyft's unique selling point as a friendlier and more environmentally aware ride-sharing app.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 14 rounds)
Jun 2018
$600m
LATE VC
Mar 2018
$200m
LATE VC
Total funding: $4.9bn
Company benefits
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- Mental health benefits
- In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
- 401(k) plan to help save for your future
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
- Family building benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
John Zimmer
(Co-Founder)Originally an Analyst at Lehman Brothers, Zimmer then founded Zimride which was a private ridesharing company that pivoted into Lyft.
Logan Green
(Co-Founder)Founded Zimride, a private ridesharing company which later pivoted into Lyft.
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