Data Science Manager, Pinterest
Growth, Acquisition and User Lifecycle
$148-304.5k
+ Eligibility for equity
More information about location
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
Job no longer available
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$148-304.5k
+ Eligibility for equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.
Role
Who you are
- MS or PhD in a quantitative field or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of combined postgraduate academic and industry experience
- 3+ years of experience in managing teams of data scientists, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Hands-on experience as a data scientist, algorithmic engineer, or machine learning engineer in a technology company
- Demonstrated skills in selecting the right statistical tools given a data analysis problem
- Strong business and product sense: delight in shaping vague questions into well-defined analyses and success metrics that drive business decisions
- Effective written and verbal communication skills and ability to craft compelling data narratives
- Experience with hypothesis driven product development and developing analytical frameworks
- Experience being a thought partner to improve decision quality and able to influence with expertise
Desirable
- Experience working in a Growth function, in particular experience with SEO, new user activation, user retention and/or notifications
- Experience working on a daily/weekly use app with business goals of increasing DAU/WAU/MAU
What the job involves
- In your role, you’ll be challenged to take on work that upholds this mission and pushes Pinterest forward
- You’ll grow as a person and leader in your field, all the while helping Pinners make their lives better in the positive corner of the internet
- Build, inspire and grow a high performance team of data scientists that are thought partners to the teams that are responsible for key drivers of Pinterest’s growth and user retention: User acquisition, Social Experiences, New User Experience, and Notifications
- Work with product and eng partners help identify and answer important “why” questions. Lead the team to structure ambiguous business challenges into actionable plans. Ensure that your team is producing consistently trustworthy and high-quality technical outputs that influence the business. Drive data-driven decision-making aligned with the organization's strategic objectives
- Influence and empower Engineering and Product teams outside of Growth to improve the new user experience and reduce user churn through compelling insights and measurement frameworks
- Communicate complex analytical findings and insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in a clear and concise manner
- Mentor data scientists to develop their careers and achieve their goals, from early career through senior level
- Be a champion for building highly talented and diverse teams with an inclusive culture
Our take
Inspiration and ideas can pop into your head at any time, and with the growth of social media and networking, sharing these interests and gaining exposure has never been easier. Pinterest exists to display these moments visually, as a kind of digital pinboard allowing users to save and share digital images which have inspired them.
Pinterest's emphasis on visual discovery has differentiated it from competitors and created a more positive and fulfilling experience for its users. Pinterest in many ways provides a respite from the ceaseless negativity that plagues social media such as Facebook and Twitter, and this is perhaps responsible for its userbase expanding to 450 million users in 2022, driven by uptake mostly outside of North America.
Pinterest has not been immune to woes affecting the global tech sector and made about 5% of its workforce redundant at the end of 2022 and the start of 2023. Having restructured to face a challenging climate, it is well-positioned to resume its growth, which has increased consistently year on year. Its immediate goals are to continue to grow its user base and expand the uptake of its short video product, which it aims to monetize.
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Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Ben Silbermann
(CEO)Worked as a Product Specialist at Google for 2 years before leaving to work on his own apps, which led to founding Pinterest
People progressing
Joined as Marketing Lead, promoted to Head of Growth Ops for English-speaking markets after 3 years. They've have since been promoted to Global Head of Editorial, a position they started in 2022.
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