Pinterest is looking to hire a Data Scientist to build, inspire, and grow a high-performance team of data scientists who will serve as thought partners to the teams managing Pinterest's ads stack. The goal is to leverage data science to improve decision-making, drive business growth, and ensure the production of trustworthy technical outputs that influence the business.
Requirements
- Hands on experience as a data scientist, research scientist, applied scientist, or machine learning engineer in a technology company.
- Experience with hypothesis driven product development.
- Experience being a thought partner to improve decision quality and able to influence with expertise.
- Industrial experience with ads product and metrics.
Responsibilities
- Build, inspire and grow a high performance team of data scientists that are thought partners to the teams that run Pinterest’s ads stack.
- Strong causal inference/marketplace knowledge with a deep understanding of how ML models drive business.
- Work with product and engineering partners help identify and answer important “why and how” questions.
- Lead the team to structure ambiguous technical 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.
- Communicate complex findings and insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
Other
- MS or PhD in a quantitative field or equivalent experience.
- Experience in managing small teams of highly technical scientists, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Be a champion for building highly talented and diverse teams with an inclusive culture.
- This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times/month and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
