Coinbase is seeking a manager to lead the Developer data science team to devise strategies to help grow the product, support a culture of experimentation, and hold a high bar for rigorous and analytical decision making.
Requirements
- Expertise with analytics tools, data visualization, SQL, R, or Python as applied to data science and analytics
- Deep knowledge of data models and experimental design and execution
- Experience building causal inference models and overseeing synthetic experimentation
- Domain experience in Fintech product and growth areas
- Experience manipulating large amounts of structured and unstructured data
Responsibilities
- Manage, mentor and grow a team of data scientists and build solid working partnerships with product teams
- Act as a strategic thought partner to product teams and Coinbase executives; lead the team to execute on data-based analyses to help prioritize product opportunities and provide actionable recommendations
- Standardize best practices for analysis, modeling and experimentation; develop scalable processes to help the team solve pain points and meet goals
- Design communication structure and cadence with team members; synthesize data learnings into compelling stories and communicate them throughout Coinbase
- Act as the business metrics owner for performance management
- Drive data team and organizational level initiatives to scale our insights through better systems and automation
Other
- BA / BS degree business, computer science, statistics, applied mathematics, or any scientific or computational degree
- 5+ years of experience as a hands-on leader of a high-performing data science/analytics team
- 10+ years of experience providing business insights and driving data science initiatives
- Experience in both internal and external storytelling and executive presentations
- Experience overseeing large, complex and cross-functional initiatives
- Demonstrate our core cultural values: clear communication, positive energy, continuous learning, and efficient execution
- Self-driven and able to create plans for analytics projects and build collaboration within the team
