Data Science Director

4 Months ago • 10 Years + • Data Analyst • $253,000 PA - $314,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Meta is searching for a seasoned analytics leader to guide data-informed decisions. As a Data Science Director, you'll play a critical role in building the platforms of the future, partnering with product and business teams. You'll be responsible for inspiring and growing a team, using data to shape development, identify challenges, and ensure products deliver value. Your focus will be on driving results, delivering rigorous analyses, and using data to influence products, strategies, and organizations. You'll communicate data-driven stories to convince and influence partners, establishing credibility through clear insights and recommendations.
Must have:
  • 10+ years managing analytics teams
  • Experience collaborating with Product and Infrastructure teams
  • Guiding data-influenced product and business planning
  • Experience hiring, retaining, and scaling high-performing teams
  • Proven experience influencing strategy and driving change
  • Clear communication of data-driven insights and analyses
  • Intellectual curiosity, drive, and decisiveness
  • Effective communication skills
Good to have:
  • Experience with both product and business analytics work
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver an integrated approach
Perks:
  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Job Details

We’re looking for a seasoned analytics leader to drive data-informed decisions for Meta. You will play a critical role in helping Meta build the platforms of the future. You will partner with the product and business teams that build and grow our infrastructure for the future of Meta. You will be focused on results, be proactive, deliver rigorous analyses, and use data to drive change in products, strategies, and organizations. About the role: People leadership: You will inspire, lead and grow a world-class team. Product leadership: You will use data to shape development, quantify new opportunities, identify upcoming challenges, and ensure the products we build bring value to people, businesses, and Meta. You will help your partner teams prioritize what to build, set goals, and understand their product’s ecosystem. Analytics: You will guide teams using data and insights. You will focus on developing hypotheses and employ a diverse toolkit of rigorous analytical approaches, different methodologies, frameworks, and technical approaches to test them. Communication and influence: You won’t simply present data, but tell data-driven stories. You will convince and influence your partners using clear insights and recommendations. You will build credibility through structure and clarity, and be a trusted strategic partner.
Data Science Director Responsibilities
  • Inspire, lead and grow a distributed team of data scientists and data science leaders across North America
  • Apply your expertise in quantitative analysis, data mining, and the presentation of data in developing data-informed strategies for growing and improving our product offerings.
  • Contribute to long-term technical vision and strategy methods and metrics that will improve the quality and efficiency of our products at scale.
  • Lead development and communication of product area insights and recommended action items with Meta Analytics leadership.
Minimum Qualifications
  • 10+ years of work experience managing analytics teams, working collaboratively with Product and Infrastructure teams, and guiding data-influenced product and business planning, prioritization and strategy development.
  • Demonstrated experience in hiring, retaining and scaling diverse, geographically dispersed, high-performing teams.
  • Proven experience influencing strategy and driving change across org boundaries through clear and compelling communication of data-driven insights and analyses.
  • Intellectual curiosity, drive, and decisiveness with ambiguous and complex enviornments.
  • Experience working effectively with multiple stakeholders and cross-functionally.
  • Effective communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with both product and business analytics work and demonstrated to deliver an integrated approach.
For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click for additional information.
Locations
Data Center
About Meta
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

$253,000/year to $314,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about at Meta.


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