Director of Consumer Data Science

Reddit is seeking a Director of Consumer Data Science to lead the company’s consumer data science and analytics functions. This leadership role involves scaling a modern data science organization, establishing strong data foundations, and leveraging advanced quantitative modeling to drive high-impact decisions. The position requires both technical depth in data science and experimentation, alongside executive presence to influence high-level decisions across the company.

Must Have

• Lead consumer data science and analytics functions.
• Scale a modern data science organization.
• Establish strong data foundations.
• Leverage advanced quantitative modeling for high-impact decisions.
• Partner with leaders across Consumer Engineering & Product, Ads, Marketing, and Finance.
• Provide clear, actionable insights for company strategy.
• Represent Reddit as a thought leader in data science, ML, experimentation, and measurement.
• Drive company-level impact through understanding Reddit’s ecosystem.
• Build, lead, and retain a world-class multidisciplinary team.
• Develop senior leaders and scale technical and scientific talent.
• Uphold and improve data science quality and citizenship.
• Advance Reddit’s data science capabilities, ensuring trust and scalability.
• Deepen understanding of Reddit’s complex ecosystems.
• 10+ years experience in data science, economics, or ML engineering.
• 5+ years in senior leadership roles.
• Proven ability to define, communicate, and execute a data vision.
• Deep expertise in causal inference, ML, data engineering, and experimentation.
• Strong technical and scientific foundation in data science and analytics engineering.
• Experience with modern data platforms.
• Exceptional influence and communication skills.
• Ability to deliver impartial insights to C-level executives.

Perks & Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401k Match
• Family Planning Support
• Gender-Affirming Care
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
• Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off
• Generous paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer time off

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 101M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

Reddit is seeking a Director of Consumer Data Science team to lead the company’s consumer data science and analytics functions. As a key member of the leadership team, you will be responsible for scaling a modern data science organization that establishes strong data foundations, and leverages advanced quantitative modeling to drive high-impact decisions across the company. The role requires both technical depth in data science and experimentation and the executive presence to influence decisions at the highest levels.

What you’ll do

• Data science leadership
• Partner with leaders across Consumer Engineering & Product, Ads, Marketing, and Finance to provide clear, actionable insights that guide the company strategy.
• Represent Reddit internally and externally as a thought leader in data science, ML, experimentation, and measurement.
• Drive company level impact through in-depth understanding of Reddit’s ecosystem leveraging all facets of data science.
• Build out a world class data science organization.
• Build, lead, and retain a world-class multidisciplinary team spanning data science, ML, data engineering and analytics.
• Develop senior leaders within the organization while scaling a strong bench of technical and scientific talent.
• Strengthen our data science foundations.
• Uphold and improve upon data science quality and citizenship
• Advance Reddit’s data science capabilities, ensuring it is trusted and scalable.
• Deepen understanding of Reddit’s complex ecosystems of communities, moderators, contributors and consumers.

Skills and Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data science, economics, or ML engineering, with 5+ years in senior leadership roles.
• Strategic Leadership: Proven ability to define, communicate, and execute a data vision that drives measurable business outcomes.
• Deep expertise in data science, causal inference, ML, data engineering, and experimentation.
• Strong technical and scientific foundation in data science and analytics engineering, with experience in modern data platforms.
• Exceptional influence and communication skills, with the ability to deliver impartial insights to C-level executives

Benefits:

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401k Match
• Family Planning Support
• Gender-Affirming Care
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
• Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off
• Generous paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer time off

Pay Transparency:

This job posting may span more than one career level.

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.

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The base pay range for this position is:

$260,800 - $365,100 USD

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