Manager, Data Science

1 Week ago • 6 Years + • Data Analysis • $185,000 PA - $200,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Tinder is seeking a Manager of Data Science to join their Analytics team. This role involves leading the User Growth Data Science team, providing support for A/B test design and analysis, and identifying data-driven insights through ad-hoc analyses, presentations, and automated reports. The manager will also lead a team of data scientists, develop an analytics roadmap, and drive improvements in the team's knowledge and toolset. Responsibilities include deriving and communicating data-driven recommendations, defining and operationalizing performance metrics, designing and analyzing experiments, and finding and sharing insights from data.
Must have:
  • Manage a team of 3+ data scientists
  • Lead with a point of view using data
  • Derive and communicate data-driven recommendations
  • Define and operationalize performance metrics
  • Design and analyze experiments
  • Find and share insights from data
  • Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field
  • 6+ years of experience in data science/analytics
  • 2+ years of experience managing data scientists
  • Develop business understanding and hypotheses
  • Identify and explore new product/marketing opportunities
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication
  • Proficient with SQL and data visualization tools
  • Proficient in Python or R
  • Experience with A/B testing and advanced statistical techniques
  • Comfortable leading discussions with crossfunctional leadership
Good to have:
  • Master's degree or PhD preferred
  • Experience with growth and acquisition across consumer products
Perks:
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • 10 annual Wellness Days
  • Time off to volunteer
  • Charitable donations matching
  • Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage
  • 100% 401(k) employer match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • 100% paid parental leave
  • Family forming benefits
  • Breast milk shipping for business travel, surrogacy, and relocation
  • Mentorship through MentorMatch program
  • Access to 6,000+ online courses
  • Annual stipend for professional development
  • Mental health support
  • Paid concierge medical membership
  • Pet insurance
  • Fitness membership subsidy
  • Commuter subsidy
  • Free premium subscriptions for Match Group apps

Job Details

Our Mission

Launched in 2012, Tinder® revolutionized how people meet, growing from 1 match to one billion matches in just two years. This rapid growth demonstrates its ability to fulfill a fundamental human need: real connection. Today, the app has been downloaded over 630 million times, leading to over 97 billion matches, serving approximately 50 million users per month in 190 countries and 45+ languages - a scale unmatched by any other app in the category. In 2024, Tinder won four Effie Awards for its first-ever global brand campaign, “It Starts with a Swipe”™"


Our Values

One Team, One Dream
We work hand-in-hand, building Tinder for our members. We succeed together when we work collaboratively across functions, teams, and time zones, and think outside the box to achieve our company vision and mission.

Own It
We take accountability and strive to make a positive impact in all aspects of our business, through ownership, innovation, and a commitment to excellence.

Never Stop Learning
We cultivate a culture where it’s safe to take risks. We seek out input, share honest feedback, celebrate our wins, and learn from our mistakes in order to continue improving.

Spark Solutions
We’re problem solvers, focusing on how to best move forward when faced with obstacles. We don’t dwell on the past or on the issues at hand, but instead look at how to stay agile and overcome hurdles to achieve our goals.

Embrace Our Differences
We are intentional about building a workplace that reflects the rich diversity of our members. By leveraging different perspectives and other ways of thinking, we build better experiences for our members and our team.

The Team and Role

Tinder brings people together. With tens of millions of users and a presence in every country on earth, our reach is expansive and rapidly growing.

The Analytics team powers data-informed decision-making at Tinder, and we are hiring a Manager of Data Science to join our growing team. We are looking for creative, tenacious problem solvers who are passionate about our product and excited to work with our rich, sophisticated data. As a Manager of Data Science on the Analytics team, you will be a part of a cross-functional team - including Product, Marketing, Engineering, and Finance - to improve our extraordinary platform. You will maximize a comprehensive dataset of user behaviors to develop experiments, models, reports, and insights to guide our business decisions. You will also be a leader on the Analytics team, managing data scientists, developing an analytics roadmap, and pushing the team to improve their knowledge and toolset.

In this role, you will lead the User Growth Data Science team, providing support for A/B test design and analysis. You will be responsible for identifying data-driven insights through ad-hoc analyses, presentations, and automated reports and dashboards. Experience with growth and acquisition across consumer products is a plus. In this role, your insights will influence the performance of our business, the experience of our users, and the direction of analytics at Tinder.

Where you’ll work:
This is a hybrid role and requires in-office collaboration three days per week. This position is located in Palo Alto, CA.


In this role, you will:

  • Manage a team of 3+ data scientists
  • Be a leader with a point of view for the organization and the team, using data to constantly challenge and reshape our understanding of customer behavior and business performance
  • Derive and communicate data-driven recommendations regarding both the prioritization of potential product/marketing initiatives and performance of current initiatives
  • Define and operationalize the detailed tracking of company-wide, team-specific, and product-specific performance metrics via rollup tables, dashboards, and automated reporting
  • Design and analyze experiments to rigorously test specific hypotheses
  • Find the “story” in the data and share insights across the organization
  • Research product opportunities and help build business cases
  • Stay up-to-date with the latest analytical trends and motivate your team to do the same

You’ll need:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Economics, Computer Science, Statistics), Master’s degree or PhD preferred
  • 6+ years of experience in data science or analytics2+ years of experience managing data scientists
  • Ability to develop a nuanced business understanding, testable hypotheses, and meaningful findings from data
  • Eagerness to identify and explore new product/marketing opportunities, potential improvements to our data infrastructure, and unanswered questions about customer behavior
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, and a willingness to collaborate with business partners
  • Experienced with SQL and data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau or Mode)
  • Proficient in Python or R
  • Substantial experience with and understanding of A/B testing and advanced statistical techniques
  • Being comfortable engaging and leading discussions with crossfunctional leadership including product management, engineering, finance and marketing with thought leadership

As a full-time employee, you’ll enjoy:

  • Unlimited PTO (with no waiting period), 10 annual Wellness Days
  • Time off to volunteer and charitable donations matching 
  • Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage
  • 100% 401(k) employer match up to 10%, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • 100% paid parental leave (including for non-birthing parents), family forming benefits, and Milk Stork, which provides access to breast milk shipping for business travel, surrogacy, and employee relocation
  • Investment in your development: mentorship through our MentorMatch program, access to 6,000+ online courses through Udemy, and an annual stipend for your professional development
  • Investment in your wellness: access to mental health support via Modern Health, and Insight Timer; paid concierge medical membership, pet insurance, fitness membership subsidy, and commuter subsidy
  • Free premium subscriptions for several Match Group apps – including Tinder Platinum!

$185,000 - $200,000 a year
The salary range for this position is $185,000 - $200,000.  Factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, job-related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations may influence base pay offered. This salary range is reflective of a position based in Palo Alto, CA. This salary will be subject to a geographic adjustment (according to a specific city and state), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.


Commitment to Inclusion

At Tinder, we don’t just accept difference, we celebrate it. We strive to build a workplace that reflects the rich diversity of our members around the world, and we value unique perspectives and backgrounds. Even if you don’t meet all the listed qualifications, we invite you to apply and show us how your skills could transfer. Tinder is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace where we welcome people of all sexes, gender identities, races, ethnicities, disabilities, and other lived experiences. Learn more here: https://www.lifeattinder.com/dei

If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please speak to your Talent Acquisition Partner directly.

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