Sr. Director, Data Science & Analytics

What You’ll Do

• Build and lead a world‑class, centralized data science organization, integrating data engineering, analytics, and modeling across Firefly.
• Establish consistent instrumentation and a shared benchmark framework across all products.
• Implement standardized experimentation and automated, reliable readouts to support rapid learning and product iteration.
• Deliver actionable product guidance, not just dashboards—proactively steering roadmap and portfolio choices with clear, data‑driven insights.
• Own monthly product health reviews and drive weekly business narratives that inform quarterly planning, staffing, and strategic bets.
• Partner with product, engineering, marketing, and finance to guide roadmaps, investment decisions, and financial modeling, ensuring every product choice is grounded in measurable impact.
• Lead the development of models that reveal activation, retention, cross‑product journeys, and quality signals, enabling deep understanding of user segments and product evolution.
• Inspire, hire, and manage a diverse team of data professionals toward ambitious business objectives.
• Define the data science, business analytics, and product analytics vision for Firefly; set the technical roadmap and align it with broader business goals.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to ensure data‑driven insights directly inform strategic priorities and product innovation.

• BS in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field, or equivalent experience (MS a plus).
• Minimum eight years of experience managing analytics teams and collaborating with product and engineering teams to guide data‑influenced product and business planning, prioritization, and strategy development.
• Demonstrated experience building and leading multidisciplinary teams of data scientists, engineers, and analytics professionals.
• Deep expertise working closely with product to support, drive, and validate building both products users love and successful businesses at scale.
• Proven ability to influence strategy and lead change through compelling communication of data‑driven insights.
• Intellectual curiosity, decisiveness, and adaptability in ambiguous, complex environments.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills.

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