Senior Manager, Data Science - Marketplace

Senior Manager, Data Science
- Marketplace Payments

Multiple locations Bentonville, AR: $110,000 - $220,000/yr Sunnyvale, CA: $143,000 - $286,000/yr Regular/ Permanent Salaried

The Senior Manager, Data Science
- Marketplace Payments will lead a team of data scientists and leverage advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI to deliver actionable insights that drive strategic business decisions. This role leads end-to-end model development, validation, deployment, and scalable AI/ML solutions within complex data ecosystems. Working cross-functionally, they translate business challenges into data-driven strategies while ensuring operational impact. As a people leader, they are responsible for coaching, and developing a high-performing team of data scientists.

They provide technical thought leadership, champion the adoption of emerging AI capabilities, and drive innovation through scalable, intelligent solutions across the organization.

Role summary:
The Senior Manager, Data Science
- Marketplace Payments will:

• Lead the development of scalable Data Science and AI solutions for a global Marketplace Payments platform across current and future marketplaces.
• Define the technical vision, roadmap, and modeling frameworks for Payments, & Financial Services.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Business leaders to deliver data-driven solutions that shape product strategy.
• Partner with Engineering and Product to build a scalable global marketplaces data platform, data assets, shared feature sets, model monitoring capabilities.
• Champion the adoption of emerging AI capabilities to improve decision-making, automation, and customer experience.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of data scientists.
• Provide technical thought leadership and drive continuous innovation across the organization.

The Senior Manager, Data Science
- Marketplace Payments will bring:

• Proven expertise in machine learning, predictive analytics, advanced statistical modeling, and AI, delivering scalable solutions with measurable business impact.
• Demonstrated technical leadership in defining data science strategy and establishing best practices across the model lifecycle.
• Strong people leadership experience, including building, coaching, and developing high-performing data science/analytics teams.
• Expertise in Python, SQL, enterprise data architecture, and scalable AI/ML solutions.
• Ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional partners, translating complex business challenges into data-driven strategies.
• Experience building globally scalable analytics capabilities and championing adoption of emerging AI technologies.
• Ability to define the vision, and shape the development of a scalable Payments Intelligence Layer
• Payments experience a plus

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