Thumbtack is hiring a
Vice President Data Science

Summary

Join us as we build the only app homeowners need to effortlessly manage their homes, and make an impact by advocating for pros and customers, embracing change, and choosing teamwork every day.

Requirements

• 12+ years of analytics experience with 8+ years of management experience
• Strong expertise in product, marketing, and operational analytics
• A well-balanced combination of big-picture thinking, ability to thrive in ambiguity, exceptional problem solving skills and patience to teach others and uphold a high bar
• Strong analytical and technical skills. You should be able to guide your team to delivering high-quality analyses in a scalable way
• Experience working in experiment-driven product development in close partnership with product managers, engineers and designers
• Strong communication skills and ability to build strong relationships cross-functionally and with senior leadership
• Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral degree in one of the following areas; Statistics, Engineering, Analytics, Math, Computer Science, Operations Research

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and grow a team of 40+ Data Scientists within product, people, operations and marketing
• Define opportunities, size various initiatives and evaluate the impact of the opportunities
• Co-own the company’s product development roadmap together with senior leaders in product management, engineering and design/user research
• Guide the leadership team on setting company-wide goals that inform and support our long-term product strategy
• Drive critical company-wide initiatives including Data Science infrastructure, product quality, commission plan, sales and marketing effectiveness and people team initiatives
• Manage team execution at scale with ambitious but achievable goal-setting, inspiring sense of urgency, expecting high standards, leveraging direct reports and team managers
• Build agility into the organization to go after opportunities / shift priorities as needed
• Uphold key leadership values: lead with why, make it count, own it, choose teamwork, and say what you mean

Benefits

• Virtual-first working model coupled with in-person events
• 20 company-wide holidays including a week-long end-of-year company shutdown
• Library (optional use collaboration & connection hub). in San Francisco
• WiFi reimbursements
• Cell phone reimbursements (North America)
• Employee Assistance Program for mental health and well-being