LinkedIn Hiring for Data Science Manager – Go to Market Marketing Optimization at Sunnyvale, California Full Time

GTM Marketing Optimization Team

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LinkedIn Data Science team has 350+ data scientists, distributed in the US (Sunnyvale, Mountain View, San Francisco, New York), India, and Dublin. We leverage science and engineering to maximize the power of data. Our work spans member engagement, growth, marketing, sales, operations, Economic Graph and more. With over 700 million members around the world, a focus on member value, and a mix of B2B and B2C programs, a career in Data Science at LinkedIn offers countless ways to have an impact.

You’ll be responsible for building a strong technology-driven culture, overseeing some of the most talented ML scientists and engineers on the planet, and helping them to pursue their passion and transform their careers. You will develop a strong bench of talent across people and technical leadership, and help the team find their voice to articulate how our Go-to-Market team can be Data and Algorithms first. Your growth will come from building and supporting strong team members to whom you can effectively delegate, mentor for peak performance, define clear roles and accountability, communicate clear priorities and maximize cross-organizational alignment. Your long-term success will come not from a “command and control” style, but from “inspire and empower. ”

Responsibilities:

You will guide ML modeling for our go-to-market challenges specific to marketing optimization such as media mix modeling, experimentation, attribution, targeting, and bid optimization.
You will Act as a champion for a data/algorithm-driven culture, evangelizing best practices both with LinkedIn and among the local and global data science community.

You are expected to drive meetings and lead discussions with technical as well as non-technical (marketing strategy team, strategic finance, Biz Ops) audience.

You will be required to craft compelling stories and make logical recommendations based on a thorough understanding of data and predictive models created on top of that.

Basic Qualifications:

BS (or higher, e. . , MS, or Ph. . ) in a technical field or equivalent technical experience
8+ years of industry experience
3+ years experience in managing Data Science teams

Preferred Qualifications: 

10+ years of relevant work experience
Experience with building a strong DS team, helping team members realize their full potential, and influencing the team culture.
Strong sense of ownership and intellectual curiosity.
Ability to translate high-level business objectives into actions.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to synthesize, simplify and explain complex problems to different types of audiences, including executives.
Track record of solving complex ML problems.
Expertise in applied statistics and machine learning with strong coding skills for data analysis and ML.
Taken algorithms into production
Experience in experimentation in the marketing domain is a plus.

You will Benefit from our Culture:
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