Data Science Manager

Realtor Agent • Scottsdale, AZ

94d

About The Position

Realtor.com is a two-sided platform helping match the consumers on our site and apps to our paying customers. The Customer Data Science & Analytics team at Realtor.com provides trusted data and insights to optimize every aspect of our customer experience and to drive the company's commercial performance. We are looking for a hands-on, experienced manager to lead a team of data scientists and business analysts, acting as a trusted partner to our sales, marketing, and product stakeholders helping them answer the most critical business questions. Reporting to the Director of Commercial Data Science & Analytics, this role manages multiple areas of work and plays a critical part in driving key strategies and decisions on how to improve sales, customer acquisition, retention, and growth. This is a job for a full-stack data scientist with leadership skills and significant experience in stakeholder management and project management. You are expected to not just react to needs/asks but also actively identify opportunities to move the needle in meaningful ways, in collaboration with a diverse set of cross-functional partners across product, sales, B2B Marketing, engineering, finance, and others.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, ideally in a quantitative field.
• 6+ years of professional experience in data science and analytics, with 2+ years experience managing people.
• SQL fluency is a must, with 5+ years of experience.
• 3+ years of experience using a scripting language like Python or R.
• Significant experience with experimentation in a business context.
• Strong communication skills for stakeholder engagement and team leadership.
• Proven experience using data and analytics to drive revenue and other business KPIs.
• Experience in collaborating with cross-functional partners.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and adapting to changing business needs.

Nice To Haves

• Master's or Ph.D. degree in a quantitative field or in Business Analytics.
• Experience with cloud-based data environments such as Snowflake and AWS.
• Experience building and managing analytic data layers.
• Experience in leading reporting/data visualization capabilities (using Tableau or similar tools).
• Demonstrated ability to develop a roadmap for complex technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of data scientists and business analysts, providing technical guidance and career coaching.
• Develop data and analytics strategies that are aligned with goals and priorities in the assigned business areas.
• Partner closely with stakeholders to understand/clarify needs and requirements.
• Work with large and complex data sets to solve a wide array of challenging problems using different data science methods.
• Create trusted analytic data layers that serve as the single version of truth.
• Build and continuously improve reporting capabilities (e.g., Tableau dashboards).
• Build data science models to surface actionable insights from large and complex data.
• Design and execute experimentation to test business hypotheses.
• Prepare deliverables and regularly present work to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Build strong partnerships with a wide range of cross-functional stakeholders.
• Closely collaborate across the Customer Data Science & Analytics organization.

Benefits

• Inclusive and Competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage
• Family forming benefits
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Flexible Time Off
• 8 hours of paid Volunteer Time off
• Immediate eligibility into Company 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match
• Tuition Reimbursement program for degreed and non-degreed programs
• 1:1 personalized Financial Planning Sessions
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program
• Free snacks and refreshments in each office location

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Real Estate
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree