Data Science Manager - Search Consumer Discovery all genders

We are on the lookout for a Data Science Manager (all genders) to lead one of our teams in global discovery. At Global Discovery we craft the central Search and Recommendation services that serve millions of customers daily in more than 70 countries around the globe. 

Science is at the core of our services using Machine Learning and AI to create truly personalized recommendations decode our customers queries and intent learn to rank our search results and create semantic matching. All of that for a diverse set of languages like Spanish Arabic English Mandarin or Korean. Since our algorithms run on a grand scale with thousands of requests per minute deployment and operating Machine Learning algorithms and building robust data pipelines is core to creating impact with our research.

If this sounds exciting and you are a passionate People manager you enjoy not only building and leading teams but also solving complex problems in creative manner an international workplace is waiting for you in the heart of Berlin!

• Utilize your expertise in science and leadership to guide a talented team in researching innovative and impactful machine learning and AI based solutions to help millions of customers in their Search journey. Help your team to stay uptodate with the latest research on Search and Ranking and how to apply it in practical ways.

• Supervise and continuously improve the entire lifecycle of machine learning projects from ideation data manipulation model building experimentation to deploying it into production at scale in collaboration with other data scientists and engineers. 

• Cultivate a diverse healthy and highperformance team by nurturing talent providing direction and building a culture of scientific excellence continuous learning and innovation.. 

• Guiding and coaching data scientists data and backend engineers mentoring them in technical and nontechnical aspects of their work.

• Partner with the product team to develop solutions for real customer problems that drive business impact and jointly manage stakeholders dependencies and priorities.

• Work in collaboration with other science leaders across the organization to define the longterm science strategy of the area. Build impactful relationships with our science and engineering partners in our local brand teams around the world.

Qualifications :

• Experience working within the Search space

• You have a Master or PhD in Computer Science Statistics Math or related fields coupled with 5 years of experience of building Search solutions in industry contexts and 2 years in leadership roles.

• Proficiency of a wide variety of Machine learning Statistical methods and Search algorithms (Classical ML NLP Information Retrieval Learningtorank Semantic Retrieval). You know their proscons with the ability to identify the best approach and methods suitable for a problem. 

• Strong coding skills in Python SQL and an understanding of Java. Experience working with the Scientific Python stack Airflow and cloud platforms like GCP

• An adaptable leader who thrives in ambiguity with a knack for breaking down complex problems into actionable steps.

• Experience leading cross functional teams of engineers and data scientists. Helping them to grow in their role and offer technical guidance.

• Proven expertise in stakeholder management and fostering strong relationships. Excellent business understanding to drive informed engineering decisions

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and ability to influence beyond the team.

Additional Information :

Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after happy and healthy is always on the menu. Because if youre in good shape then were in good shape.

• Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for facetoface connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week

• We offer 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service

• Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after happy and healthy is always on the menu. Because if youre in good shape then were in good shape

• Get moving and release those wonderful mindboosting endorphins: Health Checkups Meditation Yoga Gym & Bicycle Subsidy

• Cash. Dough. Cheddar. Whatever you call it well help you with it: Employee Share Purchase Plan Sabbatical Bank  Public Transportation Ticket Discount Life & Accident Insurance Corporate Pension Plan

• Look up and go for it. We will support you in developing yourself and your career: 1.000 Educational Budget Language Courses Parental Support

• The power of getting together over some food is unrivaled. Here are a few ways to help you do that. All the yum: Digital Meal Vouchers Food Vouchers Corporate Discounts and access to the Udemy Business platform to explore a variety of online courses.

We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities religious beliefs color national origin gender identities or expressions sexual orientations age marital or disability statuses or any other aspect that makes you you. We encourage you to let us know if you need any accommodations or specific accessibility support to ensure a smooth interview experiencejust include it in your application. Youre welcome to share your pronouns (he/she/they) right from the start so we can address you respectfully from our first contact.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime