Data Science Manager

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About The Teams

MaaS (“Money as a Service”) Data Science

The MaaS Data Science team is central to all money movements, embedded finance, and platform solutions for our biggest and most complex customers. The two roles available are in Embedded Finance (Capital, Issuing) and Connect (Stripe’s solution and growth suite for platforms and marketplaces). We set the data foundations for company wide data primitives + external products; drive strategy through modelling, analytics, and experimentation; build world class data-driven + ML powered product experiences; and partner closely with cross-functional partners across all facets of the business (Product, Engineering, Risk, Marketing, Ops, Strategy, and more) to ensure the success of our Connect, Capital, and Issuing product suite.

Growth Data Science

The Growth Data Science team helps businesses on Stripe get started both quickly and effectively. We work closely with Growth product and engineering leads to optimize every step of the user journey, from awareness and acquisition, through product adoption, to usage growth and retention. Our team is known for being an experimentation powerhouse, for pushing the frontiers of causal analysis and cumulative impact measurement, and for developing a deep understanding of the user journey that helps drive the product roadmap. We work closely with Growth Product and Engineering, and more broadly with Sales, Marketing, Developer Platform, Support, and Risk teams.

What you’ll do

Data Science Managers at Stripe are responsible for the success of their team. You’ll be deeply involved in the modeling and design processes as well as coaching, mentoring, and leading the team. You’ll have a deep understanding of how to drive efficient data science teams and you’ll have a strong user-focus. You’ll be working with data scientists, analysts and engineers on creating technical solutions and communicating effectively across teams and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Drive the roadmap and priorities for your team, and work with many Stripe leaders across the company to enhance our ability to be data driven.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization such as engineering, analytics, operations, finance, and marketing.
• Lead and manage processes to help the team do its best work and engage effectively with the rest of Stripe
• Manage a high-performing team of data scientists, supporting them to achieve a high level of technical excellence and advance in their careers.
• Recruit and onboard great data scientists, in collaboration with Stripe’s recruiting team
• Contribute to broad data science initiatives as a member of Stripe’s data science management team.
  
  
  

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum Requirements

• A PhD or MS or BS in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Operations Research, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering).
• You have at least 3 years of direct management experience leading data science or ML teams, and 10 years of overall data science experience.
• You have demonstrated expertise in designing metrics and guiding business decisions with data.
• You have technical expertise to drive clarity with staff and senior scientists about architecture and strategic modeling decisions.
• You’ve managed teams that have built and shipped machine learning systems and data products at scale, and have hands-on experience with challenging problems.
• You work very well cross-functionally, and are able to think rigorously and make hard decisions and tradeoffs.
• You have clear and persuasive communication skills in writing and verbally.
• You thrive on a high level of autonomy and responsibility.
• You foster a healthy, inclusive, challenging, and supportive work environment.
  
  
  

Preferred Requirements

• You are comfortable working with geographically distributed teams
• Expertise in time series forecasting, predictive modeling, or optimization
• Expertise in data design and building scalable data architectures
  
  
  

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico, Bengaluru, India, and Dublin, Ireland work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in-office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.

Pay and benefits

The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is CA$221,300 - CA$331,900. This range may change if you are hired in another location. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings (“OTE”) range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and specific location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the primary location may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Specific benefits and details about what compensation is included in the salary range listed above will vary depending on the applicant’s location and can be discussed in more detail during the interview process. Benefits/additional compensation for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; retirement plans; health benefits; and wellness stipends.

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