# Sr. Data Science Manager - Ads Marketplace

**Company**: Reddit
**Location**: Remote - Ontario, Canada
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/reddit/jobs/7749131
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## Description

We're seeking a results-oriented and strategically minded Data Science Leader to join our Ads Marketplace team. As a Senior Data Science Manager, you will lead a team of high-calibre data scientists to partner with Product, Engineering, and Sales to build a world-class, transparent, and efficient marketplace.

Responsibilities:

- Inspire, lead, and grow a team of data scientists to achieve our longer-term vision

- Drive data science projects end-to-end in partnership with Product, Engineering, and other partners to inform product strategy and investment decisions

- Analyze large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and insights that can help understand marketplace dynamics and help cross-functional teams (e.g., product, engineering, marketing) to define and execute data-driven optimization strategies

- Actively influence the design of the strategy and shaping of the roadmap. Generate and use team insights to set and prioritise longer-term goals

- Create and implement A/B testing, experimentation, and other cutting-edge statistical/mathematical frameworks to analyse Ads (marketplace) performance

- Continually develop & execute on a Data Science roadmap and vision for your team

- Stay abreast of industry best practices and emerging technologies in the field of advertising and data science

- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence

- Be an integral part of the Data Science Org, leveraging and contributing to the vibrant knowledge base, shared across a community of world-class data experts

Required Qualifications:

- PhD or Master's degree in Economics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields

- 4+ years of management experience. Experience managing managers is a bonus

- Strong skills in programming (Python or R) and SQL

- Experience in leveraging AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude, or similar LLMs) to improve personal and team productivity, code quality, and technical problem-solving

- Deep understanding of Ads Marketplace

- Extensive experience of online experimentation and causal inference

- Ability to communicate & discuss low-level technical topics as well as high-level strategies

- Comfortable in innovative and fast-paced environments, and an innate ability to bias toward action

- Results-oriented with a strong customer and business focus

- Track-record driving product roadmap and execution with strong cross-org collaborations

- Ability to provide structure and tackle ambiguous and undefined problems

Benefits:

- Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support

- Family Planning Support

- Gender-Affirming Care

- Mental Health & Coaching Benefits

- Comprehensive Medical Benefits & Health Care Spending Account

- Registered Retirement Savings Plan with matching contributions

- Income Replacement Programs

- Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off

- Generous Paid Parental Leave

## Skills

### Required
- PhD or Master's degree in Economics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields
- 4+ years of management experience
- Strong skills in programming (Python or R) and SQL
- Experience in leveraging AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude, or similar LLMs)
- Deep understanding of Ads Marketplace

### Nice to have
- Online experimentation and causal inference
- Ability to communicate & discuss low-level technical topics as well as high-level strategies