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Director, Data Science

Known · New York, NY; Remote · Remote

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About Known

Known is your pocket matchmaker: a swipeless dating app that gets to know you first, makes one considered introduction at a time, and helps plan the date. Backed by Pear VC.

About the role

Take ownership of projects from scoping to delivery. Collaborate with clients and cross-functional teams to solve complex marketing challenges using advanced analytics, modeling approaches, statistics, and measurement & experimentation techniques.

What they're looking for

  • You’re an expert in data science and statistics with 8+ years of professional experience in quantitative research, marketing, or consulting
  • You have at least 2 years of experience managing people and teams, inspiring them to do their best work. You enjoy training and developing others
  • You have superb communication, narrative-building, and presentation skills. You are as comfortable talking to engineers as with C-suite executives. You’re great at presenting and storytelling with data
  • You can write high-quality Python code and are comfortable with tools like Git and SQL. You understand data pipelines and can bridge the gap between technical execution and strategic business goals
  • You’re an expert at implementing and explaining machine learning models, including linear and XGBoost regressions
  • You have a deep grasp of statistics and probability applied to experimentation and other marketing problems
More about this role

Known is what happens when a data science firm and a creative agency stop arguing and start collaborating. We were built from scratch with PhD data scientists and award-winning creatives working on the same briefs, from day one. That structure earned us an Ad Age #3 A-List ranking, back-to-back Data & Insights Agency of the Year wins, plus Emmys, Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies across clients in finance, tech, entertainment, consumer goods, and real estate. We're distributed across the U.S. and unapologetically ambitious.

If you're tired of choosing between doing smart work and doing creative work, you'll fit right in here.

Do you thrive at the intersection of data science, innovation, and marketing? Known seeks a Director of Data Science to lead cutting-edge marketing analytics and client engagements. Our Strategy team is at the heart of Known’s mission to bring ground-breaking customer insights, strategic consulting, media planning/buying and creative work to our clients.

  • Lead client engagements at the intersection of data science, AI and strategy:

Take ownership of projects from scoping to delivery. Collaborate with clients and cross-functional teams to solve complex...

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