# Director, Data Science at Known

- Company: Known
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://www.knowndating.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: New York, NY; Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $140K to $170K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-25
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/known/jobs/8797403002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/known-director-data-science/

## 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

Tags: Strategy - 2