Manager, Data Science - Marketing

We’re looking for an experienced leader to join our data science org who is excited about the challenges that come with rapid growth, and passionate about connecting people together through a positive and inclusive culture. As the Data Science Manager on the Marketing team, you’ll work closely with your team as well as marketing leaders, and the broader data science team to deliver strategic insights and build data products that will optimize our go to market activity. This position functions more like a tech lead role, where you'll oversee a small team while also remaining actively hands-on. 

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

What you’ll do at Figma:

• Take a hands-on approach to tackle a subset of problems and provide detailed analysis.

• Manage, support and grow a diverse team of data scientists who own all aspects of data within the marketing and sales organizations

• Partner with marketing leadership to set strategy, priorities, and mission for teams and projects

• Develop and refine advanced measurement tools to better assess the impact and value of our top-of-funnel activities and lifecycle marketing initiatives.

• Foster a data driven culture by elevating metrics reporting and understanding

• Establish trust within and across teams by creating accountability and a positive work environment in partnership with other leaders in the organization

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• 5+ years of experience collaborating with marketing teams to develop models for more accurate ROI measurement and analysis.

• 2+ years of experience managing high output marketing data science team

• Proven track record of influencing marketing functions and shipping high-quality data products that support organizational objectives

• Firm knowledge around statistical methods, including lead scoring, experimentation, and attribution modeling

• Proficiency in leveraging data and metrics to guide business decisions

While not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

• A desire to build an inclusive and diverse culture

• Experience scaling teams in high growth environment

Read more about our team:

• https://www.figma.com/blog/cross-functional-data-science-user-research-figma/

• https://www.figma.com/blog/how-we-use-data/

• https://www.figma.com/blog/from-experiment-to-launch-how-data-shaped-a-new-comments-experience/

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.