Senior Director, Data Science

Posted 10 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
289K-391K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Consumer Web • Productivity • Software • App development • Automation • Data Privacy
Our mission is to design a more enlightened way of working. Join us!
The Role
The Senior Director of Data Science will lead the development of a new initiative at Dropbox, focusing on building and managing a team of data scientists. Responsibilities include guiding data-informed strategies, partnering with leadership across functions, and driving measurable business impact through advanced analytics and product enhancement.
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Role Description

How many times you get an opportunity to be at the ground floor on a very big and important mission? What if you get to be one of the top leaders defining the mission, hiring, guiding your teams and influencing the direction of Dropbox? As a Senior Director of Data Science for this new division, you will exactly get to do that.  You will be able to drive the future direction of this new initiative and answer key questions about revenue/user growth. You will build and lead a team of top-tier data scientists and be an inherent part of product org to create and scale this new business.

As a ground floor opportunity for this startup team, we need this lead to build a top-tier data-informed culture with a lot of focus on impact and execution.  

Repsonsibilities

  • You will lead the team in balancing urgency vs. the incredibly high quality bar expected by both our customers and the broader Dropbox organization, through clear and repeatable data informed approach
  • You will partner closely with leadership across all functions - Product, Engineering, Design, Research, GTM, Customer success and Sales 
  • You will have the seat at the table for every key decision for this new initiative
  • You will create a culture of strong technical ownership, resulting in highly reliable products and services at scale
  • You will build and manage a team of high performing data scientists to deliver best in class analytics 
  • You will leverage data-driven insights to proactively identify most impactful opportunities, and inform future experimentation design and product roadmaps  

Qualifications

  • Bachelors’ or above in quantitative discipline: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
  • 10+ years experience of leveraging data-driven analysis to influence key business decisions, preferably in a tech company
  • 5+ years directly managing data scientists, quantitative researchers, or product analysts
  • Demonstrated experience building and scaling a data science function in an early stage, high growth environment
  • Proven track record of being able to work independently and proactively engage with business stakeholders with minimal direction & driver measurable business impact
  • Familiarity with advanced analytics methodologies and Experience with ML and predictive modeling
  • Experience with increasing depth of product acquisition, engagement and monetization in a SaaS business

Preferred Qualifications

  • Ability to analyze large datasets and use data to inform product or business decision making, with a track record of driving directly measurable product or business impact
  • Good Executive presence with excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Previous experience building data driven programs and teams - experience with SQL and large datasets, deep understanding of statistical analysis & experiment design

Compensation

US Zone 1

$289,000$391,000 USD

US Zone 2

$260,100$351,900 USD

US Zone 3

$231,200$312,800 USD

Top Skills

SQL

What the Team is Saying

Caitlin
Latane
Drew
Mack
The Company
San Francisco, CA
2,500 Employees
Remote Workplace
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

Dropbox is a special place where we are all seeking to fulfill our mission to design a more enlightened way of working. We’re looking for innovative talent to join us on our journey. The words shared by our founders at the start of Dropbox still ring true today. Wouldn’t it be great if our working environment—and the tools we use—were designed with people’s actual needs in mind? Imagine if every minute at work were well spent—if we could focus and spend our time on the things that matter. This is possible, and Dropbox is connecting the dots. The nearly 3,000 Dropboxers around the world have helped make Dropbox a living workspace - the place where people come together and their ideas come to life. Our 700+ million global users have been some of our best salespeople, and they have helped us acquire customers with incredible efficiency. As a result, we reached a billion dollar revenue run rate faster than any software-as-a-service company in history. Dropbox is making the dream of a fulfilling and seamless work life a reality. We hope you’ll join us on the journey.

Why Work With Us

Our remote work model is a deliberate shift to provide greater flexibility, create a level-playing field, and evolve our culture to focus on people over places. Being a Virtual First company has allowed us to focus on our impact and effectiveness, by making investments in our employees according to what they need to do their best work.

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Remote Workspace

Employees work remotely.

While remote work is the primary experience for our employees, we also prioritize opportunities for quarterly in-person collaboration knowing that connection is vital to a thriving workforce. We focus on how we work, not where we work.

Typical time on-site: None
San Francisco, CA

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