Manager, Advertising Data Science & Insights

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

The Product team uses creativity, insights, and operational excellence to steer our product vision across Snap Inc. This team of designers, scientists, and product managers work in a highly collaborative environment to build the products and experiences that bring our community together in new and special ways.

We’re looking for a Manager, Advertising Data Science & Insights to join Team Snapchat! 

What you’ll do

• Build and manage an experienced team of data scientists and analysts aimed at distinguishing Snap from other ad platforms, enabling sales initiatives, and growing advertiser success through the combination of compelling insights, technical capabilities, strategic data analysis, and fast paced execution.

• Establish a positive, mutually supportive, and inclusive team environment where each team member can generate outsize impact. 

• Responsible for ongoing team member development and growth, providing continuous growth-oriented development feedback.

• Work cross-functionally and partner with sales leaders, data science teams, product marketing teams, and researchers to solve problems, and conduct analytics to support deep advertiser understanding for sales enablement and advertiser success.

• Create and lead in-depth analysis and drive cross-functional, high impact data projects, asking the right questions, testing hypotheses, identifying patterns and providing the necessary business context to translate data findings into actionable insights.

• Build data-driven sales narratives grounded in rigorous data insights and analytics, partnering closely with sales leadership and product teams to support advertiser success.

• Lead the development & promotion of data insights with leadership that level up sales efforts and in-market strategies throughout the sales organization.

• Develop & oversee an effective analytics roadmap, managing cross-functional priorities and ensuring timely delivery of high-caliber work.

• Provide strategic direction, project clarity, methodological consultation and deliver results both individually and through managing a high performing team.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Experience in applied data analytics and statistical analytics, including insights generation, experimentation, and statistical measurement.

• Expertise in data workflows and pipelines, and leading a team responsible for data capture, measurement, and optimization capability management.

• Expertise using SQL and Python.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with high attention to detail.

• Experience working in a sales-facing data role, developing analytics for use in client growth.

• Experience developing in-market insights and data-driven, sales-facing materials.

• Ability to initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance.

• Ability to balance practical business needs and scientific rigor.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as math, statistics, economics, and computer science, or equivalent years of experience.

• 7+ years of experience in data science or analytics doing quantitative analysis and insights generation at a technology company.

• 3+ years experience in a leadership role within a data organization.

Preferred qualifications

• Advanced degree in a quantitative field (Economics, Computer Scienc