Senior Manager, Ad Ranking

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.

Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world, every day. We’re deeply committed to the well-being of everyone in our global community, which is why our values are at the root of everything we do. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.

We are looking for a Senior Machine Learning Manager to join the Ad Ranking Team in Monetization. 

What you’ll do:

• Support a group of elite machine learning engineers and scientists to advance ML modeling and capabilities, build and improve advertising products, and help our partners achieve their business goals on the Snap platform

• Build robust, lasting, and scalable products, and iterate quickly without compromising quality

• Evaluate the technical tradeoffs of key decisions and technical roadmap

• Support the team, grow leaders, and foster positive team culture

• Build strong partnership with key stakeholders and leadership

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong understanding of ML approaches and algorithms, and their applications to advertising or recommendation

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

• Experience collaborating with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of a company

• Experience in solving open ambiguous problems from end to end 

• Strong people management skills

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in a technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of experience

• 10+ years of machine learning experience in industry

• 4+ years experience managing ML teams focusing on advertising applications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in computer science or related field

• Experience working with ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch or related frameworks

• Experience managing a team of 25+ engineers with manager reports

• Previous experience partnering with cross-functional executives and management across a globally distributed organization and exercising sound judgment

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disa