Director, Data Science & Analytics Creation Products

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. 

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. 

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

WHY DATA SCIENCE & ANALYTICS?

 

The Data Science & Analytics organization’s mission is to increase our speed, frequency and acumen of making decisions at scale by instilling a data-influenced approach to building products. We cover a wide area of the data spectrum including analytical data engineering, product analytics, experimentation, causal inference, statistical modeling and machine learning. Aligned and partnering with product verticals, we use this extensive tool belt to discover new opportunities and unmet use cases, influence and shape the product roadmap and prioritization, build data products and measure impact on our community of players and developers.

WHY CREATION PRODUCTS?

The Creator org mission is to enable anyone to create anything, from anywhere.  Creation Products includes the two main products used to create content: Studio and the Roblox Content Platform.  As the Data Science & Analytics leader in this domain, you will be a crucial driver in shaping the creator experience at Roblox. You’ll partner with various functions (Product Management, Design, Engineering, Operations, in addition to Data Science & Analytics), and various levels from individual contributors to senior executives. You will be responsible for creating an ecosystem in which our creators thrive. You will report to the Director of Data Science and Analytics and come in person 3 days weekly to our San Mateo office. 

You Are:

• A vision leader. You lead and implement long term innovative solutions over multiple quarters. You champion creative solutions to address complex problems across a large scope. You lead organizational efforts to build or upgrade analytical tools and systems.
• A responsible executor. You guide teams to push through difficult challenges. You take responsibility for the overall success of the product group, including the results delivered by your teams and group. You ensure delivery towards your strategic vision.
• A role model. You put Community before Company before Group before Individual. You model that behavior in interactions and decisions. You expect your partners and organization to operate under the same ideology and take course-corrective actions.
• A strong communicator. You are capable of communicating complex concepts clearly to executive staff. You lead and instigate critical conversations within the company

You Have:

• 10+ years of industry experience in data science or relevant academic experience
• 6+ years partnering with product management, engineering and operations teams 
• 4+ years of experience managing teams 
• 4+ years leading technically complex and ambiguous XFN projects
• Experience using big data query/processing languages such as SQL, Hive or Spark to transform/manipulate very large datasets
• Experience in one or more scripting languages such as Python or R
• BA/BS in Computer Science, Applied Math, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, Economics or other technical field
• Preferably experience working on projects related to user growth, generative AI, user generated content, personalization, search and discovery, and/or a two sided marketplace

You Will:

• Set a vision, direction and prioritization across multiple teams, developing yearly roadmaps
• Partner to set strategy within the product group
• Identify and execute on efficiencies in operations
• Hands on analysis that creates a foundation and is a model for DSA excellence
• Lead or collaborate on projects that span across product groups and functions
• Facilitate collaboration across the company
• Motivate and grow leaders on your team
• Attract and promote high performers
• Foster an innovative culture

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown belo