Job Details
Data Science Manager, Ad Performance
2025-07-01 Pinterest San Francisco,CAAbout Pinterest:
Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we're on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.
Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other's unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It's Possible.
What you'll do:
- Build, inspire and grow a high performance team of data scientists that are thought partners to the team that builds machine learning models that powers Pinterest's ads stack.
- Strong ML knowledge with a deep understanding of how models drive business.
- Work with product and engineering partners help identify and answer important "why and how" questions. Lead the team to structure ambiguous technical challenges into actionable plans. Ensure that your team is producing consistently trustworthy and high-quality technical outputs that influence the business. Drive data-driven decision-making aligned with the organization's strategic objectives.
- Communicate complex findings and insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
- Be a champion for building highly talented and diverse teams with an inclusive culture.
What we're looking for:
- Bachelor's/Master's degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
- Experience in managing small teams of highly technical scientists, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Hands on experience as a data scientist, research scientist, applied scientist, or machine learning engineer in a technology company
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with hypothesis driven product development
- Experience being a thought partner to improve decision quality and able to influence with expertise
- Industrial experience with ads product and metrics.
What skills are ideal but not required?
- Experience in building production ML systems
Relocation Statement:
- This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
In-Office Requirement Statement:
- We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
- This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1 time per week and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from one of the following offices: Seattle, San Francisco or Palo Alto.
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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here
US based applicants only
$163,064—$335,720 USD
Our Commitment to Inclusion: