Data Science Manager, SBG
Our Small Business Group (SBG) team contributes directly to Facebook's mission by helping businesses grow and creating jobs. We focus on connecting every small business in the world with their customers on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger and then helping them grow through solutions like pages, advertising, and messaging. We succeed when we help our customers grow their business and create jobs in their communities. Our team is one of only two sales channels responsible for Facebook's multi-billion-dollar advertising business. And we help more than 99% of our advertisers. Our potential business is even larger with more than 70 million active businesses on our platform. We have a unique opportunity to serve one of the largest communities of small businesses in the world. And to make each one of their experiences personalized, we rely on data, insights, and powerful platforms. Thus, we've built a different type of sales team. One that balances technology and people. And one that we hope will blaze new territory for the entire industry. The SBG team is seeking a Data Science Manager who is passionate about using data and insights to drive business strategy, inform its execution, improve efficiency and facilitate clients success at scale. The successful candidate will manage a group of data scientists focusing on driving data-informed strategies to deliver value for our clients at scale, creating the data infrastructure and reports to measure our business top goals and KPIs, conducting deep-dive analyses to inform our strategy, and facilitating data driven decision-making through measurement. The ideal candidate is passionate about leading and developing a team and about using data and analysis to evaluate program performance and drive clients success in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will have experience managing data science functions, managing stakeholders, recognizing patterns of success (and failure) quickly, and working with partners from sales to engineering. Success in this position requires a passion for leadership, strong analytical skills, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic, collaborative environment. This position reports to the Head of our Data Science team.
Data Science Manager, SBG Responsibilities
Manage, develop, and motivate a group of data scientists
Be a thought leader and go-to expert for program goals, strategy, and long-term vision
Lead and conduct deep-dive analyses to identify needs and priorities of the business
Facilitate data-driven and informed decision making and prioritization
Develop strong cross-functional partnerships across Facebook to drive our team's success
Drive outstanding performance both for this team and the broader Sales organization
Minimum Qualifications
BA/BS in Math, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Physics, or other quantitative fields
5+ years of experience in analytics
Experience managing an analytics team
Experience in conducting analyses to drive business impact
Experience with SQL (Oracle, Vertica, Hive, MySQL, etc.)
Experience communicating with business leaders and cross-functional stakeholders
Experience with statistical analysis and statistical packages such as R, MATLAB, SPSS, SAS, Stata, etc.
Experience with communicating strategy and results to different audiences
Experience in managing multiple projects and deadlines
Preferred Qualifications
Advanced degree
Experience working with sales, marketing, customer service