Director Data Science

Company Description

The Director of Data Science is responsible for leading the Red Bull North America (RBNA) Data Science team and delivering the most exciting data-driven initiatives for our market. In this role you will be responsible for partnering with business leaders to help enable the long-term strategy, development and execution to optimize the use and value of data solutions across the organization. This includes becoming a trusted partner to the business and building a team that can translate business questions into analytical problems and for deploying models into production that support ongoing decision-making.

We’re looking for someone with a solid experience of managing applied statistics, machine-learning and analytics projects who can also interface directly with senior stakeholders in the business and be the outward face of the Data Science department.

To be successful in this role you must have a bias to action and a passion for being a stakeholder and contributor to overall business strategy. You should feel strongly about measuring the results of Data Science efforts and for challenging the status quo when necessary.

Job Description

SHAPE DATA STRATEGY

• Lead the development and execution of Data strategy for North America and be a key RBNA
  representative for the global Data Supply Chain vision
• Take an active innovation role in the company by bringing new techniques and approaches to
  opportunities within the RBNA business
• Guide approach for building predictive models, content valuation, and investment
• Act as a driver to understand challenges within our Marketing and Sales organizations and propose
  solutions that help enable growth and drive revenue

LEAD THE DATA SCIENCE TEAM

• Responsible for leading, coaching and developing a best-in-class Data Science team
• Lead a team focused on the building of models using internal data in combination with various external
  datasets (e.g., survey data) to drive marketing and sales activity

BE A TRUSTED PARTNER

• Act as a partner and liaison to the Red Bull North America team with the ability to communicate local
  challenges and opportunities to global Data Science Stakeholders for alignment and support
• Synthesize complex, technical concepts and outputs into compelling story lines that resonate with a
  variety of technical and non-technical audiences
• Collaborate closely with the IT and Engineering teams to shape the continued development of the Data
  Science platform and tool ecosystem

DELIVER VALUE WITH DATA

• In partnership with the Global Data Science strategy, share knowledge, debate techniques, and conduct
  research to advance the collective knowledge and skills of our Data Science practice for the RBNA
  business
• Deploy data products to production and measure the value once done
• Act as a force-multiplier by educating, connecting, and empowering the wider Data community at Red
  Bull with the right tools, skill, and data

Qualifications

• 12+ years’ relevant work experience
• 7+ years’ experience leading and scaling teams of data scientists
• Robust, fundamental expertise in areas of statistical methods, distributed computing, machine learning, AI, and/or a variety of open-source programming languages
• Flexibility to operate across technologies and ability to work on complex large-scale projects
  Strong programming skills (R, SQL, Python

Additional Information

Our current Benefits include: Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Plans, 401k Match, Family Leave, PTO & Paid Holiday Schedule, Pet, Legal, and Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement (Benefits listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment or work location) The base compensation for this position is 199,500 to 220,500 plus cash incentives. Red Bull North America, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, or any other classification protected by Federal, state, or local law.

Red Bull North America, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, or any other classification protected by Federal, state, or local law. We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.