Head of Data Science & Embeddings

Spectrum; New York (NY); On-site; USD 263,000 - 394,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum is seeking a Head of Data Science in New York to build predictive models for an AI-native behavioral intelligence platform, turn embeddings into market-ready products, and lead pilots with product and sales teams.

You will own the platform's Feature Store, set evaluation and privacy standards, supervise the embedding roadmap with external partners, and build a high‑performing data science team. In‑office role preferred in NYC.

Qualifications

• Experience leading data science for audience/identity/measurement products in advertising or marketing.
• Hands-on modeling on consumer data at scale with propensity, calibration, and segmentation.
• Strong measurement and causal inference expertise with incrementality testing.
• Knowledge of identity graphs, clean rooms, and data collaboration tools.
• Lifecycle of data science in production from feature engineering to deployment.

Responsibilities

• Build predictive models for audience and data products across multiple verticals.
• Own the platform's Feature Store and calibrate models with licensed data.
• Lead modeling for custom and partner-specific audiences with clean-room workflows.
• Design measurement methodology and defend it under buyer scrutiny.
• Define and manage embedding roadmap and governance with external partners.
• Build and lead a high-performing data science team and set hiring priorities.

Skills

Leadership of data science teams

Predictive modeling

Measurement & causal inference

Identity & data collaboration

Python & SQL

Distributed processing

Snowflake / AWS / Databricks

Deep learning / embeddings

Privacy-preserving analytics

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or related

Master’s degree or PhD preferred

Tools

Snowflake

LiveRamp

AWS

Databricks

Spark

Python

SQL

Job description

Spectrum is seeking a Head of Data Science in New York to build predictive models for an AI-native behavioral intelligence platform, turn embeddings into market-ready products, and lead pilots with product and sales teams.

You will own the platform's Feature Store, set evaluation and privacy standards, supervise the embedding roadmap with external partners, and build a high‑performing data science team. In‑office role preferred in NYC.