Head of Data Science & Embeddings

Jobtome; Westfield (MA); On-site; USD 263,000 - 394,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum Intelligence Ventures, part of Spectrum, seeks a Head of Data Science to build predictive models behind the platform's audiences and data products. You will own segment definitions, feature stores, and evaluation against licensed outcomes, while leading a team of data scientists and ML engineers to production readiness.

You will define measurement methodologies, privacy standards, and an embedding roadmap, working with partners and customers to translate methodology into commercial

Qualifications

• Proven record leading data science for data, audience, identity, or measurement products in advertising/marketing.
• Hands-on predictive modeling on consumer-level data at scale.
• Strong grounding in measurement and causal inference.
• Knowledge of identity graphs and data collaboration platforms.
• Lifecycle of data science projects from feature engineering to deployment.

Responsibilities

• Build predictive models behind audience and data products across verticals.
• Own segment definitions, coverage, and accuracy for all audiences.
• Lead the platform's Feature Store as a commercial product.
• Anchor evaluation with licensed third-party outcome data to ensure calibrated scores.
• Lead modeling for custom and partner-specific audiences.
• Establish repeatable clean-room workflows with transparent match rates.
• Design and defend the platform's measurement methodology and lift.
• Define metrics powering insights subscriptions and aggregates.
• Oversee identity/ viewership models and embedding roadmap.
• Roadmap for transformer-based embedding model with external partners.
• Establish MLOps, evaluation, privacy standards, and release gates.
• Serve as senior data science voice with customers and partners.
• Build and lead a high-performing data science team.

Skills

Data science leadership

Predictive modeling

Causal inference

Identity data

ML lifecycle

Python

SQL

Spark

Deep learning

Privacy-preserving analytics

Communication

Team leadership

AI curiosity

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Stats/Math/Econ

Tools

Snowflake

LiveRamp

AWS

Databricks

Job description

Spectrum Intelligence Ventures, part of Spectrum, seeks a Head of Data Science to build predictive models behind the platform's audiences and data products. You will own segment definitions, feature stores, and evaluation against licensed outcomes, while leading a team of data scientists and ML engineers to production readiness.

You will define measurement methodologies, privacy standards, and an embedding roadmap, working with partners and customers to translate methodology into commercial