Head of Data Science — Embeddings & AI Platform Lead

Jobtome; California; On-site; USD 263,000 - 394,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Career growth opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer

Job summary

Spectrum is seeking a Head of Data Science to lead the development of its AI-native behavioral intelligence platform. You will build predictive models, manage the embedding layer, and define evaluation and responsible AI standards to deliver commercially viable products to buyers.

As a senior leader, you will recruit and guide a team of data scientists and ML engineers, partner with product and sales, and ensure models perform at scale across multiple verticals while meeting privacy and

Qualifications

• Proven record leading data science for data, audience, identity, or measurement products in advertising/marketing ecosystem.
• Hands-on predictive modeling on consumer-level data at scale with various techniques.
• Strong grounding in measurement and causal inference methods.
• Knowledge of identity graphs, onboarding, and clean rooms for data collaboration.
• Experience with feature stores and end-to-end ML pipelines.
• Ability to explain methodology to executives and clients.

Responsibilities

• Build predictive models behind the platform's audiences and data products.
• Own the platform’s Feature Store as a commercial product and automate feature creation.
• Lead modeling for custom and partner-specific audiences with clean-room workflows.
• Design and defend the platform's measurement methodology and validation.
• Lead identity and viewing product development, including embeddings strategies.
• Direct the roadmap for the embedding model with external partners.
• Establish evaluation, MLOps, and responsible AI standards for deployed models.
• Serve as the senior data science voice with customers and partners.

Skills

Data science leadership

Predictive modeling

Measurement & causal inference

Identity & data collaboration

Feature stores & pipelines

Python & SQL

Cloud platforms (Snowflake, Databricks

AWS

Embeddings & transformers

Privacy-preserving analytics

Executive communication

Education

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

Master’s degree or PhD in Statistics, ML, Econometrics, OR

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

AWS

Spark

Job description

Spectrum is seeking a Head of Data Science to lead the development of its AI-native behavioral intelligence platform. You will build predictive models, manage the embedding layer, and define evaluation and responsible AI standards to deliver commercially viable products to buyers.

As a senior leader, you will recruit and guide a team of data scientists and ML engineers, partner with product and sales, and ensure models perform at scale across multiple verticals while meeting privacy and