Head of Data Science, Embeddings & Measurement

Jobtome; Westwood (KY); On-site; USD 263,000 - 394,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum is seeking a Head of Data Science to drive the development of an AI-native behavioral intelligence platform. You will lead predictive modeling, embedding strategies, and the evaluation framework while collaborating with product, sales, and external partners.

You will establish MLOps, privacy, and governance standards, and scale a team of data scientists and ML engineers to deliver measurable business impact.

Qualifications

• Must have led data science teams delivering audience/identity or measurement products.
• Deep predictive modeling experience at scale with propensity/response modeling.
• Strong measurement, causal inference, and experimentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead predictive models for audience, insights, and measurement products.
• Own the platform's embedding model and feature store as commercial products.
• Define evaluation, MLOps, and privacy standards for deployed models.
• Lead customer-facing data science discussions and pilots with product and sales teams.
• Recruit and mentor a high-performing data science team and set production-focused culture.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communications

Applied ML

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/Stats/Math/Econ or related

Master's degree or PhD preferred

Tools

Python

SQL

Spark

AWS/Databricks

Job description

Spectrum is seeking a Head of Data Science to drive the development of an AI-native behavioral intelligence platform. You will lead predictive modeling, embedding strategies, and the evaluation framework while collaborating with product, sales, and external partners.

You will establish MLOps, privacy, and governance standards, and scale a team of data scientists and ML engineers to deliver measurable business impact.