Head of Data Science & Embeddings Strategy

Jobtome; Belleville (IL); On-site; USD 263,000 - 394,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum Intelligence Ventures, part of Spectrum, seeks a Head of Data Science to lead model development, embedding strategy, and cross-functional work with product and sales. You will own the embedding roadmap, establish evaluation standards, and deliver enterprise‑grade predictive products for audiences, insights, and measurement.

Lead a high‑performing data science team, drive responsible AI practices, collaborate with legal and privacy, and ensure solutions meet buyer scrutiny.

Qualifications

• Proven record leading data science for data, audience, identity, or measurement products in the advertising/marketing ecosystem.
• Hands-on predictive modeling on consumer data at scale with propensity and segmentation methods.
• Strong grounding in measurement and causal inference, including incrementality testing and controls.
• Experience with identity graphs, clean rooms, and licensing third-party data for modeling.
• Ability to explain methodology clearly to executives, sellers, and buyers.
• Track record of building and growing high-performing data science teams.
• Curiosity about applying AI to consumer intelligence, including embeddings and foundation models.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead predictive models for audiences, insights, and measurements.
• Own the platform's embedding model roadmap and evaluation standards.
• Define and defend measurement methodology for campaigns and lift.
• Lead data science lifecycle from feature engineering to deployment at scale.
• Direct the team of data scientists, ML engineers, and measurement scientists.
• Collaborate with product, Sales, and Solutions to scope pilots and contracts.
• Establish responsible AI practices, privacy protections, and governance.

Skills

Data science leadership

Predictive modeling

Measurement science

Python

SQL

Distributed computing

Embeddings/Transformers

Privacy-preserving analytics

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/Statistics/Math

Master's or PhD in related field

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

AWS

LiveRamp

Spark

UID2

Job description

Spectrum Intelligence Ventures, part of Spectrum, seeks a Head of Data Science to lead model development, embedding strategy, and cross-functional work with product and sales. You will own the embedding roadmap, establish evaluation standards, and deliver enterprise‑grade predictive products for audiences, insights, and measurement.

Lead a high‑performing data science team, drive responsible AI practices, collaborate with legal and privacy, and ensure solutions meet buyer scrutiny.