Manager, Data Science

Mozilla; United States; Remote; USD 165,000 - 259,000; Full time

Job summary

Mozilla is seeking a data science leader to drive strategy for monetized products while ensuring user privacy and delivering value. The role emphasizes team growth, collaboration across functions, and deep analysis to generate impact. Candidates should have extensive experience in data science and leadership, with proficiency in Python and SQL.

Benefits

Generous performance-based bonus plans

Rich medical, dental, and vision coverage

Generous retirement contributions

Quarterly wellness days

Birthday off

Home office stipend

Professional development budget

Well-being stipend

Paid parental leave

Employee referral bonus program

Qualifications

• Experience in ad tech and programmatic advertising is a plus.
• Strong understanding of privacy-preserving technologies.
• Collaborative mindset and track record of influencing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high-performing data science team.
• Translate data into impact through deep analysis and metrics.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Advertising teams.

Skills

Data Science

Machine Learning

Statistical Modeling

Applied Data Analytics

Communication Skills

Education

6+ years of experience in data science

3+ years leading data science teams

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

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Why Mozilla?

Mozilla Corporation is the non-profit-backed technology company that has shaped the internet for the better over the last 25 years. We make pioneering brands like Firefox, the privacy-minded web browser, and Pocket, a service for keeping up with the best content online. Now, with more than 225 million people around the world using our products each month, we’re shaping the next 25 years of technology and helping to reclaim an internet built for people, not companies. Our work focuses on diverse areas including AI, social media, security and more. And we’re doing this while never losing our focus on our core mission – to make the internet better for people.

The Mozilla Corporation is wholly owned by the non-profit 501(c) Mozilla Foundation. This means we aren’t beholden to any shareholders — only to our mission. Along with thousands of volunteer contributors and collaborators all over the world, Mozillians design, build and distribute open-source software that enables people to enjoy the internet on their terms.

About this team and role:

We’re looking for a data science leader to guide and grow a high-impact team focused on Mozilla’s expanding portfolio of monetized products and services. This role is central to shaping a monetization strategy that aligns with our core values - protecting user privacy, delivering meaningful value to users, and ensuring the long-term financial health of Mozilla.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and scale a high-performing data science team, driving strategy and execution across monetized features and surfaces.
• Balance business goals and user trust by defining a monetization framework that supports privacy and user-first principles.
• Translate data into impact through deep analysis, clear insights, and the development of metrics, dashboards, and self-serve reporting tools that enable stakeholders to make informed decisions.
• Drive measurement rigor by designing and evolving experimentation and evaluation frameworks for testing and optimizing monetization features.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Advertising teams to define and deliver on our product and monetization roadmap.

What you’ll bring:

• 6+ years of experience in data science with a strong focus on monetization. Experience in ad tech, programmatic advertising, search and recommendation systems is a strong plus.
• 3+ years of experience leading and scaling data science teams.
• Deep expertise in machine learning, statistical modeling, and applied data analytics. Proficiency in Python, as well as SQL.
• Strong understanding of privacy-preserving technologies and how they can be applied within advertising or monetization contexts.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distill complex data into clear, actionable insights for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A collaborative mindset and a track record of influencing cross-functional teams and senior leaders.

• Commitment to our values:

• Welcoming differences
• Being relationship-minded
• Practicing responsible participation
• Having grit

What you’ll get:

• Generous performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees - we share in our success as one team
• Rich medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous retirement contributions with 100% immediate vesting (regardless of whether you contribute)
• Quarterly all-company wellness days where everyone takes a pause together
• Country specific holidays plus a day off for your birthday
• One-time home office stipend
• Annual professional development budget
• Quarterly well-being stipend
• Considerable paid parental leave
• Employee referral bonus program
• Other benefits (life/AD&D, disability, EAP, etc. - varies by country)

About Mozilla

When you work at Mozilla, you give yourself a chance to make a difference in the lives of web users everywhere. And you give us a chance to make a difference in your life every single day. Join us to work on the web as the platform and help create more opportunity and innovation for everyone online. We’re not a normal tech company. The things we create prioritize people and their privacy over profits. We exist to make the internet a healthier, happier place for everyone.

Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

Mozilla believes in the value of diverse creative practices and forms of knowledge, and knows diversity, equity and inclusion are crucial to and enrich the company’s core mission. We encourage applications from everyone, including members of all equity-seeking communities, such as (but not limited to) women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

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Hiring Ranges:

US Tier 1 Locations

$194,000 - $259,000 USD

US Tier 2 Locations

$179,000 - $239,000 USD

US Tier 3 Locations

$165,000 - $220,000 USD