Product Data Science Lead — Build & Scale Data-Driven Growth

neu energy; New York (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited vacation

Health Insurance (including an option)

Dental & Vision Insurance

Wellhub Memberships

401k plan with company match

Commuter Benefits

Supplemental Life Insurance

Stock Options

Job summary

Fora is building out its Data Science & Analytics team, and we're looking for a manager to lead our Product Data Science pillar. You will lead a small team of data scientists partnering with Core Product teams, owning how product decisions are measured, tested, and translated into features and roadmaps.

We want a player-coach who can manage senior ICs while contributing hands-on work, collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Design to shape the roadmap and ensure business impact.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in data science or analytics
• 2+ years managing data scientists or analysts
• Experience at consumer or marketplace companies preferred
• Track record of building or scaling a product analytics function
• Deep experimentation expertise
• Hands-on SQL and Python
• Experience with a modern cloud data stack and data modeling
• Experience using LLM tools to accelerate analysis
• Track record of hiring and developing strong data people
• Strong communication and storytelling with senior stakeholders
• Pragmatic with real world business impact

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Product Data Science pillar. Hire, coach, and develop a team of data scientists partnering with Core Product
• Set the pillar's objectives and priorities in partnership with product leadership, and own delivery against them
• Own the experimentation and measurement standards for Fora's product organization, and raise the bar on rigor
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Design leadership to shape roadmap prioritization and define what success looks like before we ship
• Review analyses, unblock hard problems, and set the standard for quality on the team
• Help shape the broader Data Science & Analytics function

Skills

Data science leadership

Analytics for product

Experimentation standards

SQL

Python

Cloud data stack

LLM tooling

Hiring & mentoring

Stakeholder storytelling

Business impact focus

Tools

Airbyte

BigQuery

dbt

Hex

Omni

Claude Code

Cursor

OpenAI Codex

Job description

Fora is building out its Data Science & Analytics team, and we're looking for a manager to lead our Product Data Science pillar. You will lead a small team of data scientists partnering with Core Product teams, owning how product decisions are measured, tested, and translated into features and roadmaps.

We want a player-coach who can manage senior ICs while contributing hands-on work, collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Design to shape the roadmap and ensure business impact.