Remote Chief of Data Science, Growth & Analytics

Marketplace Operations Inc.; Wilmington (DE); Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Marketplace Operations Inc. is seeking a Director of Data Science (Remote) to lead a growing Data Science team and partner with Engineering, Analytics, Product and Commercial teams.

The role focuses on building commercially driven predictive models and ensuring they are production-ready to influence business decisions. You will shape AI-driven capabilities across customer acquisition, marketing performance and long-term growth, with emphasis on scalable deployment, experimentation, and

Qualifications

• Experience leading commercial Data Science, Marketing Science or Decision Science teams.
• Strong expertise in predictive analytics, customer analytics, machine learning and statistical modelling.
• Experience productionising machine learning solutions within modern cloud environments and working closely with Engineering and ML Ops teams.
• Strong understanding of SQL, Python and modern machine learning frameworks.
• Experience working with Google Ads, Meta or other major advertising platforms.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence both technical and commercial audiences.
• Experience building and developing high-performing Data Science teams.
• Strong commercial judgement, balancing technical excellence with measurable business impact.
• A pragmatic approach to AI, applying emerging technologies where they create genuine commercial value.

Responsibilities

• Commercial Data Science: Lead the strategy and delivery of predictive models that improve customer acquisition, marketing performance and long-term commercial value.
• Marketing Science & Decision Science: Partner with Marketing, Product and Commercial teams to apply Data Science to business problems.
• Production Data Science: Work with Engineering and ML Ops to ensure models become production-ready products with monitoring and retraining strategies.
• Leadership & Stakeholder Management: Lead and develop a growing team of Data Scientists and translate modelling into commercial recommendations.
• Innovation & Industry Leadership: Represent Forbes Advisor in strategic conversations with tech partners while staying connected to advances in AI and marketing science.

Skills

Team Leadership

Predictive Analytics

Marketing Science

Decision Science

Customer Analytics

SQL

Python

Machine Learning

Stakeholder Management

Commercial Judgement

AI Strategy

Cloud Deployment

Tools

Google Ads

Meta

ML Ops

Vertex AI

Job description

Marketplace Operations Inc. is seeking a Director of Data Science (Remote) to lead a growing Data Science team and partner with Engineering, Analytics, Product and Commercial teams.

The role focuses on building commercially driven predictive models and ensuring they are production-ready to influence business decisions. You will shape AI-driven capabilities across customer acquisition, marketing performance and long-term growth, with emphasis on scalable deployment, experimentation, and