Remote Data Science Manager - Lead ML & Experimentation

KAYAK; Concord (AL); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work flexibility

Mental health benefits (SpringHealth)

HeadSpace subscription

Parental leave

Generous vacation

Volunteer time

Development dollars

Leadership development

Travel discounts

Employee resource groups

Job summary

KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings, is hiring a Data Science Manager to lead the Concord data science team. You will guide ML modeling, experimentation, and platform development, partnering with Product, Engineering, and business teams to deliver measurable impact.

You will mentor experienced data scientists, shape technical direction, and foster an environment of rigorous experimentation and data-driven decision making across the organization.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in statistics, ML, software engineering, and systems design.
• Experience delivering ML solutions in production with business impact.
• Proven people leadership including hiring and coaching, with hands-on involvement.
• Ability to lead across org boundaries and drive alignment via collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy and roadmaps for AdTech/Auction and Experimentation Platform.
• Lead and grow a high-performing data science team in Concord.
• Drive modeling, experimentation, and ML solution direction and hands-on work as needed.
• Evolve the Experimentation Platform with scalable, shared capabilities and clear ownership.

Skills

Statistics

Machine learning

Software engineering

Systems design

People leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field

Tools

PyTorch

Polars

CometML

Arize

Docker

Airflow

Trino

Git/GitHub

Job description

KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings, is hiring a Data Science Manager to lead the Concord data science team. You will guide ML modeling, experimentation, and platform development, partnering with Product, Engineering, and business teams to deliver measurable impact.

You will mentor experienced data scientists, shape technical direction, and foster an environment of rigorous experimentation and data-driven decision making across the organization.