Senior Manager, Data Science - Styling Algorithms

Stitch Fix; United States; On-site; USD 200,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Stitch Fix is seeking an experienced Styling Algorithms Team Manager to lead a group of ML engineers and data scientists. You will shape the future of fashion technology by driving the development and deployment of our styling algorithms, empowering human stylists to delight clients with better fit and style.

This role involves ML/AI feature curation, testing for our styling platform, and client-facing personalization experiences such as Stitch Fix Vision and virtual try-on.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as CS, Stats, Physics, Math, or related field; Master’s/PhD preferred.
• 5+ years designing and deploying AI/ML solutions, ideally in retail personalization.
• 2+ years as a team lead or people manager.
• Production-grade coding in Python.
• Experience with AI-assisted coding practices and agentic product solutions.
• Excellent communication with stakeholders and teams.
• Experience with A/B testing, experimentation frameworks, and metrics.
• Familiar with cloud-based infrastructure and distributed data systems.

Responsibilities

• Champion bold AI/ML interventions to improve styling experiences for clients.
• Shape product roadmap for client-facing styling experiences and personalization touchpoints.
• Foster ideation, ownership, feedback, and collaboration within the team and with partners.
• Advocate for Styling and Merchandising teams and surface trends in feedback and inventory algorithms.
• Define and optimize business objectives with product managers and leaders for styling experiences.
• Oversee end-to-end algorithm development from ideation to deployment.
• Promote best practices for collaboration, code quality, and AI usage.
• Stay updated on AI-enabled product experiences and fashion tech developments.

Skills

AI leadership

ML engineering

Python

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field

Master’s or PhD preferred

Tools

Python

Cloud platforms

Job description

About Stitch Fix, Inc.

Stitch Fix (NASDAQ: SFIX) Stitch Fix is redefining retail by combining human creativity with advanced data science and Generative AI. As we build the future of personalized shopping, we’re equally committed to building yours. We believe in investing in our team as much as our technology. Join us to be a trendsetter in the industry and help us redefine what’s possible for our clients, while we help you reach your full potential.

About The Role

At Stitch Fix, we are at the forefront of innovation, creating cutting-edge solutions that blend fashion, technology, and data science. Our data science team combines machine learning with expert human judgment to generate innovative recommendations and insights that transform the way our clients discover what they love. We believe in a curiosity-driven data science culture where members are empowered to deliver impact through end-to-end model development. The diversity of the problems that we work on and the data-rich environment of our business make it possible, even essential, to bring the tools of multiple disciplines to bear on our hardest problems.

We are looking for an experienced Styling Algorithms Team Manager to lead a group of talented machine learning engineers and data scientists. In this role, you will shape the future of fashion technology by driving the development and deployment of our styling algorithms, which empower our human stylists to delight clients by nailing their fit and style. This includes ML-, AI-, and product-driven feature curation and testing for our proprietary styling platform, as well as client-facing AI personalization experiences, such as Stitch Fix Vision, our virtual try-on.

Responsibilities

• Champion bold AI and ML interventions to improve our styling experiences, enabling our stylists to have a multiplicative impact on their client connection points.
• Likewise, actively shape the product roadmap for direct client-facing styling experiences, expanding the breadth and depth of personalization touchpoints to complement and inform our human stylists.
• Inspire your team by fostering a culture of ideation, ownership, feedback, and collaboration between team members and with cross-functional partners.
• Act as an advocate for our Styling and Merchandising teams, empowering partners to understand trends in stylist feedback and inventory surfacing algorithms for rapid action on emergent opportunities.
• Work with product managers, other data science teams, UI/UX designers, and business leaders to define and optimize against business objectives for our suite of styling experiences.
• Oversee the end-to-end algorithm development lifecycle, from ideation and experimentation to testing and deployment in a production environment.
• Identify and implement best practices for team collaboration, code quality, use of AI, and data management.
• Stay up-to-date with advancements in AI-assisted development, AI-enabled product experiences, machine learning, and fashion technology.

About You

This is what you’ll need to succeed in this role from day 1.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, or a related field required. Master’s or PhD preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in design and deployment of AI and ML solutions, ideally in retail personalization, with an emphasis on agentic capabilities.
• 2+ years of experience as a team technical lead or direct people manager.
• Ability to write and review production-grade code, ideally in Python.
• Applied knowledge of AI-assisted coding best practices and development of agentic product solutions.
• Excels at building trust with your team, stakeholders, and technical partners.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to business audiences.
• Experience with online A/B testing, experimentation frameworks, and performance metrics.
• Familiar with cloud-based infrastructure and distributed data systems.

Compensation And Benefits

This role will receive a competitive salary, benefits, and equity. The salary for US-based employees hired into this role will be aligned with the range below, which includes our three geographic areas. A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, location, and performance. This position is eligible for an annual bonus, and new hire and ongoing grants of restricted stock units, depending on employee and company performance. In addition, the position is eligible for medical, dental, vision, and other benefits.

Salary Range

$200,000—$246,000 USD

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