Senior Manager, Product Data Science

Snowflake; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 227,000 - 326,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid holidays and parental leave

Job summary

Snowflake is seeking a Senior Manager to lead its App Experience & Marketplace Data Science team. This role encompasses a blend of leadership and hands-on involvement in data science projects, focusing on AI-driven solutions that enhance user experience and optimize functionality.

The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of experience as a Data Scientist, including 5 years in a managerial role. The estimated salary range is competitive, complemented by extensive employee benefits.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience as a Data Scientist.
• 5+ years of experience in leading a high-performing data science team.
• Demonstrated experience with building scalable data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Data Science team in leveraging AI tools.
• Mentor team members on effective use of generative AI tools.
• Drive focus toward AI-native deliverables.

Skills

Expert in SQL

Expert in Python

Data science team leadership

Communication of complex ideas

Experience with AI tools

Education

Masters or PhD in Math/Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science or related field

Tools

Machine learning frameworks

Large Language Models (LLMs)

Job description

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI‑native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high‑trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low‑ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast‑moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn’t just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

We’re looking for a Senior Manager to lead our App Experience & Marketplace Data Science team in the Product organization.

You will lead a team covering app experience (UI, growth platform, analyst/admin/data engineer tools and experience) and data marketplace areas.

• Well designed high value apps are essential to make it simple for our customers to complete billions of SQL queries, deploy python, and use powerful AI tools every day
• Data marketplace makes it easy with a click of a button to get access to a wide range of 3rd party data instead of having to contact a sales representative at a data vendor and set up and maintain a complex API

All the projects above allow the data scientist to work on very large datasets, and a variety of diverse interesting projects that span the domains of data engineering, analytics, statistics, and machine learning.

In this role, you will both lead a team and be hands‑on as a tech lead. The manager will interact frequently with senior management, product managers, and engineering managers. The ability to effectively communicate complex technical ideas to a wide audience is crucial.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:

• Serve as the tech lead/manager of a Data Science team in the Product organization, leveraging AI tools and functions (e.g., Cortex AI functions, Agents, CoCo) to accelerate product development and data‑driven decision‑making.
• Mentor team members in core DS disciplines and on the effective and governed use of generative AI tools, including establishing AI best practices and guardrails.
• Drive the team's focus toward AI‑native deliverables, such as building out Agentic services, semantic views, and conducting AI evaluation for new product features, strategically shifting away from automatable work.
• Be hands‑on by serving as the primary data scientist on projects, specifically focusing on validating the accuracy and output quality of AI‑powered analysis and developing POCs for new AI‑driven product features.
• Partner with technical and business stakeholders to not only come up with solutions to stated problems, but encourage and enable the team to develop bottoms‑up ideas.
• Maximize the impact of the team, by ensuring the data scientists have the best and correct context, and ensuring their skill sets are properly matched to the project.
• Grow the team, when appropriate. Convince job candidates on why Snowflake, and the product data science team is an awesome place to work.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Masters or PhD in Math/Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Science or related quantitative field
• 10+ years experience as a Data Scientist
• 5+ years of experience in building, managing, and leading a high‑performing data science team
• Experience in using data science to optimize the user experience.
• Expert in SQL and Python.
• Demonstrated experience with internal AI tools to build scalable data pipelines and drive analytical workflows.
• Advanced knowledge/experience in machine learning and Large Language Models (LLMs), including the ability to critically evaluate and validate AI/ML outputs (e.g., using AI evaluation methods and understanding the limitations of AI Functions).
• Ability to communicate and influence complex ideas to cross‑functional stakeholders.

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.

The estimated base salary range for this role is $227,000 - $326,600. Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan. The role also includes a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.