Strategic Data Science Manager & Analytics Leader

Apple Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Austin seeks a Senior Data Science Manager to lead Strategic Data Solutions, building a diverse team of senior data professionals and guiding analytics, experimentation, and data storytelling.

You will partner with ML engineering leaders to drive measurable business impact across major initiatives. Ideal candidates have strong leadership, hands-on data science and production analytics experience, and a proven ability to translate complex insights into strategic actions that

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Math, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in data science, analytics engineering, or similar technical analytics roles.
• 2+ years of experience leading and mentoring data-focused teams.
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language (e.g., Python, R)
• Strong background in experimentation design, causal inference, and statistical analysis
• Experience working with large-scale data pipelines and production-level analytics systems
• Proven ability to drive measurable business impact through data and automation

Responsibilities

• Hire, grow, and lead a high-caliber team of data professionals spanning analytics engineering and experimentation
• Guide team members in delivering data/business analytics, data storytelling, architecture guidance, and performance optimization
• Ensure data integrity, accessibility, and consistency across systems by overseeing data transformation and integration from multiple sources
• Design and implement robust monitoring, alerting, and health check programs to ensure sustained data and model performance at scale
• Drive experimentation and statistical analysis to uncover actionable insights and inform decision-making across business domains
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to align analytics initiatives with strategic objectives
• Evangelize data science best practices and help embed a data-informed culture across teams
• Lead through influence - balancing technical mentorship with strategic thinking to enable scalable, high-impact outcomes

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Data science

Analytics engineering

Experimentation design

Causal inference

Statistical analysis

Large-scale data

Production analytics

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Statistics/Applied Math/Engineering

Tools

Spark

Snowflake

Airflow

ML Ops tooling

Job description

Apple Inc. in Austin seeks a Senior Data Science Manager to lead Strategic Data Solutions, building a diverse team of senior data professionals and guiding analytics, experimentation, and data storytelling.

You will partner with ML engineering leaders to drive measurable business impact across major initiatives. Ideal candidates have strong leadership, hands-on data science and production analytics experience, and a proven ability to translate complex insights into strategic actions that