Data Science Lead

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Terakeet controls online reputation and visibility for global brands. We proactively build, protect, and repair brand narratives and perception to drive trust across organic and AI-powered search using patented technology and decades of expertise.

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Our team is seeking a Data Scientist Lead who is highly motivated to take full ownership of the data science function, serving as the subject matter expert and strategic driver for the entire organization. You will define the long-term data science strategy and elevate our approach to modeling and experimentation. 

Notably, this position is focused on technical leadership. You'll work closely with a cross-functional team, including Business Intelligence Analysts, Data Engineers, Software Engineers and the Director of Engineering. Project direction will be provided by our Product Integration Team, who are first-party members of client teams. Your main goal is to leverage your expertise to create production-ready models and strengthen decision-making across all teams to help achieve our goals of safeguarding our clients’ reputations through their digital assets.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions:

• Leadership and Strategy: Serve as the leader and owner of the data science function, setting technical direction, priorities, and standards.
• Model Design & Implementation: Design and implement predictive and prescriptive models to support key business objectives.
• Cross-Functional Integration: Partner cross-functionally with BI, Data Engineering, and Product/Operations teams to integrate models and insights into business processes.
• Performance & Scalability: Review and refine existing models, frameworks, and methodologies to improve performance and scalability.
• Strategic Partnership: Act as the strategic thought partner to leadership, identifying new opportunities to leverage data science for competitive advantage.
• Team Enablement & Mentorship: Mentor and upskill technical peers (BI analysts, engineers) in advanced analytics and machine learning concepts.
• Organizational Communication: Represent data science across the organization — translating complex findings into business-ready recommendations.

The above description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice. 

• 10+ years of experience in data science, applied machine learning, or advanced analytics.
• Proven ability to lead data science initiatives end-to-end — from business framing and data preparation to modeling and deployment.
• Strong programming skills in Python (Pandas, NumPy, etc.) and proficiency with SQL.
• Extensive experience in designing and working within enterprise-level data warehouses. Snowflake experience is strongly preferred, though proficiency with similar large data frameworks will be considered.
• Solid experience collaborating with data engineers and BI teams to productionize models and maintain data quality.
• Strong grounding in statistics, experimentation, and causal inference.
• Exceptional communication skills — can simplify technical topics and influence senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success in non-SaaS industries.

The salary range for this role is $154,000 to $233,000. *This salary range is based off of the market pay for all of the United States; Terakeet applies a multiplier to this range based upon the specific geographic location of a job candidate*

Terakeet provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.