Join #TeamNextdoor: Senior Data Science Manager - Core Product

Nextdoor is where you connect to the neighborhoods that matter to you, so you can truly belong. Our mission is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on.

Neighbors around the globe turn to Nextdoor daily to receive trusted information, give and get help, get things done, and build real-world connections with those nearby — neighbors, businesses, and public services. Today, over 315,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries rely on Nextdoor.

Meet Your Future Team

As Nextdoor’s Core Product Data Science Lead, you will take ownership of the data strategy and execution across all of Nextdoor’s core product areas. As a crucial member of the senior leadership team, you will drive the overall company strategy, focusing on enhancing product-led user engagement through strategic data insights and close collaboration with cross-functional teams. Your team will spearhead initiatives to develop advanced models that analyze user engagement, decipher causal relationships, improve feed relevancy, and explore new user ecosystems. Your role is pivotal to propelling the company’s growth and success.

The Data Science Role at Nextdoor

Our Data Scientists design and oversee product experiments, conduct complex analyses to drive company and product strategy, and deploy models in both online and offline production environments. Utilizing a semi-embedded team structure, data team members work directly with product and engineering stakeholders on specific products or pillars. The Data Science group at Nextdoor features individuals from diverse fields such as psychology, geology, physics, computer science, and statistics. We are the mathematical decision scientists for product development and play an active, collaborative role in improving the product.

The Impact You’ll Make

In this role, you’ll lead the development, communication, and execution of our data strategy across Nextdoor’s core product areas. Your experience with engagement data and exceptional people management and communication skills will be crucial. The individual in this role has the potential to fundamentally change the trajectory of Nextdoor’s business. Additionally, you will help grow, mentor, and develop our data science team, fostering a culture of learning where diverse voices are heard and respected.

What You’ll Bring to the Team

• Advanced degree in a quantitative field and 10+ years of experience in data science, product analytics, machine learning, or equivalent
• Extensive experience in social media platforms or digital marketplaces, specifically within consumer-oriented products
• 3+ years of experience managing a team of data scientists with 6+ members distributed across multiple surface areas
• Expertise with modern statistical modeling and machine learning methods, tools, and packages
• Experience in formulating, conducting, and sharing complex analyses, experiments, and causal inference studies
• Comfort working across strategy, ideation, analysis, experimentation, and model development
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills to effectively convey complex information to diverse stakeholders

Bonus Points

• Work experience related to social or community-based products
• Work experience related to small businesses and marketplaces
• Expertise in deploying models to production
• Expertise in testing and evaluating network effects

Rewards and Recognition at Nextdoor

Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create one overall rewards package. The starting salary for this role ranges from $200,000 to $260,000 annually, potentially higher depending on your proficiency and geographic location. We also anticipate awarding a meaningful equity grant for this role, with equal quarterly vesting starting within the first three months of your start date. Total compensation will vary based on relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

Nextdoor employees can choose from a variety of excellent health plans. We cover 100% of your monthly premiums for health, dental, and vision and provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.

At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. We aim to create a platform where all feel welcome and encourage everyone aligned with our purpose to apply. We do not discriminate based on race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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