Director, Decision Science
Core
Lead the decision science function to turn data into actionable insights for product, pricing, go-to-market, and operating plans.
Role type
Director, Decision Science (People Leadership)
Builds
Causal and predictive models, experimental frameworks, and decision support systems for product and business strategy.
Domain
Education Technology (EdTech) / B2B SaaS
Deliverable
production ML models | dashboards & analysis | client delivery
Required skills
Team leadership and hiring, experimental design, causal inference, statistical modeling, machine learning, SQL, Python or R, data platform architecture, executive communication, data ethics and privacy compliance.
Preferred skills
Experience in EdTech or B2B SaaS, subscription/product-led growth metrics, building analytics functions from scratch.
Technologies
Snowflake, Databricks, Spark
Responsibilities
Build and lead the decision science team; set strategy and roadmap; partner with product, engineering, marketing, and finance to solve high-stakes business problems; develop predictive, prescriptive, and causal models; present findings to senior leadership; grow data literacy across the organization; collaborate with data engineering on tooling and infrastructure; enforce ethical data use standards.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership with hands-on technical review