Director, Data Science - Ads Platform

Role Description

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Director of Data Science to lead and manage our machine learning teams within Unity’s Grow business. This role is integral to our mission, requiring a balance of strategic vision and tactical execution. The ideal candidate will possess executive leadership capabilities and a deep technical understanding of state of the art (SOTA) machine learning methodologies and frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership:Manage and mentor an organization of autonomous Data Science teams, promoting excellent development practices and ensuring the timely delivery of commitments.Cross-Functional Collaboration:Partner with Product Management, Business Insights, and Commercialization teams to align staffing and business priorities.Performance Accountability:Foster a culture of accountability across all levels, establishing clear goals and measurable outcomes.Cost Management:Collaborate with finance and cloud teams to manage costs associated with all services from training to inference.Strategic Input:Contribute to the broader Unity technology leadership community by providing input into strategies and standards, ensuring solution reuse, and eliminating solution redundancy.

Qualifications

Team Management:Proven experience in managing and growing teams of over 30 data scientists and engineers.Technical Expertise:Extensive experience with modern machine learning operations (‘MLOps’) infra, tooling and frameworks.Ad Experience:In-depth knowledge of mobile ads.Global Team Experience:Experience working with globally distributed teams.Machine Learning Expertise:Experience in designing and building machine learning models for large scale environments. Experience with LLMs / NLP and text data at scale.

Preferred Attributes

Collaborative Leadership:Ability to lead with collaboration yet make decisive decisions.Natural Leader:Demonstrated natural leadership qualities and a strong team player.Global Effectiveness:Comfort and effectiveness in working with globally distributed teams.Research Leadership: Proven ability to push the boundary of technical research, with a publication and patent history that reflects this. 

Why Join Us?

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to lead cutting-edge projects, collaborate with diverse teams globally, and make a significant impact on our product and business strategy. If you are a visionary leader with a passion for technology and innovation, we would love to hear from you.