Manager of Data Science & Analytics, Buyer

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Brief info about Vinted

Vinted Marketplace is the largest online international C2C marketplace in Europe dedicated to second-hand fashion, with millions of registered members spanning 22 markets in Europe and North America. With a mission to make second-hand the first choice worldwide, Vinted enables people to sell and buy second-hand clothes and lifestyle items from each other, helping give those items a second or even third life.

The Vinted Group, composed of Vinted Marketplace and Vinted Go, is headquartered in Vilnius, with workplaces in Germany, Lithuania, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and over 2,000 employees. It is backed by six leading venture capital firms: Accel, Burda Principal Investments, EQT Growth, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Sprints Capital.

You will join the Buyer domain as a Manager of Data Science and Analytics in the Discovery team, who are on a mission to revolutionise the member’s buying experience. Within Discovery, you’ll lead a team of Data and Decision Scientists that harness the vast data resources from our global markets, to create engaging homepage experiences and craft state-of-the-art recommendation systems.

Collaborating closely within a cross-functional team including Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers, you'll play a pivotal role in accelerating experimentation and product development. If you're eager to shape the future of data science and analytics in an environment of innovation and collaboration, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey.

In this position, you’ll

• Lead a team of data specialists (data scientists and decision scientists)
• Collaborate with the team to identify and prioritise strategic opportunities for Vinted’s homepage and recommender system
• Foster a healthy team environment by supporting team members, helping their career growth and through the proactive hiring of new members
• Contribute to and own the key performance indicators of the team
• Drive measurement of impact through experimentation
• Deliver insights to a variety of stakeholders across Vinted

About you

• Demonstrable experience leading teams (ideally developing data products) and leveraging data for business impact
• Strong interpersonal skills
• A good communicator who can present complex topics clearly and persuasively to different audiences
• Comfortable with Python and SQL
• Experience with dashboarding and visualisation tools (e.g. Looker, Tableau)
• Experience with statistical analysis and data science techniques, including experiment design, hypothesis testing, metric design and machine learning systems
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Advantage: Experience in recommender systems or personalisation
• Advantage: Experience with a marketplace platform

Work perks

• The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme
• 30 days of paid annual leave
• Newest MacBook models
• Mental and emotional health support through the Mindletic app
• Home office support: we provide IT workstation equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for home workplace furniture
• A daily lunch allowance
• Frequent team-building events
• A personal monthly budget for shopping on Vinted
• A subsidised gym membership with ClassPass or Urban Sports Card
• A subsidised pension plan provided by Vinted
• Hallesche Supplemental health insurance
• Life and disability insurance provided
• A subsidised Deutschlandticket
• The opportunity to spend up to 90 days per year - 21 of which can be spent working outside of the EU - on workation
• A dog-friendly office

Working at Vinted

Individual Learning Budget

Vinted will set aside a yearly sum equal to 10% of your annual salary to be invested in your continuous professional development. You’ll be able to take the initiative to use it for covering relevant learning activities that benefit your role.

Hybrid Work

We’ve adopted a hybrid workplace model where 2 days in the office are recommended but not enforced. It’s up to you and your team to decide on the exact days you’ll spend working together in person.

Equal Opportunity

The Vinted Group is committed to building an inclusive workplace where people from all walks of life feel a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and life experiences. At Vinted, all applicants are treated fairly without regard to their race, age, religion or belief, sex, national origin, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic.