Director, Data Science

1 hour, 59 minutes ago
Full-time
Executive
Data Science and Analytics
Figma

Figma

Figma provides a collaborative web application for interface design that enables users to seamlessly design, prototype, and gather feedback in real time, while also offering additional offline capabilities through desktop applications for macOS and Win...

Internet Software & Services
1K-5K
Founded 2012
$333M raised

Description

  • Lead, support, and grow a team of data scientists and data science managers.
  • Set the vision for how data shapes strategy across Figma’s AI products.
  • Champion data quality, accessibility, and the democratization of data across the company.
  • Create accountability and a positive work environment in partnership with other leaders.
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, Design, Research, Sales, Marketing, and Finance to drive impact.
  • Shape measurement for AI products, including evals, quality, and experimentation for LLM-powered assistants and agents.
  • Work closely with AI Research on evaluation and product measurement at scale.
  • Identify opportunities, inefficiencies, and improvements through data-driven insights.
  • Build data frameworks and help implement modern statistical methods across the organization.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience managing and leading high-output Data Science teams, including at least 2 years managing other managers.
  • 7+ years of experience working in AI, Data Science, or a related field.
  • Proven experience building or measuring AI products, ideally LLM-powered assistants, agents, chatbots, or copilots.
  • Demonstrated expertise in statistical methods, experimentation, and/or forecasting.
  • Ability to scale teams in high-growth environments.
  • Desire to build an inclusive and diverse culture.
  • Experience owning 0-to-1 product areas (preferred).
  • Technical curiosity and willingness to learn and grow alongside the team.
  • Must be able to work from a US hub or remotely in the United States.
  • Full-time role.

Benefits

  • Annual base salary range of $290,000 to $376,000 USD.
  • Equity in the company.
  • Health, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Retirement benefits with company contributions.
  • Parental leave and reproductive or family planning support.
  • Mental health and wellness benefits.
  • Paid time off, including flexible PTO for exempt employees.
  • Paid sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits.
  • Additional perks may include company recharge days, cell phone and home internet reimbursements, and lifestyle spending accounts.
  • Annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles.

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