Manager II, Science - Delivery Logistics

Job description

About the role and team The Delivery Logistics team builds real-world technology that powers our global marketplace. Our team of scientists works on diverse problems, including building real-time backend matching systems, creating new delightful user experiences, and serving predictions used for decision making across the marketplace. Uber operates in a constantly-evolving and competitive environment, and our success requires a deep understanding of our marketplace and the ability to build products that scale on a global footprint.

In this Science Manager role, you will lead an essential team driving significant marketplace influence and business impact.

What you’ll do

• Solve ambiguous, challenging business problems using data-driven approaches
• Work closely with multi-functional leads to develop a technical vision and drive team direction
• Develop new methodologies for data science including modeling, coding, analytics, optimization, and experimentation
• Present findings to business leaders to inform decisions
• Design product experiments and interpret the results to draw detailed and impactful conclusions

Basic Qualifications

Ph.D., M.S. or Bachelor's degree in Economics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields. 7+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent (or 4+ years with Ph.D.). Minimum 2 years of experience directly managing a team of scientists, with a proven ability to define clear team structures and build teams.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Able to lead initiatives across multiple product areas and communicate findings with leadership and product teams. Ability to use Python or similar technologies to work efficiently with large data sets and prototype algorithms & models Experience designing experiments and interpreting the results to draw detailed and actionable conclusions across a variety of key performance indicators

Preferred Qualifications

9+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist 5+ years of experience leading high-performing science teams in a marketplace, ride-sharing, or delivery platform. Experience in leading key technical projects and substantially influencing the scope and output of others Thought leadership to drive cross-functional projects from concept to production. Knowledge of reinforcement learning, optimization algorithms, or econometrics.

Strong programming skills to prototype models in at least one of Python (preferably), R, Java, Go, Scala

Responsibilities

For New York City, NY-based roles

The base salary range for this role is USD $216,000 per year - USD $240,000 per year. You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.