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Head of Experimentation - Applied Science (w/m/d)

Employer
Zalando
Location
Berlin
Closing date
30 Apr 2021

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Function
Operations
Level
Manager

Job Details

As Head of Applied Science of the Experimentation team, you will lead a team of scientists, product managers, and the lead of the engineering team to develop novel experimentation algorithms and put them into production at scale for use by decision-makers across the company. We are looking for a leader with strong technical experience, demonstrated passion for people leadership in a fast-paced environment bringing rigorous research to scale. In addition to technical depth, you must possess exceptional project management and communication skills, and above all, be a strong people leader who understands how to effectively coach applied scientists, product managers, and other leads.

WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
  • Recruit, manage and mentor other scientists, product managers, and other leaders reviewing and guiding their work. Develop and prioritize roadmaps for the team and establish ways of working that enable our teams to deliver in an agile and impactful fashion. Work closely with the engineering team to bring solutions into production
  • Work closely with other teams across Zalando to enable them to quantify the impact of their product and business decisions. Actively collaborate with economist and data science colleagues as well as commercial stakeholders and senior management
  • Contribute to and improve team and company processes that ensure high quality research through documentation, peer review, and structured feedback
  • Empower the team to stay up-to-date with the latest research on delivering causal inference methods at scale. Provide egoless constructive scientific feedback to peers and coach junior colleagues to become great researchers

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
  • Masters degree in statistics, economics, or similar data science or social science fields with an emphasis on computational research methods.
  • 3+ years experience managing and mentoring research and product teams in an industry setting. Demonstrated ability to mentor leads.
  • Proven ability to set and uphold strong scientific standards in an industry setting.
  • Strong sense of ownership, urgency and drive.
  • Excellent project management and stakeholder management skills. Proven ability to create and motivate a data science driven product vision that is impactful for the company to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior management.
  • Experience leading a team to apply advanced experimentation methods in an industry setting and working closely with engineers to bring causal inference into production. Strong general scientific problem solving skills that balance rigor and tactical execution.

PERKS AT WORK
  • Culture of trust, empowerment and constructive feedback, open source commitment, meetups, game nights, 70+ internal technical and fun guilds, knowledge sharing through tech talks, internal tech academy and blogs, product demos, parties & events
  • Competitive salary, employee share shop, 40% Zalando shopping discount, discounts from external partners, centrally located offices, public transport discounts, municipality services, great IT equipment, flexible working times, additional holidays and volunteering time off, free beverages and fruits, diverse sports and health offerings
  • Extensive onboarding, mentoring and personal development opportunities and an international team of experts
  • Relocation assistance for internationals, PME family service and parent & child rooms* (*available in select locations)

We celebrate diversity and are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

Zalando SE

Zalando is Europe's leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle, connecting customers, brands and partners across 17 markets. We drive digital solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising and research, bringing head-to-toe fashion to more than 35+ million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests and languages our teams choose to use.

Please note that all the applications must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via e-mail.

Company

Zalando is Europe’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle. Founded in Berlin in 2008, we bring head-to-toe fashion to 35 million active customers in 17 markets, offering clothing, footwear, accessories and beauty from over 3,000 international brands.

Our platform is a one-stop fashion destination for inspiration, innovation and interaction. As Europe’s most fashionable tech company, we work hard to find digital solutions for every aspect of the fashion journey: for our customers, partners and every valuable player in the Zalando story.

Our goal is to become the starting point for fashion. We focus on the fashion industry and therefore operate in a variety of business areas.

  • Fashion Store
    Zalando online shops are tailored to local customers’ needs in 17 different European markets. The range extends from renowned global brands and fast fashion to local brands and is supplemented by our private labels.
     
  • Offprice
    The Offprice business of Zalando serves the sale of previous season’s assortments. As part of a shopping club, the Zalando Lounge offers registered members exclusive sales campaigns at discounted prices.
     
  • Zalando's Private Labels
    Zalando’s private label assortment includes shoes, clothing and accessories for women, men and children. With a total of six private labels, Zalando creates its own products, covering the entire value chain from design to sales.
     
  • Zalon
    Zalon is our style advice service, via which customers can consult and get inspiration from selected stylists regarding individualized purchases.
     
  • Zalando Marketing Services
    The entirety of Zalando’s expertise and scope is bundled in Zalando Marketing Services, which now offers personalized marketing solutions for our brand partners.
     
  • Zalando Fulfilment Solutions
    Zalando makes its own logistics capabilities available to external partners, so they do not have to be concerned with infrastructure issues but can concentrate fully on their core competence in the fashion business.
     
  • Zalando Partner Services
    Zalando helps other players in the industry to be successful in the digital world. For example, by connecting warehouse stocks with multiple retailers, by digitizing processes involved in fashion wholesale and by integrating offline businesses into our Zalando platform.


With a strong workforce of around 14,000 employees of over 130 different nationalities, Zalando unites diverse people, capabilities and concepts. Consolidating our effort and ideas scales our impact as an innovator in Fashion, Technology, Digital Marketing and Logistics Operations.

Company info
Website
Telephone
+49 (0)30 2759 4693
Location
Zalando SE
Valeska-Gert-Straße 5
Berlin
Germany
10243
Germany

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