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Data Science Manager - Market Insights

Employer
Zalando
Location
Dublin
Closing date
28 Mar 2022

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Function
Operations
Level
Manager

Job Details

As Zalando transforms from Europe's leading e-commerce company into The Starting Point for Fashion, this is an exciting time to join. As a Data Science Manager of the Market Insights team, you will enable talented scientists to deliver effective and scientifically-sound solutions to our main business problems.

Bring your strong scientific experience in researching and deploying machine learning solutions to help our millions of customers in their inspiration journey. You will join the team responsible for Zalando's AI-powered Market Insights and ramp up a new team of applied scientists and engineers.

You will make an impact on one of Zalando's biggest business opportunities: supporting long-term customer relationships through trustworthy, competitive prices. To do this, we use state-of-the-art AI methods on large amounts of multi-modal data (images, text, structured) and human-in-the-loop systems. The Market Insight project uses webcrawl data from all relevant European web shops to find product matches between the Zalando assortment and competitors.

You will have access to highly scalable state-of-the-art infrastructure, huge data sets (both internal and external), experienced teams of scientists and engineers, and Zalando's existing research, e.g. Fashion DNA embeddings (https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.02489).

Contribute to our scientific efforts with rigorous peer reviews and through publications in international conferences. Mentor junior and mid-level applied scientists. Drive real business impact through scientific rigor and collaboration.

We are looking for a leader with experience in guiding research work, and in delivering impact from ML-based software systems. You will support the team working in a structured and transparent way and achieve results that we can all proudly celebrate. This position is a unique opportunity to have visible impact, and connect with exceptional talents from many different backgrounds.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
  • Team Management: Recruit, empower and mentor Applied Scientists and Data Engineers, reviewing and guiding their work, creating conditions for high-quality deliveries and career growth.
  • Project Management: Support the team in defining and executing roadmaps, in a way that integrates the high level of uncertainty and complexity involved in our projects with the challenge of delivering business impact.
  • Raise the Bar: Engage the team into rigor and iterative improvements in Applied Science and Software Engineering.
  • Cross functional collaboration: Mentor for close collaboration between data scientists and data engineers in your team. Join forces efficiently with product managers and engineers in the Crawling team and other applied scientists in the department.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
  • PhD or MSc in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Physics, with at least 5+ years of industry experience in Machine Learning/Data Science/Deep Learning.
  • Experience (2Y+) in people and/or project leadership under uncertainty and ambiguity.
  • Proven track record in developing solutions from initial idea to production.
  • Excellent communication skills, clarity and structure.
  • Analytical thinking and attention to detail: our field is characterized by complexity where details matter, therefore we are in constant need for rigorous and detailed reviews of our initiatives.
  • Proven understanding of the theory behind the state-of-the-art methods in your domain, as well as a broad overview of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and statistical methods and best practices in their application.
PERKS AT WORK
  • A workplace run on trust, empowerment and feedback; positive, inspiring working atmosphere
  • 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
  • Mentoring and personal development opportunities and an international team of experts
  • Relocation assistance for internationals, PME family service and parent & child rooms

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.
ABOUT ZALANDO
Zalando is Europe's leading online platform for fashion, connecting customers, brands and partners across 20 markets. We drive digital solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising and research, bringing head-to-toe fashion to more than 42 million active customers through diverse skill-sets, interests and languages our teams choose to use.

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

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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