Pinterest · 1 week ago
Director of Data Science, Trust & Safety, Signals and Content Understanding
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$229K/yr - $471K/yr
10+ years expPinterest is a platform that inspires creativity and planning for lasting memories. They are seeking a Director of Data Science to lead a high-impact organization focused on trust, user understanding, and content understanding systems, partnering with various teams to enhance safety and quality on the platform.
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Responsibilities
Set Strategy & Roadmap : Define the multi-year vision and priorities across Trust & Safety, User Understanding, and Content Understanding—establishing north-star outcomes (e.g., prevalence & reach reduction, user trust, ecosystem health, content quality, user and content understanding) and the leading indicators that drive them
Operationalize Leading Indicators : Identify, instrument, and build operating cadences around key input metrics that influence integrity and understanding—such as policy risk signals, spam/abuse rates, account authenticity, coverage and latency, precision/recall of enforcement, appeal overturn rates, content quality signals, and user feedback/friction signals
Lead a Talented Organization : Hire, develop, and inspire a world-class team of data science managers and senior ICs spanning product analytics, ML evaluation, experimentation, causal inference, and integrity measurement
Partner to Ship Impact : Work hand-in-hand with Product, Engineering and Policy teams to deliver end-to-end improvements across detection, enforcement precision, and distribution systems—translating ambiguous trust and understanding questions into shipped product/ML capabilities with measurable impact
Elevate Measurement & Decision Quality : Own measurement strategy for safety, integrity, and understanding quality, employing causal inference, experimentation, offline evaluation, and long-term value measurement to quantify trade-offs and reduce unintended consequences
Communicate and Align Across Stakeholders : Present complex analyses and recommendations to executives and cross-functional partners, driving alignment on difficult trade-offs between safety, expression, growth, and product usability
Qualification
Required
MS or PhD in a quantitative field or equivalent experience
10+ years in Data Science, Algorithmic Engineering, or ML, with significant impact in digital advertising or large-scale marketplaces
5+ years of managing data science organizations, including managing managers
Deep experience with statistical analysis, causal inference, and experiment design for complex marketplaces
Deep experience with production analytics and large-scale data tooling (Python/R, SQL, Spark/Hive)
Deep experience with applied ML or relevance/ranking systems; familiarity with auction dynamics, pacing, and quality modeling
Proven ability to operate through input metrics tied to business outcomes
Excellent communication and influencing skills
Company
Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.49BKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.Brandtech VenturesSV Angel
2022-07-14Post Ipo Equity
2020-01-01Post Ipo Equity
2019-04-18IPO
Leadership Team
Bill Ready
Chief Executive Officer
Julia Brau Donnelly
Chief Financial Officer
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