Director, Data Science - Toronto, Canada - Rekuten Global

Rekuten Global

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Job Description:
Here at Rakuten Kobo Inc. we offer a casual working startup environment and a group of friendly and talented individuals. Our employees rank us highly in terms of commitment to work/life balance. We realize that for our people to be innovative, creative and passionate they need to feel valued and supported. We believe in rewarding all our employees with competitive salaries, performance based annual bonuses, stock options and training opportunities.
If you're looking for a company that inspires passion, personal, and professional growth join Kobo and come help us on our mission of making_ reading lives better._
What we're looking for
Kobo thrives on data driven experiences and decision making; the Director of Data Science and Analytics is responsible for generating value from Kobo's evergrowing store of customer, catalog, and 3rd party data.
Kobo is looking for a strong leader to manage a team of developers, analysts, and data scientists to drive experiences for the millions of customers using our website, apps, and eink reading devices, and to further our mission.
In this role, you'll be working closely with leaders in our marketing, product, and technology organizations to evolve our product and marketing strategies, and to ensure they have flexible and powerful access to business intelligence data to lead their organizations.
What you get to do Lead and build the Data Science, Analytics, and Reporting teams Inform our technology direction and partner with the architects to mould the evolution of our data platform Plan, manage, and communicate ongoing roadmaps for initiatives, experiments, and key projects The Skillset:

5+ years of experience managing technical delivery

5+ years of experience in the data science, business intelligence space Experience working with customer data platforms, event driven systems, machine learning pipelines Working understanding of big data systems onprem and on the cloud Experience working with crossfunctional stakeholders and managing multiple teams Experience managing transformation programs, longterm roadmaps, prioritizing competing efforts Able to communicate just as well with technical engineers and nontechnical stakeholders The Perks: Flexible hours and hybrid working environment Full benefits starting from your first day Paid Volunteer days, unlimited sick days, and 3% RRSP matching Subsidized lunches, monthly commuting allowance inoffice Flexible health spending account Talent and development training budget Free Kobo device + free weekly ebook or audiobook Frequent Lunch and Learns Author series Weekly Kobo Tech University sessions Weekly trivia happy hours (Thirsty Thursday's, as we like to call it) Maternity/paternity leave top up About Rakuten Kobo Inc.
Owned by Tokyobased Rakuten and headquartered in Toronto, Rakuten Kobo Inc. is one of the most advanced global ecommerce companies, with the world's most innovative ereading services offering more than 6 million eBooks and audiobooks to 30 million + customers in 190 countries. Kobo delivers the best digital reading experience through creative innovation, awardwinning ereaders, and topranking mobile apps. Kobo is a part of the Rakuten group of companies.