
Head of Data Science
Render
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $250,000 - $345,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing data science team across analytics, experimentation, and statistical modeling.
- Personally drive and guide impactful IC work, from ad hoc analysis to ML-based modeling projects.
- Create and evangelize best practices for data reliability, reproducibility, and documentation.
- Collaborate with senior leadership to define a long term data strategy
- Own and scale the Data Science function across product, growth, and go-to-market, aligning with company OKRs and strategic bets.
- Hire, lead, and mentor a world-class team of data scientists and analysts; build a high-trust, high-impact culture grounded in intellectual rigor and bias for action.
- Define and communicate Render’s long-term data strategy and architecture in partnership with Engineering and Product leadership.
- Drive strategic insight across the org: from pricing and packaging to product adoption, conversion, and customer segmentation.
- Promote data fluency across Render through tools, dashboards, and processes that empower every team to make smarter decisions
- Provide actionable insights about our users such as how they work, how they discover features, and which obstacles they might run into on the platform.
- Contribute toward initiatives to enhance the reliability and accuracy of our data infrastructure and processes.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in data science, with 4+ years in a leadership role scaling teams and delivering cross-functional impact.
- A strong foundation in statistics, causal inference, experimentation, and modeling techniques.
- Fluency in SQL and Python; experience with modern data stacks (e.g. BigQuery, dbt, Metabase, Mixpanel).
- Track record of influencing executive-level decisions through clear storytelling and analytical depth.
- Demonstrated ability to scale data functions from zero-to-one and beyond in fast-paced, product-led environments.
- Impact mindset: you're excited to wear multiple hats, move fast, and help define what “great” looks like.
- Bonus: experience in B2B SaaS, cloud infrastructure, developer tools, or growth analytics.
Benefits
- This opportunity is also eligible for equity with early-exercise options and extended exercise windows.
- 4 weeks of paid vacation.
- 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents to bond with a newly born, adopted, or fostered child. We will also work with you to create a supportive plan of return.
- Long-term disability, life insurance, and 401K plans.
- 100% employer-paid medical coverage and 99% employer-paid dental and vision coverage for you and a dependent. FSAs and HSAs are available as well.
- Monthly lifestyle stipend for wellness, mental health and therapy, hobbies, etc.
- Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy.
- Commuter benefits for Renders in the Bay Area, and home office stipends for remote Renders.
- Continuous learning benefits & related support.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
data sciencestatisticscausal inferenceexperimentationmodeling techniquesSQLPythondata reliabilitydata reproducibilitydata documentation
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationcommunicationstorytellinganalytical depthimpact mindsetintellectual rigorbias for actiondata fluency