Lead a team of data scientists to tackle product and business challenges, aligning analytics with business outcomes and driving technical strategy.
What we’re building and why we’re building it.
Fetch helps people live rewarded every day, with a vision to become the rewards destination for everyone. We turn everyday activities into meaningful rewards, whether it’s grocery shopping, grabbing a quick meal, or playing a favorite mobile game. To date, we’ve awarded more than $1 billion in Fetch Points to our users.
Each day, more than 13 million receipts are submitted on Fetch, providing visibility into over $212 billion in gross merchandise value. This creates the largest retail-agnostic, SKU-level view of household spending, powering Fetch as an outcomes-based advertising platform that helps brands acquire and retain lifelong consumers.
The Fetch app is available on the App Store and Google Play, with more than 6 million five-star reviews from a highly engaged and loyal user base.
It’s not just our users who believe in Fetch: with investments from Softbank, ICONIQ, DST, Greycroft, and partnerships ranging from challenger brands to Fortune 500 companies, Fetch is reshaping how brands and consumers connect in the marketplace. When you work at Fetch, you play a vital role in a platform that drives brand loyalty and creates lifelong consumers with the power of Fetch points. User and partner success are at the heart of everything we do, and we extend that same commitment to our employees.
At Fetch, we value curiosity, adaptability, and the confidence to explore new tools, especially AI, to drive smarter, faster work. You don’t need to be an expert, but you should be ready to learn quickly and think critically. We welcome learners who move fast, challenge the status quo, and shape what’s next, with us. Ranked as one of America’s Best Startup Employers by Forbes for two years in a row, Fetch fosters a people-first culture rooted in trust, accountability, and innovation. We encourage our employees to challenge ideas, think bigger, and always bring the fun to Fetch.
About the Role
Fetch is looking for a Senior Data Science Manager to lead a team of data scientists and analysts focused on high-impact product and business problems across the consumer app experience. In this role, you will serve as the data lead for a pillar, partnering closely with Product and Engineering to shape priorities, guide technical strategy, and ensure the team is delivering meaningful business outcomes.
This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can operate strategically and technically. You will help the team navigate ambiguity, break down broad problem spaces into clear analytical approaches, and drive high-quality work that informs product direction. You should be comfortable coaching data scientists on experimentation, modeling, and stakeholder communication, while also evaluating technical proposals and presenting recommendations to senior leadership.
The ideal candidate brings strong people leadership, deep data science expertise, and the ability to influence cross-functional partners at a high level. This person will play a key role in helping Fetch continue to build a strong, high-impact generalist data science organization.
What you’ll do at Fetch:
Team Leadership & Development
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of data scientists focused on high-impact product and business opportunities.
- Provide clear feedback, support career growth, and create an environment that enables strong performance, healthy team dynamics, and continued development.
- Support hiring, onboarding, and team growth while contributing to the broader evolution of Fetch’s data science organization.
Strategic Direction & Business Impact
- Serve as the data lead for a product pillar, partnering closely with Product and Engineering to shape priorities and influence strategic direction.
- Translate ambiguous business and product questions into clear analytical roadmaps that drive measurable impact across user growth, customer value, revenue, and product performance.
- Ensure the team’s work is aligned to broader business goals and meaningfully informs product roadmap decisions.
Technical Leadership & Experimentation
- Guide the team in experimentation, measurement, statistical analysis, causal inference, and predictive modeling with a high bar for rigor and practical application.
- Evaluate analytical strategies, technical proposals, and team outputs to ensure work is high quality, actionable, and grounded in strong scientific thinking.
- Help break down broad problem spaces into clear technical approaches and support execution from concept through impact.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Influence
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Analytics, Marketing, and business leaders to turn insights into decisions, systems, and shipped outcomes.
- Communicate findings, recommendations, and tradeoffs clearly to senior and executive leadership to influence direction and drive alignment.
- Create clarity in ambiguous, fast-moving environments by setting priorities, managing dependencies, and protecting the team from unnecessary thrash.
Operational Excellence
- Establish strong standards for quality, prioritization, and execution across the team’s work.
- Balance speed and rigor by making thoughtful tradeoffs that maintain momentum while protecting scientific quality.
- Contribute to a strong generalist data science organization through improvements to team operations, planning, and ways of working.
Minimum Requirements:
- 6+ years of experience in data science, applied analytics, or a related quantitative field.
- 1+ year of direct people management experience leading data scientists or other quantitative practitioners.
- Hands-on experience in experimentation, statistical analysis, causal inference, measurement, and predictive modeling.
- Proven ability to partner cross-functionally with Product and Engineering to define priorities and translate ambiguous business problems into clear analytical approaches.
- Demonstrated ability to connect technical work to measurable business outcomes such as revenue growth, user growth, engagement, retention, or customer value.
- Experience evaluating analytical approaches, guiding technical strategy, and driving high-quality, actionable outputs.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- Proficiency in SQL, Python, and modern data science workflows.
Preferred Requirements:
- Experience leading data scientists in a consumer product, marketplace, or growth-focused environment.
- 2+ years of people management experience.
- Experience serving as the primary data lead for a product area, product pillar, or business domain.
- Track record of influencing product strategy and roadmap decisions through data-driven recommendations.
- Experience operating effectively in highly ambiguous environments and creating structure, focus, and clarity for teams.
- MBA, consulting background, or comparable experience driving strategic decision-making across cross-functional stakeholders.
- Prior hands-on experience as a data scientist, with a strong preference for candidates who have directly led data science work.
- Experience mentoring generalist data science teams across a broad range of product and business problem spaces.
This is a full-time role that can be held from one of our US offices or remotely in the United States.
Compensation: At Fetch, we offer competitive compensation packages including base, equity, and benefits to the exceptional folks we hire. Discover our benefits and how our employees live rewarded at https://fetch.com/careers.
At Fetch, we'll give you the tools to feel healthy, happy and secure through:
- Equity: We offer full-time employees equity in Fetch, so that everyone can benefit from Fetch’s growth.
- 401k Match: Dollar-for-dollar match up to 4%.
- Benefits for humans and pets: We offer comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans for everyone including your pets.
- Continuing Education: Fetch provides ten thousand per year in education reimbursement.
- Employee Resource Groups: Take part in employee-led groups that are centered around fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace through events, dialogue and advocacy. The ERGs participate in our Inclusion Council with members of executive leadership.
- Paid Time Off: On top of our flexible PTO, Fetch observes 9 paid holidays, as well as our year-end week-long break.
- Robust Leave Policies: 20 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, 14 weeks for secondary caregivers, and a flexible return to work schedule.
- Calvin Care Cash: Employees who are welcoming new family members will also receive a one time $2,000 incentive to assist employees with covering the cost of childcare, clothing, diapers and much more!
- Flexible Work Environment: Collaborate with your team in one of our stunning offices, or you can work fully remotely from anywhere in the US. We’ll ensure you are equally equipped with the hardware and software you need to get your job done in the comfort of your home. (applicable for most roles)
Fetch is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, inclusion, and respect for all individuals. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Our commitment to inclusivity ensures that everyone is treated with dignity and has the opportunity to succeed based on their talent, skills, and potential.
Fetch also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities or those with sincerely held religious beliefs, as required by law. If you need assistance with the application process or require an accommodation, please contact us at [email protected].
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