Lead Data Scientist Finance at Updater

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Moving is one of the most universally relatable problems. Everyone’s done it -- and everyone knows how frustrating and painful it can be. Updater is solving that pain at scale. We’re a well-funded and growth-focused company that helps over 25% of all households in the US move annually, and we’re growing quickly.
On the Data team, our mission is to use data to improve business outcomes. We partner closely with stakeholders across the company to democratize data-driven decision-making and bring data to bear on Updater’s toughest problems. We play an active role in all major business decisions, and originate impactful initiatives that help build the next-generation moving experience we’re creating for hundreds of millions of Americans!
As a Lead Data Scientist, you’ll lead business performance forecasting and opportunity evaluation across Updater.  You’ll partner with fellow data scientists on the Data team, our FP&A team, and other key leaders to develop a deep understanding of the levers that move our business, craft high-confidence forecasts of Updater’s growth, and rigorously evaluate new initiatives under consideration by our executive team.  You’ll have the unique opportunity to significantly impact the entire organization in developing the foundation for data science to accurately predict potential revenue generation & inform how those forecasts are impacted by business decisions.  You’ll also help build our Financial Data Science function from the ground up.
Learn more about our Data team


How we built a scalable data platform architecture with Airflow and dbt (part I and part II)

Updater Data and Product teams speak at Optimizely user conference about how Data and Product teams can collaborate to maximize experiment velocity
Podcast on mentoring featuring Updater VP of Data Chris Byington
Updater partners with National Association of Realtors to provide real-time relocation insights

About the Role

Establish Finance Data Science function at Updater including defining forecasting methodologies, identifying – and filling – technology gaps, and evangelizing a culture of rigorous performance forecasting across the company.
Forecast business performance across Updater to inform internal and investor-facing forward-looking statements.
Bring deep understanding of Updater’s business to bear to identify novel opportunities to unleash even greater growth for our company; partner with stakeholders to bring those opportunities to life.
Advise fellow Data team members and stakeholders alike on opportunity assessment of upcoming initiatives’ likely impact on business performance.

About You


Empathy: you strive to see the world from the point of view of your stakeholders and our business in order to anticipate needs -- bonus points for being able to incept stakeholders before they themselves know what they need.


Humility: you have an opinion, but aren’t afraid to be proven wrong, and are open to suggestions on what tool or technique is best to most efficiently solve a problem.


Strong communication: you’re as comfortable talking with our VP of Finance as you are with our Executive team.


Comfortable with ambiguity: you’re used to being asked open-ended questions and whittling them down to questions that can be answered by hard data.

5+ years of experience as a Data Scientist in a fast-paced work environment; proven ability to drive impact through forecasting.
Strong command of the fundamentals of statistics.
Strong command of SQL.