Sr Director Data Science And Analytics at Webflow

Webflow is a visual web development platform that empowers non-coders to create incredible experiences for the web. At Webflow, we are reinventing the way people build things online. With less than one-half of one percent of the world’s population able to write code directly, we’re on a mission to empower everyone to create for the web – and leading impactful, fulfilling lives while we do it. Since our founding, Webflow has amassed over 3.5 million active users, extended well beyond $100 million in annual recurring revenue, secured partnerships with top-tier investors including Accel, CaptalG, and Y Combinator, and built a diverse team of more than 500 distributed around the globe. We’re actively growing and are adding new team members in all departments who are excited about our vision to build the world’s most powerful no-code development platform.
We’re looking for a Sr Director, Data Science and Analytics to help us grow and evolve our centralized Data Science and Analytics team.  The team works closely with strategic teams across Webflow; help to understand the complex questions facing the business and use data to guide strategic decisions. Our data informs us of how well we are progressing on our mission to empower people to build software visually. This team develops our connected understanding of capabilities and customer experience, promoting a centralized source of truth and building stakeholder partnerships to improve data literacy and inform Webflow’s strategy. The team creates data science and analytics and frameworks that provide scalable, accurate, and accessible information for anyone in the company to consume so we can make data informed decisions, track progress towards our goals, experiment and innovate with our product. As our data and organization matures, we are looking for a leader who can balance ownership of a strong, reliable data foundation with an eye for opportunity, setting a strategic vision that will scale our data capabilities to improve our product for our customers.
About the role 

Location: SF-HQ or US Remote
Full-time
Exempt

As a Sr Director, Data Science and Analytics you’ll … 

Lead Webflow’s Data team, comprised of data scientists, data analysts, and analytics engineers, to shape a data literate culture
Empower stakeholders to make data-informed decisions and roadmaps; align data partnerships within Webflow, guiding stakeholders with analysis and quantitative research and improving data literacy
Provide clear understanding of business drivers across teams including sales, marketing, product, and finance unlocking opportunities for growth and development
Define KPIs and metrics that map closely to business levers
Expand team strategy, identifying and executing high value data science and analytics opportunities where data can help drive Webflow’s mission and improve customer experience.
Strengthen data foundation, working cross-functionally to manage and evolve data architecture with business needs
Engage stakeholders at all levels of the organization, presenting data strategy to Sr Leadership, Investors and Board
Focus the data team on a high-value roadmap, balancing competing requests and high priority investigations with long term vision.

That said, these responsibilities are just the start! At Webflow, we encourage you to contribute wherever your interests take you — and shape your role accordingly. 
About you 
You’ll thrive as Sr. Director, Data Science and Analytics if you have:

Successfully attracted, developed, retained, and led high performing, cross-functional data teams at scale with 4+ years of experience managing data analysts, scientists, and/or engineers
A passion for and track record of leveraging data to understand and drive impact, especially in a SaaS environment
Ability to drive operational improvement across data science & analytics excellence, balancing creativity with measurable outcomes that align with the needs of a dynamic organization
Strong understanding of the modern data stack and a track record of scaling data products to match organizational needs. We use fivetran/snowflake/dbt/tableau and are exploring adding machine learning pipelines, improving BI solutions and working with data engineering on new near-real time streaming pipelines.
Experience identifying and prioritizing business needs, scoping business questions into well formed data projects. 
Ability to write complex and performant SQL queries to extract data and coach teams in analyzing complex data sets
Experience navigating stages of data maturity, from building a reliable source of truth to leveraging machine learning to drive decisions at scale.  
Ability to collaborate with and brief senior leaders with a wide range of technical understanding of data intelligence and data science
Identified ability to create data-driven business decisions
Ability to influence paired with strong stakeholder engagement skills that span both up and downstream
A track record in applying advanced analytics solutions to solve real-world business problems
Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to interact with and communicate with all level of employees and partners, and present information and recommendations to Sr Leadership, Investors and Board
Collaborative leadership, professional focus, and drive, comfortable directing the work of others and championing change
Ability to juggle competing priorities and maintain the team’s focus on high-value deliverables

Added bonus (but not required): 

Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, R, Java, Scala, Rust, Go or C/C++
Extensive experience with a cloud platform (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
Experience with big data technologies like Spark & Kafka
Experience working with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipeline

If you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying. Studies show that you can still be considered for a role if you meet just 50% of the role’s requirements.
About us 
At Webflow, we believe that what we’re doing doesn’t define our success -- so we focus on our “why” and “how”: 
Our Mission 
To empower everyone to create for the web — and lead impactful, fulfilling lives while we do it.
Our core behaviors (how we act)

Earn customer trust
Get it done, do it right 
Practice candor with care
Dream big, ship often 

Our commitments to you 

We’ll pay you! This is a full-time, salaried position that includes equity
We’ll invest in your physical and mental well-being with health, dental, and vision benefits and a monthly stipend for health and wellness expenses 
We’ll pay you to take a vacation … seriously. We’ll give you a $1,000 bonus for taking your first vacation with us that is more than 5 days 
We offer flexible parental leave 
We provide remote employees with the equipment they need to create a great remote work environment 
We will offer you the support you need to help you grow as an impactful Sr. Director, Data Science and a human being 

Ready to apply?
If you share our values and enthusiasm for empowering the world, we’d love to review your application! We promise we do take the time and care to review every application we receive. However, as much as we wish we could interview everyone who submits an application, we cannot guarantee an interview or feedback due to the unprecedented volume of applications we are receiving today. We are rooting for you, and hope you do consider applying.
Note: To join Webflow, you'll need valid U.S. or Canadian work authorization depending on the country of employment.
If you are extended an offer, that offer may be contingent upon your successful completion of a background check, which will be conducted in accordance with applicable laws. We may obtain one or more background screening reports about you, solely for employment purposes.
Webflow requires all new employees to submit proof of their COVID-19 vaccination status as a condition of their employment.  As such, your failure to timely provide such information, upon Webflow's request, may result in the revocation of your offer or the termination of your employment with Webflow, as applicable. 
At this time, Webflow does not require fully remote employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.  However, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof of vaccination to work out of any Webflow office, visit an office, or attend any in person work events, including company off-sites, company sponsored social gatherings, and meetings.  As such, at this time, we will only consider individuals who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for roles which require any in person work.  If, due to the nature of your role, you are at any time during your employment required to work in person, but you are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to applicable regulations, your employment may be terminated.  
We are committed to maintaining a safe and inclusive workplace, and our vaccination policy will evolve in response to the changing risks and regulations associated with COVID-19.