Uber

Manager II, Science - Delivery Logistics

Uber • $216K — $240K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Ph.D., M.S. or Bachelor's degree in Economics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, or related fields.
  • 7+ years of industry experience as an Applied Scientist or equivalent (4+ years with Ph.D.).
  • Minimum 2 years of team management experience with proven team building skills.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills for leading cross-functional initiatives.
  • Proficient in Python or similar technologies for data handling and model prototyping.
  • Experience in designing experiments and interpreting results across key performance indicators.

Responsibilities

  • Resolve complex business challenges with data-driven strategies.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to shape team vision and direction.
  • Innovate new data science methodologies including modeling and analytics.
  • Deliver findings to business leaders to guide strategic decisions.
  • Design and analyze product experiments to derive meaningful insights.

Benefits

  • Eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program.
  • Potential for equity awards and other compensation types.
  • Full-time employees can join a 401(k) plan.
  • Access to various employee benefits.
Full Job Description
Job Description

About the role and team

The Delivery Logistics team builds real-world technology that powers our global marketplace. Our team of scientists works on diverse problems, including building real-time backend matching systems, creating new delightful user experiences, and serving predictions used for decision making across the marketplace.

Uber operates in a constantly-evolving and competitive environment, and our success requires a deep understanding of our marketplace and the ability to build products that scale on a global footprint. In this Science Manager role, you will lead an essential team driving significant marketplace influence and business impact.

What you'll do
  • Solve ambiguous, challenging business problems using data-driven approaches
  • Work closely with multi-functional leads to develop a technical vision and drive team direction
  • Develop new methodologies for data science including modeling, coding, analytics, optimization, and experimentation
  • Present findings to business leaders to inform decisions
  • Design product experiments and interpret the results to draw detailed and impactful conclusions


Basic Qualifications
  • Ph.D., M.S. or Bachelor's degree in Economics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields.
  • 7+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent (or 4+ years with Ph.D.).
  • Minimum 2 years of experience directly managing a team of scientists, with a proven ability to define clear team structures and build teams.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills: Able to lead initiatives across multiple product areas and communicate findings with leadership and product teams.
  • Ability to use Python or similar technologies to work efficiently with large data sets and prototype algorithms & models
  • Experience designing experiments and interpreting the results to draw detailed and actionable conclusions across a variety of key performance indicators


Preferred Qualifications
  • 9+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist
  • 5+ years of experience leading high-performing science teams in a marketplace, ride-sharing, or delivery platform.
  • Experience in leading key technical projects and substantially influencing the scope and output of others
  • Thought leadership to drive cross-functional projects from concept to production.
  • Knowledge of reinforcement learning, optimization algorithms, or econometrics.
  • Strong programming skills to prototype models in at least one of Python (preferably), R, Java, Go, Scala


Responsibilities

For New York City, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $216,000 per year - USD $240,000 per year.

You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.

About Uber

Uber Entertainment, Inc. is a privately held video game development company headquartered in beautiful downtown Kirkland, WA. Uber is currently developing Planetary Annihilation, a next generation real time strategy game of epic proportions.

Uber Careers

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Learn more about Uber
Size
29,300 employees
Market Cap
$48.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$6.7 billion
Founded
2009
5 Year Trend
+35.3%
Revenue
$11.1 billion
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