Manager, Data Science (Analytics) L25

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We are seeking a Manager Data Science (Analytics) to play a senior analytics role within the eBay Live Buyer Experience team supporting eBays real-time livestream shopping experience across categories such as Collectibles Luxury Sneakers and Apparel.

This is a senior individual contributor role not a people-management position. You will combine deep technical expertise in product analytics and experimentation with strong product judgment cross-functional leadership and analytical thought leadership.

You will own complex product problem spaces end to end shape measurement and experimentation strategy and partner closely with Product Engineering Design and business leaders to influence the evolution of the eBay Live buyer experience. You will also mentor junior data scientists and help raise the analytical bar across the team.

• Own analytics for strategic areas of the eBay Live buyer experience spanning discovery engagement bidding purchasing conversion and retention.
• Act as an analytics thought partner to Product leadership proactively identifying opportunities and shaping product strategy through data.
• Define analytical frameworks success metrics and measurement approaches for complex and ambiguous product initiatives.
• Connect insights across the buyer journey to identify broader opportunities for engagement and sustainable growth.

• Lead the design and analysis of A/B tests and controlled experiments including experiment design metric selection statistical analysis and interpretation.
• Shape experimentation strategy for complex product changes including situations involving network effects interference heterogeneous treatment effects or other measurement challenges.
• Apply causal inference and quasi-experimental techniques when randomized experimentation is not possible.
• Establish rigorous measurement frameworks that enable confident product and investment decisions.

• Lead deep analytical investigations using funnels cohorts behavioral segmentation statistical modeling and other advanced techniques.
• Apply supervised and unsupervised learning where appropriate to understand buyer behavior segmentation propensity and engagement.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI and advanced analytics to improve buyer experiences and scale decision-making.
• Build reusable analytical frameworks and tools that increase the effectiveness of the broader team.

• Lead complex analytical initiatives involving Product Engineering Design and business teams.
• Influence senior stakeholders through clear analytical reasoning product judgment and compelling storytelling.
• Drive alignment on metrics experimental approaches tradeoffs and recommendations.
• Proactively identify important questions and opportunities rather than operating solely against incoming analytical requests.

• Mentor junior data scientists and analysts on experimentation product analytics problem solving and stakeholder engagement.
• Review complex analyses and experiment readouts and help maintain a high bar for analytical rigor.
• Contribute to analytics standards best practices and foundational capabilities as eBay Live scales.

• 711 years of experience in data science product analytics or related analytics roles.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python.
• Deep hands-on expertise in product analytics experimentation and A/B testing.
• Strong understanding of statistics experimental design and causal inference.
• Experience applying advanced analytical or machine-learning techniques to large behavioral datasets.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex ambiguous analytical problem spaces.
• Strong product intuition and ability to translate data into product strategy and recommendations.
• Proven ability to influence senior cross-functional stakeholders without formal authority.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills.
• Experience mentoring and developing junior analytics professionals.

• Experience with e-commerce marketplaces consumer technology or real-time products.
• Advanced experience with experimentation methodologies and causal measurement.
• Experience with segmentation propensity modeling personalization or recommendation systems.
• Experience operating in 01 or rapidly scaling product environments.
• Experience applying AI/LLMs or agentic analytics to improve analytics productivity or customer experiences.

Additional Details

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