About The Role
Planet is looking for a Head of Data Science. This role reports to the President of Product and Business, and supports Planet’s product and technology teams (and beyond) through data science. Data science at Planet is not just about making it easy to understand what’s already happening; it’s about strategically understanding opportunities and influencing our roadmap through quantitative analysis of our products, customers, and market. This role is responsible for guiding and leading teams consisting of both direct reports as well as matrixed employees from across the business.
Impact You’ll Own
- Be the champion for the customer, from identifying their challenges and opportunities in data, to highlighting potential solutions.
- Work with leadership and cross-functional partners to define a lasting vision for the product.
- Build and support an incredible team of data scientists, balancing bottom-up and top-down decision making, and providing for career growth and development.
- Encourage high performance and innovation by engaging employees in decision-making and development of new product and process improvement ideas.
What You Bring
- 5+ years of experience in data science supporting commercial or government software products.
- 5+ years of experience managing teams of 10 or more, with a proven record of excellent leadership.
- A passion for Planet’s mission to use space to help life on Earth.
What Makes You Stand Out
- Proven ability to build and lead teams that ship world-changing products in fast-paced environments.
- Experience hiring world-class data science leaders and building customer-centric cultures.
- A growth mindset and a desire to learn quickly.
- Executive presence and ability to communicate effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience with cross geographical team coordination and management.
- Proven problem solving skills.