Overview

Role Overview

The Director, Data Science and Engineering, Finance is a leader for a small but mighty team supporting Finance at Dropbox. This role owns a large part of the Financial infrastructure and is a key player in enabling better decision making across many of the recurring and future business operations. The team maintains a set of driver models and analytical systems that our senior leadership uses regularly to guide the business. In addition, the team will continue building on its AI powered capabilities to ensure that the models and systems are always evolving in quality and impact.

Company Overview

Dropbox is a Virtual First company. With the understanding that people have needs that extend beyond the workplace, Dropbox supports its employees with flexible working arrangements and benefits that support them in every stage of life. As a Virtual First company, this role has the option of being fully remote.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the team to effectively partner with stakeholders across Finance and the business to plan and execute key analyses.
  • Ensure a rigorous and robust analytical foundation through experimentation, causal inference and other principled approaches, and lead the development and maintenance of foundational dashboards and driver models.
  • Lead the team through the integration and application of AI tools and techniques.
  • Manage and develop data scientist and data engineer team members.
  • Drive cross-functional initiatives through partnership with Data Science and Engineering teams.
  • Develop and maintain a strong and trusted relationship with stakeholders by balancing priorities of new requests, while being efficient and autonomous in execution.

Requirements

  • At least 6 years of experience working in Data Science, or in an adjacent field such as Machine Learning or Statistics, with experience in a variety of modeling techniques, including causal inference, forecasting, and machine learning, and a proven track record of working with AI capabilities.
  • Experience leading the development and maintenance of an analytical system, including drivers and dashboarding.
  • At least 2 years of experience managing a small team.
  • Demonstrated success in navigating cross functional relationships and working with senior leadership.
  • Experience with a variety of metrics, including those pertaining to business operations and finance.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to distill complex analytical results into impactful and easily understandable insights.
  • Expertise in SQL and Python and in tools including Databricks, Snowflake and Hex.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in Finance and business analytics.
  • Experience leading a team in a remote-first environment.

Compensation

US Zone 1: This role may be paid a salary range of $290,000 to $392,500. US Zone 2: This role may be paid a salary range of $228,400 to $309,000. US Zone 3: This role may be paid a salary range of $197,200 to $266,900. The range listed is just one component of Dropbox’s total compensation package for employees.

Benefits

Dropbox applies a competitive benefits package. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k, paid time off, parental leave, and more. Specific benefits may vary by location and role.