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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Head of Data - **Company:** Philo Inc. - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $325,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** A/B Testing, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Apache HTTP Server, Computing Platforms, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Data Warehousing, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Recommender Systems, SQL Databases, Data Storage Technologies, Core Data - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/head-of-data-philo-7874372 ## About the Role * 15+ years of experience across analytics, data science, data engineering, or related data functions, with significant proven experience leading multidisciplinary data teams through ambiguity, in both a strategy and personnel management capacity. (Startup experience preferred.) * Strong skills as a hands-on data scientist who can lead by example, including demonstrated understanding of data architecture, statistical modeling in either Python or R (Python preferred), A/B/n experimentation practices, SQL, and experience independently developing data driven insights. Demonstrated ability to train and coach team members in these skills. * Strong written and verbal communication skills; you are a strong communicator who can explain complex trends, data findings and analytical methodology to broad audiences with varying technical backgrounds. * A deep understanding of business priorities and the ability to partner with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. * Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment (or ability to adapt to this environment very quickly). * Experience in consumer subscription, streaming, media, ad-supported products, or other event-rich digital businesses is preferred. * Experience with Machine Learning and Deep Learning is a strong plus. ## Description Some of the recent projects our Data Science team members have worked on include: * Building marketing mix models and multi-touch attribution models to optimize customer lifetime value and predict RoAS (Return on Ad Spend) * Modeling to determine which early product behaviors predict conversion * Running experiments to evaluate and improve our ML-based content recommendation/personalization system * Building data models for analysis of lifecycle marketing communications impact * Modeling to analyze the impact of Quality of Experience events (e.g. rebuffering) on customer engagement and other business metrics. * Data infrastructure engineering work including data warehouse cluster upgrades, per-query infra cost optimization, implementation of Apache Iceberg data storage, and evaluating alternative data warehouse technologies. * Ongoing analytics engineering work to reliably and accurately model complex billing and subscription data, enabling it to be easily queried for business insights. * Price sensitivity research and competitive market analyses, Philo is seeking a Head of Data to lead and evolve our growing team of Data Scientists, Data Engineers, and Data Analysts - an effective, collaborative and empathetic leader who will help scale the team to meet our evolving data needs. This leader will work with stakeholders across the company to ensure that every department at Philo has the reliable and accurate data required to deliver the data-driven insights we need in order to achieve and exceed our goals as a company., * Own all things data at Philo: ensure that stakeholders at Philo have access to the timely and accurate data driven insights that they need to do their jobs. * Oversee the core data science work executed in cross-functional teams to drive product goals, including product experiments and A/B tests, Growth & Acquisition modeling, and product insights, including customer journey analysis and measuring effectiveness of content search and recommendation systems. * Own the quality and performance of the data platform at Philo, including platform architecture and instrumentation, data collection/processing/validation, data governance, and security and compliance. * Ensure that we are collecting the right data and events, processing them in a scalable and modular way, and building a foundation of reliable data that teams across the company can build insights from. * Collaborate closely with the engineering team and AI/ML engineers to support the development and delivery of Philo's content recommendation system. * Collaborate closely with data roles in our business and finance teams (business insights, business analysts and financial analysts) to help them build a deep understanding of the Philo business, customers, and content trends. * Manage the data team: train, mentor and coach members of the data team, direct their work and support their career growth; identify the roles we need as we grow and hire fantastic people to fill those roles. ## Related Videos - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Alibaba Big Data and Machine Learning Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/37-alibaba-big-data-and-machine-learning-technology) - [Bringing the power of AI to your application.](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1010-bringing-the-power-of-ai-to-your-application) - [The Innovation Formula: Fast Prototyping, Data Analysis, and Real User Insights](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1421-the-innovation-formula-fast-prototyping-data-analysis-and-real-user-insights) - [Empowering Retail Through Applied Machine Learning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/976-empowering-retail-through-applied-machine-learning) ## Related Articles - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [The Biggest German Tech Companies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/424-the-biggest-german-tech-companies) - [Dev Digest 137 - AI'm not sure about this](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/485-dev-digest-137-ai-m-not-sure-about-this)