Data Scientist, Product Analytics – Shops Buyer

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– we’re just getting started.**Summary:** The Facebook Shops Buyer team is the steward of consumer needs in shopping.

We work directly with leadership and horizontally across product teams in business products and consumer product teams (e.g., Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp).

We are looking for a Data Scientist who can see the big picture, identify pivotal questions, work closely with leadership, and lead data scientists around the company to help steer the product strategy.**Required Skills:** 1.

Metric defense experience, and leading the central cross org team to identify drivers of success2.

Ecosystems experience, and bring in-depth understanding to how different pieces come together, identifying the right health metrics to evaluate ecosystem health, and constantly challenging our current understanding3.

Identify and quantify strengths and weaknesses in the ecosystem from various stakeholder perspectives (e.g., Buyer, Seller, Advertiser, Facebook)4.

Leverage data and work closely with leadership to challenge and evolve the long term and short term strategy5.

Collaborate with data scientists and product teams across the company to drive foundational understanding of the product experience**Minimum Qualifications:** 6.

Bachelors/Masters Degree with 4+ years (or PhD with 2+ years) of experience working within an analytical role7.

Experience working in an analytics organization8.

Genuine interest in understanding the dynamics of eCommerce networks and building great products9.

Experience working independently and as a member of a cross-functional team10.

Experience in using SQL to query and manipulate large data sets for analysis11.

Python or R experience12.

Experience answering big picture questions by framing the business question into an analytical plan and communicate to stakeholders13.

Strategic thinking and can drive the direction of the team**Preferred Qualifications:** 14.

7+ years of experience working in an analytics organization15.

Experience working with executives or senior leadership16.

Experience leading and driving change that impacts large organizations**Industry:** Internet**Equal Opportunity:** Facebook is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

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