Director, Data Science
Northbeam
USA, Unknown
Contract
$250,000
RemoteDirector
Northbeam is building the world's most advanced marketing intelligence platform, providing top eCommerce brands a unified view of their business data through powerful attribution modeling and customizable dashboards. Our technology helps customers accurately track ad spend, understand the full customer journey, and drive profitable growth.
We're experiencing rapid growth, have strong product-market fit, and are looking for the right people to help us scale. This is a rare chance to make a meaningful impact at a fast-moving, high-growth company. At Northbeam, you'll join a team of driven, collaborative, and talented individuals who value personal growth and excellence. We'd love for you to be part of our journey.
We're a remote-friendly company with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Northbeams Data Science organization serves as the intelligence layer of the company, owning the end-to-end science behind marketing measurement and optimization. This includes developing and advancing our core methodologiesMedia Mix Modeling (MMM), Incrementality testing, causal multi-touch attribution (MTA), calibration and validation frameworks, and large-scale experimentation systems. The team is also responsible for AI-driven insights, recommendations, and the creation of reusable, scalable, and rigorously validated scientific systems that power Northbeams product and customer value.
The Director of Data Science leads the parallel execution of complex technical initiatives across the organization, ensuring excellence in delivery, scientific rigor, and cross-functional alignment. This role oversees the development and evolution of MMM, Incrementality, Insights, and Recommendation engines. In partnership with the VP of data science, the Director will help define and shape the organization for long-term scalesetting strategic priorities, designing team structure and operating practices, and guiding resource allocation to maximize impact.
This is a hands-on leadership role focused on executing the technical roadmap: guiding technical decisions, ensuring project delivery and accountability, and coaching and unblocking the team. Youll partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Design to shape technical design and product requirements, and collaborate with R&D leadership to build the team and systems that drive continuous innovation and measurement accuracy.
Unlike most Series A+ companies, we have a proven business model, strong revenue, and a growing waitlist of customers eager for the products were building. We are in a high-growth phase, and we are profitable!
We sit at the center of the performance-marketing ecosystem with deep partnerships across major ad platforms (Meta, Snap, TikTok, AppLovin, and more). Our unique combination of high-quality partner integrations, rich 1st-party data, and a robust identity graph gives us an advantage that is extremely difficult for competitors to replicate.
Northbeam is where top-tier data talent can directly shape the industrys most important measurement challenges at scale.
Actual compensation may vary based on experience, skills, and location.
In addition to your base salary, we offer an equity package, comprehensive healthcare benefits (medical, dental, and vision), and a 401(k) plan. Our team enjoys a flexible PTO policy, 12 company-paid holidays, and 12 weeks of paid parental leave. We also provide a $500 work-from-home stipend to support your remote setup.
Interview Process
The interview process varies by role but typically begins with a 30-minute interview with a Northbeam recruiter, followed by a video interview with the hiring manager. Next, candidates complete a role-specific video interview followed by video or onsite interviews with several team members. The final step is a video interview with our CEO/Co-founder. The entire interview process is usually 5-7 interviews total and requires around 5-8 hours of your time.
We accept applications on an ongoing basis.