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We are One Pack- a united team working together to elevate the love and lives of pet families. Our pet-obsessed professionals create a connected care network of trustworthy partners who bring creative innovation every day. We are revolutionizing the pet industry. Join us!\nDestination Pet is launching a new, PE-backed business unit focused on building a differentiated data platform for the pet health and pet services ecosystem.This new business unit will collect, organize, analyze, and commercialize data related to dogs and cats through veterinary partners, pet care centers, boarding and daycare facilities, grooming locations, wellness providers, and other pet care channels.\nWe are seeking a Director of Data Science to help build the analytical foundation of this business from the ground up. This is a unique opportunity for someone who wants to operate in a newly formed, high-growth business while benefiting from the backing, scale, and resources of an established, private-equity-backed platform.\nThe ideal candidate is a hands-on data science leader who can work with complex and fragmented data, build commercially valuable insights, and help turn pet health and pet care data into scalable products.\nWe are looking to add a Data Science Director to our team!\nLOCATION: Remote US\nTRAVEL: Less than 10%\nREPORTS TO: Chief Executive Officer\nPAY: $180 K -$210K + 20 %Bonus\nDestination Pet does not provide any Visa Sponsorship.\nRole Overview:\nDestination Pet is launching a new, PE-backed business unit focused on building a differentiated data platform for the pet health and pet services ecosystem.\nThis new business unit will collect, organize, analyze, and commercialize data related to dogs and cats through veterinary partners, pet care centers, boarding and daycare facilities, grooming locations, wellness providers, and other pet care channels.\nWe are seeking a Director of Data Science to help build the analytical foundation of this business from the ground up. This is a unique opportunity for someone who wants to operate in a newly formed, high-growth business while benefiting from the backing, scale, and resources of an established, private-equity-backed platform.\nThe ideal candidate is a hands-on data science leader who can work with complex and fragmented data, build commercially valuable insights, and help turn pet health and pet care data into scalable products.\nCORE RESPONSIBILITES:\nHelp define and build the data science strategy for a newly formed pet health data business unit. \nAnalyze large, complex, and multi-source datasets related to pet health, veterinary care, pet services, customer behavior, and service utilization. \nBuild predictive models, segmentation models, forecasting tools, and other analytical solutions to identify trends, patterns, and commercial opportunities. \nPartner with product, technology, commercial, operations, and executive stakeholders to identify data products and insights that can be monetized. \nSupport the development of data products that may be sold to external customers, partners, or industry stakeholders. \nWork with internal and external data sources, including veterinary partners, pet care centers, customer systems, and third-party datasets. \nLead cross-functional efforts in data cleaning, normalization, deduplication, taxonomy creation, and quality control to ensure data integrity and support ongoing monitoring. \nTranslate complex analytical findings into clear, actionable insights for non-technical audiences. \nHelp establish best practices for responsible data use, privacy, governance, de-identification, and data quality. \nOperate comfortably in an entrepreneurial environment where business models are still being developed. \nDrive the creation of novel, statistically differentiated predictive models, supported by a strong track record in research and data science. \nHelp shape the future structure, tools, and capabilities of the data science function as the business scales. \nREQUIREMENTS:\nEducation & Experience: \nBachelor's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Economics, Bioinformatics, or a related quantitative field. \n6-10+ years of experience in data science, advanced analytics, machine learning, statistical modeling, or a related quantitative role. \nStrong proficiency in Python and/or R. \nStrong SQL skills and experience working with relational databases and large datasets. \nExperience working with messy, fragmented, or multi-source data and turning it into usable analytical assets. \nDemonstrated experience building predictive models, segmentation frameworks, forecasting models, machine learning models, or other advanced analytical solutions. \nStrong understanding of data quality, feature engineering, statistical inference, experimentation, model validation, and analytical best practices. \nAbility to communicate complex analysis clearly to executive, commercial, product, and non-technical stakeholders. \nComfort working in a newly formed business, startup-like environment, or high-growth setting with ambiguity and evolving priorities. \nPreferred Qualifications\nMaster's degree or PhD in a quantitative discipline. \nExperience in a newly formed company, startup, venture-backed company, PE-backed company, or corporate incubation environment. \nExperience building data products, commercial analytics products, data platforms, data marketplaces, or monetizable insight products. \nExperience in healthcare, veterinary medicine, pet care, life sciences, insurance, consumer health, retail, marketplace businesses, or multi-site services. \nExperience working with regulated, sensitive, privacy-conscious, or consumer data environments. \nFamiliarity with privacy-preserving analytics, de-identification, aggregation, consent frameworks, and responsible data-use practices. \nExperience with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, GCP, Azure, or similar. \nExperience with BI and visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Looker, Sigma, or similar. \nExperience partnering with product, engineering, commercial, legal, operations, and executive teams. \nIdeal Candidate Profile\nBuilder mindset with the ability to create structure in an early-stage environment. \nCommercially curious and interested in turning data into revenue-generating products. \nComfortable working hands-on while also helping define strategy and future team capabilities. \nStrong business judgment and ability to prioritize the highest-value analytical opportunities. \nComfortable operating in a PE-backed environment with a focus on speed, accountability, value creation, and measurable outcomes. \nAble to work independently in a fully remote environment while collaborating effectively across functions. \nPassionate about the opportunity to transform pet health and pet care data into meaningful insights. \nSkills\nData science and machine learning \nPredictive modeling and statistical analysis \nSQL, Python, and/or R \nData cleaning, normalization, and quality control \nData product development \nCommercial analytics and data monetization \nExecutive-level storytelling and insight presentation \nPrivacy-aware and ethical data use \nCloud data platforms \nStartup, new business unit, or PE-backed operating experience \nCross-functional collaboration \nWhy Join Us\nJoin at the ground floor of a newly formed, PE-backed business unit. \nHelp build a new data platform in the pet health and pet services ecosystem. \nWork on a commercially meaningful opportunity with the potential to shape a new category of pet health intelligence. \nBuild the data science foundation, analytical roadmap, and future data products from the beginning. \nOperate with startup-like agility while benefiting from the backing of an established platform. \nHelp turn fragmented pet care data into insights, products, and long-term enterprise value. \nPERKS:\nHealth, vision, dental, long & short-term disability, and Life insurance \nA Startup mentality company with stable funding \n401k match \nPet Care discounts \nFlexible Time Off \nOpportunity to grow your career with a network of like-minded professionals \nDestination Pet LLC affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.\nDestination Pet LLC endeavors to make our employment website and application process accessible to all users and applicants. In doing so, we provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation or assistance completing the application process, please contact a member of our recruitment team.\nAt Destination Pet, we're all about creating a workplace that's bursting with diversity and inclusivity. We don't play favorites or judge folks based on skin color, religion, gender, age, disability, or any other protected characteristics. Our hiring decisions are solely based on what you can bring to the team. So, we're throwing the door wide open for all like-minded candidates who believe in celebrating and honoring diversity and inclusion. 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