{"id":453670,"url":"https://alion.io/job/the-knot-worldwide-vp-data-science","title":"VP, Data Science","company":{"id":174607,"name":"The Knot Worldwide","domain":"theknotww.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/the-knot-worldwide","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"C","score":69,"open_postings":27,"ghost_share":0.519,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":50,"computed_at":"2026-11-09T06:03:00Z"}},"role":"Leadership","role_family":"Leadership","seniority":"head","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":235200,"max":336000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":336000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":15,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"A/B Testing","optional":false},{"name":"Looker","optional":false},{"name":"Snowflake","optional":false},{"name":"SQL","optional":false},{"name":"Tableau","optional":false}],"status":"closed","first_seen_at":"2026-03-02T19:51:40Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-22","last_verified_at":"2026-11-05T02:02:43Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":"2026-11-05T02:02:43Z","days_open":247,"trust":{"level":"ghost","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale","company_stale"],"days_open":246},"description":"ABOUT US\nIn more than ten countries around the world, The Knot Worldwide champions the power of celebration. Our global family of brands provide best-in-class products, services and content to take celebration planning from inspiration to action. At the core of our business is our industry-leading global online wedding Vendor Marketplace, connecting couples with local wedding professionals and a comprehensive suite of personalized wedding websites, planning tools, invitations, and registry services that make wedding planning easier for couples around the globe. Each year, we connect more than 4.5 million users with around 900,000 global small businesses through our Vendor Marketplace.\nLIFE AT TKWW\nAt The Knot Worldwide, we believe in doing work that matters. Each year, we help millions of couples around the world celebrate life’s most meaningful moments, while also helping hundreds of thousands of global small business owners get discovered and scale. Life here means working alongside a team that cares deeply, not just about the work you do, but about the life you live. We prioritize employee well-being and development through meaningful opportunities for growth, and we celebrate milestones and wins in a big way. After all, celebrations are what we do best.\nABOUT THE ROLE AND OUR TEAM:\nThe VP of Data Science & Analytics will lead experimentation, business intelligence, and advanced analytics across our global two-sided marketplace. This role is accountable for driving measurable business outcomes - including growth in couple engagement, marketplace liquidity, vendor ROI, and long-term customer value.\nYou will own the company’s experimentation strategy and enterprise BI function, ensuring executives and frontline teams alike have trusted, actionable insights. This role will partner closely with data engineering to build reliable, scalable end-to-end data pipelines that power experimentation, analytics, and executive reporting.\nYou will be the architect of our measurement engine - turning data into durable competitive advantage in a complex, two-sided marketplace. This is a highly visible leadership role reporting to the CPO and partnering across Product, Engineering, Finance, Marketing, and Sales.\nRESPONSIBILITIES:\nExperimentation & Measurement\nDefine and scale experimentation strategy across a complex two-sided marketplace (couples and vendors).\nEnsure rigorous A/B testing, incrementality measurement, and causal inference across growth, monetization, ranking, and lifecycle initiatives.\nBuild frameworks that account for cross-side marketplace effects and long-term LTV impact.\nEstablish clear accountability for experimentation outcomes tied to business performance.\nEnterprise BI & Analytics\nOwn executive dashboards and enterprise reporting from Board-level metrics to team-level KPIs.\nDevelop and maintain a trusted metrics layer with clear governance and definitions.\nImprove forecasting, driver trees, and performance diagnostics tied to CPAs, GMV, and marketplace health.\nEnable scalable self-serve analytics capabilities across the organization.\nAdvanced Data Science\nLead applied data science across personalization, marketplace dynamics, pricing, segmentation, and lifecycle modeling.\nDevelop robust LTV and marketplace health models.\nPartner with ML teams to ensure strong model evaluation and business impact measurement.\nCross-Functional Partnership\nPartner closely with Data Engineering to design scalable experimentation infrastructure and data pipelines.\nInfluence architecture decisions without directly owning DE.\nServe as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on data-driven growth strategy.\nSUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES HAVE: \nExperience\n15+ years in Data Science, Analytics, or quantitative leadership roles.\nExperience leading BI and analytics in a large, global organization.\nDemonstrated success operating within a two-sided marketplace or platform business.\nProven experience owning experimentation strategy and delivering measurable business impact.\nExperience partnering with C-suite and Board stakeholders.\nTechnical Expertise\nDeep knowledge of experimental design, causal inference, and statistical modeling.\nExperience building scalable experimentation and analytics ecosystems.\nStrong fluency in SQL and modern data tools (e.g., Snowflake, Looker, Sigma, Tableau).\nStrong understanding of marketplace unit economics and LTV modeling.\nLeadership\nExperience building and scaling high-performing Data Science and Analytics teams.\nStrong cross-functional collaboration skills in matrixed environments.\nAbility to translate complex quantitative analysis into clear business insights.\nWORK MODEL:\nThis role is fully remote and not tied to any specific office location. While there are no regular in-office requirements, we encourage our remote team members to gather intentionally for key company and team events to stay connected and engaged.\n#LI-Hybrid #executive-track\nStarting pay is determined based on a combination of factors which may include location/market, education, experience, skills, and other qualifications of the successful candidate. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, commissions, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. We also offer benefits to eligible employees including medical, dental, retirement, and generous leave policies.\nAnnual salary range\n$235,200—$336,000 USD\nAI FLUENCY\nAt TKWW, AI is a tool that helps our teams work smarter, move faster, and spend more time on the work that matters most. We expect every employee, in every role, to build fluency with the AI tools relevant to their work, use them thoughtfully and with sound judgment, and bring curiosity as these tools keep evolving. This isn't about replacing our people's expertise - it's about equipping every employee to use AI to raise the bar on the work we do together.\nWHAT WE LOVE ABOUT YOU:\nCommit to our customers: You act as one team on behalf of our customers. You lead with head and heart, and build what matters for life's most meaningful moments.\nRaise the bar: You define \"great\" and work backwards. You don't just accept how it's been done, but boldly define how it should be. You are unafraid to innovate, learn, and keep moving forward toward our shared vision.\nBe all in: You believe in our mission and take ownership of your work. You debate openly to reach the best outcomes, speaking with clarity and care, embracing diverse perspectives, then commit fully.\nCelebrate impact: You measure success by the outcomes you create. You hold yourself accountable to delivering value, while recognizing progress and the lessons learned along the way. You love to win, together.\nWHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT US:\nWe provide meaningful, high-impact benefits designed to support the holistic well-being of our diverse workforce and help our people thrive both professionally and personally. From physical and mental wellness to flexible time off our programs are built around the moments that matter most.\nTOGETHER@TKWW: OUR APPROCH TO HYBRID WORK\nTogether@TKWW is designed to support how we work best: combining the flexibility we value with meaningful opportunities to connect in person. Whether a role is Together@TKWW-eligible or not, we believe in purposeful moments to come together, build strong relationships, and drive bold ideas forward.\nFor Together@TKWW-eligible roles, this includes regular in-office time to foster collaboration and connection.\nFor roles not eligible for in-office expectations, we support connection through virtual collaboration and intentional gatherings.\nTo facilitate in-person collaboration, we have office spaces in Barcelona, Spain; Delhi, India; Galway, Ireland; London, England and New York, NY.\n_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________\nUS Notice: The Knot Worldwide provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability. In addition to federal law requirements, The Knot Worldwide complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. The Knot Worldwide expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.\nPrivacy Notice: The Knot Worldwide (TKWW) processes your personal data to evaluate your application, based on the legal ground of taking steps prior to entering into a potential employment contract. Only the data strictly necessary for this purpose is collected. In some cases, your data may also be processed based on TKWW’s legitimate interests (e.g., to improve recruitment practices or manage candidate pools), to which you can object at any time. You have the right to access, rectify, or delete your data, and to object to certain uses. To learn more about your rights, please consult our The Knot Worldwide (TKWW) processes your personal data to evaluate your application, based on the legal ground of taking steps prior to entering into a potential employment contract. Only the data strictly necessary for this purpose is collected. In some cases, your data may also be processed based on TKWW’s legitimate interests (e.g., to improve recruitment practices or manage candidate pools), to which you can object at any time. You have the right to access, rectify, or delete your data, and to object to certain uses. To learn more about your rights, please consult our Privacy Policy. If you wish to file a complaint, you may contact the competent data protection authority. 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