About the Role
Lead Data Science & Analytics for the Buyer domain, shaping how millions of members discover items and make purchase decisions. This role involves leading a team of 30, influencing strategy, and driving product development through experimentation and advanced ML.
Responsibilities
- Set the direction for Buyer DSA and ensure focus on high-potential opportunities.
- Lead and develop senior managers and individual contributors, fostering a strong organization.
- Lead DSA teams including Decision Scientists, Data Scientists, and Analytics Engineers.
- Influence strategy and align execution with Product, Engineering, and Design leaders.
- Guide the application of ML and analytics across discovery, retrieval, ranking, recommendations, and personalization.
- Strengthen the domain’s approach to experimentation, measurement, and causal reasoning.
- Contribute to the development of DSA at Vinted through stronger standards and alignment.
Requirements
- Experience leading senior Data Science, Analytics, Applied Science, or Machine Learning teams in product-led organizations.
- Experience leading managers and senior experts, scaling impact through organizational design, coaching, and clear direction.
- Strong experience with production ML systems, ideally in recommendations, ranking, search, personalization, or optimization.
- Deep expertise in experimentation, product analytics, and decision-making under uncertainty.
- Ability to connect product strategy, technical possibilities, and business outcomes.
- Effectiveness in cross-functional environments and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
Skills
- Data Science
- Analytics
- Machine Learning
- Experimentation
- Product Analytics
- Decision Making
- ML Systems
- Recommendations
- Ranking
- Search
- Personalization
- Optimization
- Causal Reasoning
Location
- Vilnius
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Director
Salary/Compensations
- €113.900—€154.100 EUR
Benefits
- Share options programme
- 30 days of paid annual leave
- Newest MacBook models
- Digital mental and emotional health support and Employee Assistant Program (EAP)
- Home office support (IT workstation equipment and a personal budget up to €540 for home workplace furniture)
- Lunch benefit per workday
- Frequent team-building events
- Personal monthly budget for shopping on Vinted
- Access to a discounted gym membership plan
- Pension Plan with Vinted matching 150% of contribution
- Supplemental Private Health Insurance
- Life and Disability insurance
- Subsidised Deutschlandticket for public transport commute
- Opportunity to spend up to 90 days per year on workation (21 days outside the EU)
- Dog-friendly office
- Individual Learning Budget (annual budget for courses, certifications, workshops)
- Hybrid Work model (2 days in office recommended but not enforced)
About the Company
- Vinted's mission is to make second-hand the first choice.
- Vinted Marketplace is Europe’s leading platform for second-hand fashion.
- Vinted Go enhances the shipping experience with a vast network of pick-up/drop-off points and carrier partnerships.
- Vinted Pay provides secure and reliable payments for buyers and sellers.
- Founded in 2008 in Lithuania, Vinted became Lithuania's first unicorn in 2019.
- Headquarters remain in Vilnius, with offices across Europe and over 2,000 employees.
Equal Opportunity
- The Vinted Group is committed to building an inclusive workplace where people from all walks of life feel a sense of belonging.
- Vinted welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and life experiences.
- All applicants are treated fairly without regard to race, age, religion or belief, sex, national origin, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
