About the Team

At Stitch Fix, our data science team combines machine learning with expert human judgment to generate innovative recommendations and insights that transform the way our clients discover what they love. We believe in a curiosity-driven, data science culture where members have autonomy to deliver impact through end-to-end, full-stack product development and ownership. The diversity of the problems that we work on and the data-rich environment of our business make it possible, even essential, to bring the tools of multiple disciplines to bear on our hardest problems. As a $2B+ company we are looking for data scientists and leaders to join us as we revolutionize retail.

The styling recommendations team is building the world’s best apparel recommendation system. The team leverages personalization algorithms to power personalized recommendations across Stitch Fix. This involves modeling our clients’ style, size, spendiness, and intent. These models are deployed to create relevant recommendations for the use of clients and expert stylists in real-time.

About the Role

As a senior-level manager, you will lead a team of experienced data scientists to build the world’s best apparel recommendation system. The systems you build will recommend, rank, and personalize apparel for our clients and expert stylists.  In partnership with other data science and business leaders, you will identify opportunities and frame algorithmic problems to drive impact of both existing and new product capabilities. 

This is one of the highest leverage teams at the company, controlling the flow of apparel for billions of dollars in annual sales. Radical improvements are possible, and even small improvements typically provide impact in the millions of dollars of revenue. Because the team is tightly aligned but loosely coupled, you will have considerable autonomy to define a vision and guide the team.

As an experienced people manager, you will be responsible for developing bright individuals and building an amazing team. You should be excited to identify people’s strengths and development opportunities, fostering individual growth through frequent and kind feedback. As the company scales and the team continues to grow, you should understand the importance of being on the constant lookout to recruit top talent for the future. 

You're excited about this opportunity because you will get the chance to…

• Hire, teach, amplify, grow and develop the individuals on your team 
• Invest in the diversity of our team and build towards an inclusive culture
• Strategize about new algorithmic capabilities that can play to Stitch Fix’s strengths and build out new initiatives cross-functionally 
• Promote tinkering with state-of-the-art recommendation engines and scaling successful experiments
• Share your expertise such that the team can experiment faster and can more quickly build capabilities
• Develop relationships with senior business leaders across Stitch Fix to foment diverse and unique points of view
• Structure project work plans, roadmaps and communication
• Guide your team along entire model life-cycle by exploring the data, designing your own models, deploying them, testing and monitoring them 
• Take pride in selflessly supporting your team and propping individuals up for their own success

We’re excited about you because…

• You have led people before and are passionate about developing a team
• You have production machine learning experience and are proficient in deploying apps in Python
• You have a deep understanding of ML in theory and in production environments
• You are able to see both the forest and the trees, staking out a higher level vision and understanding how each day’s technical and cultural choices add or detract from that vision.
• You have strong cross-functional, communication skills that help simplify and move complex problems forward with business partners 
• You are innovative and inspired to take on new challenges and you do not shy away from potential failure
• You think about ethics in AI, the impact of machine learning on society, and want to bring that to bear in our work here.

Why you'll love working at Stitch Fix...

• We are a group of people who are bright, kind and motivated by challenges. You can be your authentic self here, and are empowered to encourage others to do the same! 
• We are a successful, fast-growing company at the forefront of tech and fashion, redefining retail for the next generation
• We are a technologically and data-driven business
• We are committed to our clients and connected through our vision of “Transforming the way people find what they love”
• We love solving problems, thinking creatively and trying new things
• We believe in autonomy & taking initiative
• We are challenged, developed, and have meaningful impact
• We take what we do seriously. We don’t take ourselves seriously
• We have a smart, experienced leadership team that wants to do it right & is open to new ideas
• We offer competitive compensation packages and comprehensive health benefits
• You will be proud to say that you work for Stitch Fix and will know that the work you do brings joy to our clients every day

About Stitch Fix

At Stitch Fix, we’re about personal styling for everybody and we believe in both a service and a workplace where you can be your best, most authentic self. We’re the first fashion retailer to combine technology and data science with the human instinct of a Stylist to deliver a deeply personalized shopping experience. This novel juxtaposition attracts a highly diverse group of talented people who are both thinkers and doers. All of this results in a simple, powerful offering to our customers and a successful, growing business serving millions of men, women, and kids. We believe we are only scratching the surface of our opportunity, and we’re looking for incredible people like you to help us carry on that trend.

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