2025 Launch Program: Associate Data Science Product Manager

Launch Program Overview:

Skip the “entry-level grunt-work” and start making a real impact on Day 1. The Launch Program is your opportunity to onboard into your full-time role at Red Ventures in a cohort-style environment that provides in-depth training on our beliefs, culture, business model, and leadership. Your first few weeks will be spent alongside a cross-functional cohort of new Red Ventures employees starting their careers across various roles and teams. These individuals will become your built-in support system and community as you navigate the start of your career with us. After your initial onboarding period, you’ll join one of our teams, meet your manager and mentor, and find unparalleled opportunities to make a substantial impact and quickly advance your career.

We believe successful Data Science Product Managers have a wide set of experiences and skill sets in the data domain. This hybrid position offers you hands-on opportunities in data science, data analysis, and product management. In your first two years, you’ll get repetitions in contributing to product life cycles via product analytics, roadmap support, model building, and influential communication with product leadership.

What You'll Do:

As an Associate Data Science Product Manager, you will play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between complex data science initiatives and impactful product solutions to create value for both our business and our customers.

• Responsible for identifying opportunities to increase the impact of your product through deep understanding of the problem space, thorough comprehension of the product strategy and technology, and advanced statistical analysis. Effectively communicating recommendations to your product leads to create buy-in and action.
• Translate your recommendations into clear work streams and features that contribute to the product roadmap. Collaborate with Data Science, Design, and Engineering teams to turn objectives into detailed requirements with assistance from your product lead.
• Leverage algorithms and programming tools to execute relevant technical workstreams. This includes building items such as:
• Data pipelines to gather, manipulate, prepare, and visualize large datasets
• Machine learning models for offline and proof-of-concept use cases
• LLM workflows to automate tasks or for reasoning capabilities for specific features in your product
• End to end ownership of experiments. Assist in deploying features aimed at improving core KPIs. Conduct analyses to assess the impact of the experiments, synthesizing and owning the narrative.
• Promote adoption and usage of your product and tooling. Interact directly with end-users for training, feedback, and user testing.
• Stay up-to-date with advancements in machine learning and generative AI to identify innovative ways to solve business challenges.

Who you are:

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills. Can connect the dots between the business problem, the approach, the data, and the relevant recommendation.
• Strong grit and learning mentality when faced with challenging projects, unfamiliar technology, and ambiguous business problems. Takes a proactive approach to overcoming obstacles. 
• Scrappy, tenacious, self-motivated, yet a team player with humility and a great sense of humor.
• Creative problem solver with an entrepreneurial mindset and a strong business acumen with an interest in solving business and customer problems to create impact.
• Showcases high EQ - can collaborate effectively in a team environment.

Experiences you’ve had:

• Graduating with a bachelor's or master's degree in Summer 2025, with academic and/or practical experience in fields such as computer science, data science, statistics, or product management. (Start date in our August 2025 cohort)
• Demonstrated ability to collect, mine, and manipulate large data from disparate data sources, with an ability to dig deep and understand the process (e.g., SQL, Pandas, Tableau). 
• Hands-on application of machine learning and/or generative AI to a relevant problem through statistical programming languages or large language models (e.g., Python, R, GPT4). Thorough knowledge in statistics and machine learning techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to root cause problems through a data-driven approach, synthesizing takeaways and effectively communicating recommendations to relevant audiences.
• Exposure to and/or interest in technical development of software components and production models to learn how to form opinions on level of effort and feasibility.

Compensation:

• Starting Salary: $95,000 

Additionally, the following benefits are provided by Red Ventures, subject to eligibility requirements.

• Matching 401(k) plan
• Flexible PTO
• Top medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Subsidized meals at our onsite cafe, smoothie bars and coffee bars (aka $5 for a made-to-order salad, sandwich, pizza, or sushi, or $2 for a delicious smoothie or latte)
• Free onsite fitness classes, premier wellness center, spin studio, basketball court, and yoga studio
• Casual dress code – yes, that means jeans!

Who We Are

Red Ventures is a global, multi-faceted company with a start-up mentality. Founded in 2000 with a focus on establishing strategic partnerships with Fortunate 500 companies, we grew rapidly within those first 10 years, quickly becoming a unicorn by utilizing our proprietary technologies to win in the digital marketing space. In 2015, we entered the age of acquisitions and began growing our own portfolio of owned and operated businesses. Over the subsequent years we diversified the types of industries we worked in and now work with over 100 brands.

Every day, we help millions of people discover pertinent information that helps them make some of life’s biggest decisions, from their health to their home to their finances, among the plethora of industries in which we operate. Whether you work with a brand you know or a brand you’ve never heard of, you’ll know that your work is being seen and making a difference.

For more information, visit https://redventures.com and follow @RedVentures on social platforms.

Red Ventures is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or any other basis protected by law. Employment at Red Ventures is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications. 

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities. This includes providing reasonable accommodation where appropriate. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to apply or participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected]. 

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