by Angela Guess
LinkedIn is searching for a Technical Program Manager of Data Science in Mountain View, CA. According to the post, “The role of Technical Program manager supports a challenging and crucial piece of growing LinkedIn: Managing, coordinating and scaling our data analytic projects to support the staggering growth of our next generation products. This requires a project leader who thrives under very fast time lines and rapid release schedules. As a Technical Program Manager, you need to have the strong technical experience and business acumen to help drive the rapid growth and innovation of LinkedIn’s products while ensuring a high degree of operational excellence and integrity. Your approaches are flexible, yet process-oriented and you are highly dedicated to a service oriented approach through professional commitment and dedication in a fast-moving, start-up like environment.”
Responsibilities of the position include the following: “Interface with and support the Data Science team, managing big data-related projects. Drive execution of projects by working directly with Data Services, Product and Data Science support teams on a day-to-day basis. Clearly communicate the project status, risks, and trade-offs to all appropriate stakeholders. Create new process efficiencies and document process flow using diagrams and other documentation. Build and maintain relationships between the data science team and other internal parties. Oversee implementation of operations support tools, such as database monitoring and analysis applications, as well as work with the data servicing team. Establish the scope of work for big data projects related to web applications and user behavior data.”
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