[Hiring] Data Science Manager, Supply Marketplace @Prolific

Role Description

We’re hiring a Data Science Manager, Supply Marketplace to lead this space. This is a high-impact leadership role at the heart of Prolific’s marketplace. You will build and lead the team responsible for the science, models, and decision systems that shape participant marketplace health, from growth and activation to allocation, engagement, quality, and long-term retention.

• Define the strategy for Supply Data Science and lead the analytical and algorithmic foundations that help us understand and optimize participant supply at scale.
• Work across participant acquisition, onboarding, liquidity, matching, quality, engagement, and retention, ensuring we can meet rapidly growing demand without degrading participant experience or data integrity.
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, and company leadership to translate complex marketplace problems into a clear roadmap of models, experiments, and decision systems.
• Lead algorithmic work such as matching, ranking, optimization, allocation, and other production-grade systems that improve marketplace efficiency while preserving trust, representation, and participant experience.

Qualifications

• Strong technical lead ready to grow into full-time management.
• Experience in experimentation, causal inference, statistical modeling, forecasting, and marketplace or product analytics.
• Experience in a two-sided marketplace or similar business where supply-demand dynamics, liquidity, and user behavior are central.
• Experience leading algorithmic work such as matching, ranking, optimization, allocation, or decision systems.
• Ability to set technical direction and partner effectively across Product, Engineering, and Operations.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Benefits.
• Remote working within an impactful, mission-driven culture.