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Data Science Manager

Quick Facts

Median Salary$161,862
Most Common EducationMaster's degree
Projected 10-Year Growth+31.60%
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What They Do

A Data Science Manager manages a team of data scientists, machine learning engineers and big data specialists. They lead data mining and collection procedures, ensure data quality and integrity, build analytic systems and predictive models, and test the performance of data science products.


Core Tasks:

  • Generate standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review by executives, managers, clients, and other stakeholders.
  • Maintain or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, or methods.
  • Manage timely flow of business intelligence information to users.
  • Provide technical support for existing reports, dashboards, or other tools.
  • Identify and analyze industry or geographic trends with business strategy implications.
  • Document specifications for business intelligence or information technology reports, dashboards, or other outputs.
  • Create business intelligence tools or systems, including design of related databases, spreadsheets, or outputs.
  • Collect business intelligence data from available industry reports, public information, field reports, or purchased sources.
  • Disseminate information regarding tools, reports, or metadata enhancements.
  • Conduct or coordinate tests to ensure that intelligence is consistent with defined needs.
  • Analyze competitive market strategies through analysis of related product, market, or share trends.
  • Synthesize current business intelligence or trend data to support recommendations for action.
  • Identify or monitor current and potential customers, using business intelligence tools.
  • Communicate with customers, competitors, suppliers, professional organizations, or others to stay abreast of industry or business trends.
  • Maintain library of model documents, templates, or other reusable knowledge assets.
  • Create or review technical design documentation to ensure the accurate development of reporting solutions.
  • Analyze technology trends to identify markets for future product development or to improve sales of existing products.

What to expect as a Data Science Manager

1Earn a Master's degree

68% of people achieve this level of education.

2Gain skills and experience

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3Land a job

740 openings for Data Science Managers

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