Data Scientist Manager at Solace
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Jul 12, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A player-coach leadership role managing a team of four to six data scientists at a healthcare navigation startup. The work splits between marketplace forecasting — keeping supply, demand, and funnel volume in balance — and owning production machine learning systems such as matching and quality-scoring models end to end. Suited to someone with hands-on Python and ML depth who can also set team roadmaps and translate technical work for non-technical stakeholders.
Senior level · 6+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,250 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 370–1,850
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
This role is a genuine hybrid of people management (4–6 direct reports, roadmap ownership, cross-functional leadership) and hands-on technical work (production ML, forecasting, code review). 11-3021 was chosen as primary because direct people management is explicitly central; 15-2051 is the strong runner-up given the high technical bar and IC-level depth required.
The title 'Data Science Manager' carries no seniority level word, so the title states no level. The 6+ years of data science plus 2+ years of management, combined with team ownership and VP-level reporting, supports a Senior band.
ARIMA and Prophet are listed together as examples of time-series forecasting methods ('e.g., ARIMA, Prophet'); they are treated as interchangeable named alternatives within the same required forecasting capability.
MLOps tooling (Docker, MLflow/SageMaker, CI/CD) and dbt appear under the 'Bonus Points' section and are marked preferred accordingly.
An advanced degree (Master's or PhD) is listed under 'Bonus Points' and is only preferred, so the degree requirement is set to None.
No compensation figures were provided in the posting.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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