Role overview

Qualifications

Strong technical depth and ability to lead high-impact work in product, platform, or marketplace environments.
Experience in transitioning into or preparing for a formal management role with a track record of leading high-impact work.
Experience in experimentation, causal inference, statistical modeling, forecasting, and marketplace or product analytics.
Experience leading algorithmic work such as matching, ranking, optimization, allocation, or decision systems.

Responsibilities

Define the strategy for Supply Data Science and lead the analytical and algorithmic foundations to understand and optimize participant supply at scale.
Lead work across acquisition, onboarding, liquidity, matching, quality, engagement, and retention to meet rapidly growing demand without degrading participant experience or data integrity.
Partner with Product, Engineering, Operations, and leadership to translate complex marketplace problems into a clear roadmap of models, experiments, and decision systems, including matching, ranking, optimization, and allocation.
Build and grow the data science team over time, setting technical direction and shaping a scalable, high-impact organization.

Key facts

Remote from: United Kingdom
Full time
Director of Data Science
English

Hard skills

Causal Inference Engagement Marketing Acquisition Processes Liquidity Management Data Quality Assessment Controlled Experiments Employee Onboarding Production Engineering Data Privacy Laws Cross-Functional Collaboration Stakeholder Communications Strategic Roadmaps

Other skills

Forecasting
Decision Making
Communication
Leadership
Team Management

About the company

Prolific

Research

Prolific (www.prolific.co) is changing how research on the internet is done. We started by building a marketplace that connects researchers (from both Academia and industry) with instant, high quality, global research participants. Now, as a growing team, the bigger vision is to build the most powerful and trusted platform for behavioral research. Quantitative and qualitative researchers, data scientists, and entrepreneurs all need valid and reliable data sources to make predictions about human behaviour and social change. Thanks to our online platform, researchers collect responses fast and participants earn cash rewards for themselves or for charity. It takes 5 minutes to start data collection, there's no middleman, and the product easily integrates with any survey software. In a world of unreliable results, Prolific makes data trustworthy and connects the public with science.

Company details

Company typeScaleup

IndustryResearch

Company size51 - 200

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Job description

Data Science Manager

London or Remote within UK

Prolific

Prolific is not just another player in the AI space—we are the architects of the human data infrastructure that's reshaping the landscape of AI development. In a world where foundational AI technologies are increasingly commoditized, it's the quality and diversity of human-generated data that truly differentiates products and models.

The Role

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.

What you'll be doing

You will define the strategy for Supply Data Science and lead the analytical and algorithmic foundations that help us understand and optimize participant supply at scale.

You will 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.

You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, and company leadership to translate complex marketplace problems into a clear roadmap of models, experiments, and decision systems. This includes leading algorithmic work such as matching, ranking, optimization, allocation, and other production-grade systems that improve marketplace efficiency while preserving trust, representation, and participant experience.

What you'll bring

This role is well suited to a strong technical lead who is ready to grow into full-time management.

Today, this is a small team with room to grow. We are open to someone stepping into their first formal management role, provided they bring strong technical depth, sound judgment, and a track record of leading high-impact work in a product, platform, or marketplace environment.

You should have experience in experimentation, causal inference, statistical modeling, forecasting, and marketplace or product analytics, ideally 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 would be especially valuable.

We’re looking for someone who can set technical direction, partner effectively across Product, Engineering, and Operations, and build a strong team over time.

The job spec is a guideline and we are always looking for the best people—we encourage you to apply even if you feel like you don’t meet all the requirements.

Why Prolific is a great place to work

We've built a unique platform that connects researchers and companies with a global pool of participants, enabling the collection of high-quality, ethically sourced human behavioural data and feedback. This data is the cornerstone of developing more accurate, nuanced, and aligned AI systems.

We believe that the next leap in AI capabilities won't come solely from scaling existing models but from integrating diverse human perspectives and behaviors into AI development. By providing this crucial human data infrastructure, Prolific is positioning itself at the forefront of the next wave of AI innovation—one that reflects the breadth and the best of humanity.

Working for us will place you at the forefront of AI innovation, providing access to our unique human data platform and opportunities for groundbreaking research. Join us to enjoy a competitive salary, benefits, and remote working within our impactful, mission-driven culture.

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