Machine Learning Manager
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Job Title: Machine Learning ManagerAdvertising Optimization & Automation Science
Who We Are
Wayfairs Advertising business is rapidly expanding adding hundreds of millions of dollars in profits to Wayfair. We are building Sponsored Products Display & Video Ad offerings that cater to a variety of Advertiser goals while showing highly relevant and engaging Ads to millions of customers. We are evolving our Ads Platform to empower advertisers across all sophistication levels to grow their business on Wayfair at a strong positive ROI and are leveraging state of the art Machine Learning techniques.
The Advertising Optimization & Automation Science team is central to this effort. We leverage machine learning and generative AI to streamline campaign workflows delivering impactful recommendations on budget allocation target Return on Ad Spend (tROAS) and SKU selection. Additionally we are developing intelligent systems for creative optimization and exploring agentic frameworks to further simplify and enhance advertiser interactions.
We are seeking an experienced Machine Learning Manager to lead a growing team focused on building intelligent MLpowered systems that drive personalized recommendations and campaign automation within Wayfairs advertising platform. In this role you will have the opportunity to define and deliver 0to1 capabilities that unlock substantial commercial value and directly enhance advertiser outcomes. Working closely with a highperforming team of ML scientists and engineers youll tackle some of Wayfairs most intellectually challenging problems in machine learning latency and scalability while directly contributing to the companys bottom line.
What Youll do
- Own the strategy roadmap and of supplier advertising intelligence and automation solutions. Lead the next phase of GenAIpowered creative optimization MLbased recommendation systems and campaign automation to drive significant incremental ad revenue and improve supplier outcomes.
- Build coach and manage a team of ML scientists focused on developing intelligent budget tROAS and SKU recommendations creative testing frameworks and simulationdriven decisioning that extends beyond the current platform capabilities.
- Partner crossfunctionally with Product Engineering and Sales to deliver scalable ML solutions that improve supplier campaign performance. Ensure systems are designed for reuse extensibility and longterm impact across multiple advertising workflows.
- Research and apply best practices in advertising science GenAI applications in creative personalization and auction modeling. Keep Wayfair at the forefront of innovation in supplier marketing optimization.
- Collaborate with Engineering teams (AdTech ML Platform Campaign Management) to build and scale the infrastructure needed for automated intelligent advertising decisioning.
- Act as SME and provide mentorship and technical guidance beyond own team on the broader DS/Eng org when needed
What Youll need
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Mathematics Statistics or related field.
- 9 years of industry experience with at least 12 years experience as a manager of teams and 5 serving as an IC on production ML systems.
- Strategic thinker with a customercentric mindset and a desire for creative problem solving looking to make a big impact in a growing organization
- Demonstrated success influencing senior level stakeholders on strategic direction based on recommendations backed by indepth analysis; Excellent written and verbal communication
- Ability to partner crossfunctionally to own and shape technical roadmaps and the organizations required to drive them.
- Proficient in one or more programming languages e.g. Python Golang Rust etc.
Nice to have
- Experience with GCP Airflow and containerization (Docker)
- Experience building scalable data processing pipelines with big data tools such as Hadoop Hive SQL Spark etc.
- Familiarity with Generative AI and agentic workflows
- Experience in Bayesian Learning Multiarmed Bandits or Reinforcement Learning
About Wayfair Inc.
Wayfair is one of the worlds largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world were reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industryleading technology and creative problemsolving we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If youre looking for rapid growth constant learning and dynamic challenges then youll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.
No matter who you are Wayfair is a place you can call home. Were a community of innovators risktakers and trailblazers who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger smarter and wellpositioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees customers community and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair and world for all. Every voice every perspective matters. Thats why were proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color ethnicity ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship status marital status disability gender identity gender expression veteran status genetic information or any other legally protected characteristic.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
