Director, Product Algorithms

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About the Role

Stitch Fix is looking for a Director Product Algorithms to lead the product-facing Algorithms portfolio across Client Experience. This leader will oversee Growth Algorithms Styling Algorithms and Fix & Freestyle Algorithms partnering closely with Product Engineering Design Styling Marketing Merchandising Finance Enterprise Analytics Data Platform and DSN.

This role sits at the intersection of product strategy data science machine learning AI experimentation innovation and product analytics capability. The leader will help Client Experience Product use data and algorithms to create more personalized effective and inspiring client and stylist experiences while improving the operating discipline needed to deliver measurable business impact with limited people expertise and execution capacity.

This leader will also help raise the innovation bar for CX Algorithms: improving and scaling our use of state-of-the-art data science machine learning AI and experimentation techniques while helping Stitch Fix reestablish itself as a data science leader in personalized client and stylist experiences.

What Youll Do

• Lead the Product Algorithms portfolio across Growth Algorithms Styling Algorithms and Fix & Freestyle Algorithms driving measurable outcomes across acquisition onboarding lifecycle engagement retention styling quality Fix Freestyle outfitting and related commerce experiences.
• Set the vision for how Client Experience Product uses data science machine learning AI experimentation and product analytics capability to create more personalized and effective client and stylist experiences.
• Translate company and CX priorities into high-impact algorithmic analytical and AI-enabled roadmaps that balance client outcomes stylist effectiveness revenue inventory technical feasibility and execution capacity.
• Raise the innovation bar across Product Algorithms by identifying adapting and scaling state-of-the-art techniques in data science machine learning AI experimentation and personalization that can create meaningful client stylist and business impact.
• Shape product analytics capability and standards in partnership with Enterprise Analytics Data Platform Product and Engineering improving opportunity sizing product diagnosis prioritization launch readiness and post-launch learning.
• Improve and optimize CX experimentation strategy including test design launch decisioning measurement quality interpretation standards guardrails learning velocity and more efficient use of limited people expertise and execution capacity.
• Improve work planning and execution discipline across the portfolio including clearer priorities stronger sequencing better dependency management and more predictable delivery.
• Strengthen incident management and operational readiness for product-facing algorithmic systems including clearer ownership faster diagnosis stronger cross-functional response and better learning loops after incidents.
• Lead coach and develop managers and senior ICs creating clear expectations strong feedback loops healthy team rhythms and a high bar for technical and product leadership.
• Represent product-facing Algorithms in cross-functional and executive forums translating technical work into clear business impact risks tradeoffs and decisions.
• Drive a culture of ownership for holistic outcomes with teams proactively engaging partners and connecting algorithmic work to client stylist and business results.

What Youll Bring

• 10 years of relevant experience in data science machine learning experimentation product analytics capability innovation or algorithmic product development including 5 years leading teams and experience managing managers or senior technical leaders.
• Strong technical fluency in modern data science machine learning AI/LLM capabilities experimentation measurement and production algorithmic systems.
• A track record of bringing modern data science ML AI experimentation or personalization techniques into real product environments with the judgment to distinguish high-impact innovation from novelty.
• Experience translating ambiguous business priorities into clear technical and analytical strategies roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
• A strong product mindset with the ability to connect client needs business goals partner constraints and technical possibilities into coherent strategy.
• Experience improving experimentation systems including test design decision frameworks metric interpretation launch guardrails and learning velocity.
• Experience partnering with Enterprise Analytics Data Platform Product Engineering Design Finance Marketing Merchandising or similarly cross-functional stakeholder groups.
• Strong people leadership skills including coaching managers and senior ICs raising execution quality supporting development and building healthy team operating rhythms.
• Strong operating discipline including planning prioritization dependency management execution follow-through incident response and continuous improvement.
• Ability to communicate clearly with technical product and executive audiences especially when decisions require tradeoffs across business impact client experience and technical risk.
• A bias toward pragmatic innovation: using AI ML experimentation and analytics to create measurable productivity and product impact not just interesting exploration.

Success in This Role Looks Like

• Product Algorithms has a clearer strategy stronger decision rights and tighter connection to CX Product priorities.
• Growth Styling and Fix & Freestyle Algorithms teams are planning and executing more consistently with clearer priorities and fewer ambiguous dependencies.
• Experimentation quality and efficiency improve helping teams make better decisions with limited people expertise and execution capacity.
• Product analytics capability and standards are better integrated into CX planning diagnosis launch readiness and learning loops.
• CX Algorithms is increasing its use of state-of-the-art techniques in practical measurable ways helping Stitch Fix reestablish itself as a data science leader in personalized client and stylist experiences.
• People managers and senior ICs have clearer expectations stronger coaching and healthier operating rhythms.
• Product-facing algorithmic systems have stronger ownership operational readiness and incident management practices.
• AI/ML investments are more clearly connected to measurable client stylist and business outcomes.

Why youll love working at Stitch Fix...

• We are a group of bright kind people who are motivated by challenge. We value integrity innovation and trust. Youll bring these characteristics to life in everything you do at Stitch Fix.
• We cultivate a community of diverse perspectives all voices are heard and valued.
• We are an innovative company and leverage our strengths in fashion and tech to disrupt the future of retail.
• We win as a team commit to our work and celebrate grit together because we value strong relationships.
• We boldly create the future while keeping equity and sustainability at the center of all that we do.
• We are the owners of our work and are energized by solving problems through a growth mindset lens. We think broadly and creatively through every situation to create meaningful impact.
• We offer comprehensive compensation packages and inclusive health and wellness benefits.

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