Posted May 13, 2026
Tatari is on a mission to revolutionize TV advertising. Founded in 2016 to help transform the antiquated world of TV advertising through the intelligent application of AI and machine learning, Tatari helps some of the world’s fastest growing brands including Chime, Calm, Tecovas, Manscaped, Saatva, and Liquid I.V., reach their customers using linear and streaming TV ads. Our platform combines sophisticated media buying with proprietary analytics to turn TV advertising into an automated, digital-like experience, enabling businesses of any size to advertise on TV. That approach has earned Tatari broad industry recognition, including being named Best CTV AdTech Platform in the 8th annual MarTech Breakthrough Awards, as well as honors from Digiday (Best Connected TV Platform), AdExchanger (Most Innovative TV Advertising Technology), and Business Insider (Hottest AdTech Companies). Tatari has also been recognized as the Best Place to Work by . Backed by an executive team of former founders and senior leaders from companies including Shazam, TrueCar, AdapTV, LiveRail, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Yahoo, Tatari continues to scale rapidly as TV advertising enters its next major era. We’re looking for a Data Science Manager to lead our growing AI product data science function. This is a foundational role focused on building and managing a small team of data scientists working on customer-facing features powered by machine learning and LLMs. You’ll partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Platform teams to deliver fast-moving experiments, shape the roadmap for AI innovation, and lay the foundation for scalable, production-ready AI systems. While this is not an individual contributor (IC) role, we’re looking for someone with the technical depth to meaningfully collaborate on modeling and system design, and the management experience to lead a team through execution. You’ll play a central role in shaping how AI shows up in our product and how the team behind it grows.
Qualifications:
Master’s degree or equivalent experience in a technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Data Science, etc.)
Minimum 2 years of management experience, plus minimum of 6 years of experience in a Data Science role, or a related role in a technology environment
Strong strategic thinking and project management skills, including priority and dependency management across several large projects with multiple stakeholders
Strong organizational and leadership skills, able to exercise judgment to make tradeoffs through cost-benefit analysis
Ability to translate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and drive alignment across Product, Engineering, and Data Science
Proven ability to lead through ambiguity and move from 0→1 with new features or systems
Advanced knowledge of statistics and probability, particularly their application in model development
Intermediate to advanced experience in Data Manipulation Software (e.g. SQL, Python), cloud computing environments (e.g., AWS), and ML workflows or toolkits
Nice to have:
PhD in a technical field
Demonstrated experience in leading AI work, ideally including work with LLMs, embeddings, or ranking/recommender systems – with a successful track record of end-to-end implementation. - TV Media Industry or Ad Tech experience a plus
Benefits:
At Tatari, we believe in the importance of cultivating teams with diverse backgrounds and offering equal opportunities to all. We strive to create a welcoming, inclusive environment where every team member feels valued and diversity is celebrated. #LI-HYBRID
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