Team Lead of Data Science & Analytics, Trust & Safety

Information about the position 

As the Team Lead of Data Science & Analytics, Trust & Safety - Detection, you will help shape the systems that protect millions of people using Vinted.

In this role, you will lead the Decision Science work across two Detection teams. You’ll help shape strategy and delivery by combining people leadership with strong product sense, analytics, experimentation, and measurement. This role is focused on helping teams make better decisions: defining success metrics, designing robust experiments, generating insights, and making sure data is used well in everyday product and policy decisions.

You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Design, and Data Science, and play a key role in making sure Detection teams are solving the right problems and measuring impact in the right way. You’ll support and grow a team of Decision Scientists, while also staying close to the work yourself.

This is a great opportunity for a strong individual contributor who is excited to step into people leadership for the first time, while remaining hands-on in analytics and experimentation.

In this position, you’ll 

• Shape the analytics and experimentation strategy across two Detection teams, helping turn ambiguous problems into clear priorities, metrics, and decisions.
• Lead high-impact analytical work that improves how we detect malicious activity and evaluate Trust & Safety impact.
• Define success metrics and decision criteria, so teams can measure progress clearly and make better product and policy decisions.
• Drive rigorous experimentation and causal thinking, ensuring changes are evaluated with the right methodology and the right level of confidence.
• Partner closely with stakeholders from Product, Engineering, Design, Data Science, and leadership to align on priorities and translate insights into action.
• Raise the quality bar for decision science work through strong problem definition, clear communication, robust analysis, and reproducible outputs.
• Grow and support Decision Scientists through coaching, feedback, prioritisation, and clear expectations.
• Stay hands-on where needed: contribute to analyses, support experiment design, review work, and help unblock complex problems.

About you 

• You’re excited to step into people leadership and grow others, even if this would be your first formal management role.

• You have experience in analytics, experimentation, and decision-making in product development.
• You know how to turn ambiguous business or product questions into clear analytical approaches and measurable outcomes.
• You’re comfortable working in cross-functional teams and influencing decisions across a range of stakeholders.
• You communicate clearly and can explain complex topics in a simple, structured, and persuasive way.
• You’re hands-on enough to review work, challenge assumptions, and support the team on difficult analytical problems.
• You have strong skills in SQL and Python, and you’re comfortable working with large datasets.
• You’re fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Work perks 

• The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme
• 25 working days of holiday
• Access to all the tools & tech needed for work
• Home office support: we provide IT workstation equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for home workplace furniture
• Private health insurance
• Mental and emotional health support through the Mindletic app
• Frequent team-building events
• A personal monthly budget for shopping on Vinted
• The opportunity to spend up to 90 days per year - 21 of which can be spent working outside of the EU - on workation
• A dog-friendly office
• In Vilnius office: Gym & in-house meals at friendly prices
• In Kaunas office: a monthly lunch allowance, and a once-a-week provided in-house lunch and breakfast

Working at Vinted 

Individual Learning Budget

We invest in your professional growth! As part of our commitment to continuous learning, we offer an annual learning budget to support your personal and career development through courses, certifications, workshops and more.

Hybrid Work 

We’ve adopted a hybrid workplace model where 2 days in office are recommended but not enforced. It’s up to you and your team to decide on the exact days you’ll spend working together in person.

Equal Opportunity

The Vinted Group is committed to building an inclusive workplace where people from all walks of life feel a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and life experiences. At Vinted, all applicants are treated fairly without regard to their race, age, religion or belief, sex, national origin, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

The salary range for this position is € 4,608 - € 6,233 gross per month.