Varun Vashishtha
Data Science Leader || ex-Cruise || ex-Uber || ex-eBay || ex-PayPal
- Role
- Director Data Science at Instacart
- Location
- San Jose, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Varun Vashishtha
Seasoned data science leader with 15+ years of experience driving strategic insights and discovering Mn$+ growth opportunities. Adept at hiring and scaling high performing teams with 12+ years of people management experience. A passionate problem solver with highly recognized technical and analytical skills. Strong expertise in leading cross-functional teams and engaging with C-suite. A result-oriented self-starter person passionate about developing talent and building data driven organizations.SKILLSPeople Management, Product data science, Marketplace science, Machine learning, Product Strategy, Ecommerce, Payments and RiskTechnology: SQL, Python, Tableau, Looker, R, Experimentation, Statistical Modeling, AI/ML
Experience
Director Data Science
Jan 2026 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Data science lead for Enterprise Services and platform
Education
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
B.Tech, Chemical Eng
2003 — 2007
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