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Ricky Chachra

Ricky Chachra is the Sr. Data Science Manager for the Lyft Delivery and Rideshare Optimization teams as well as the inventor of the Lyft northstar user experience metric and the standard framework for algorithmic management and optimization of user experience. He has previously managed five teams in Rider Experience.

Perspective

Growing Data Scientists Into Manager Roles

In this post, Ricky Chachra, Research Science Manager at Lyft, provides insight for companies looking to home-grow their promising individual contributors (ICs) into effective managers. He reflects on his journey at Lyft, where he started as a data/research scientist and transitioned into a science management role. In his new-found capacity, Ricky is helping codify the responsibilities of Science Managers at Lyft. This post is related to a forthcoming companion post by Joshua Nguyen as they compare frameworks born out of their individual experience.

By Ricky Chachra18 min read

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