Senior Staff Data Scientist, GeminiApp x-Product

Location: Mountain View, California, US

Department: GeminiApp

About the Team

Our team, GeminiApp, is on a mission to build a universal AI assistant that will empower billions of people. We are creating a personal, proactive, and powerful life assistant that will be used multiple times a day to increase productivity and creativity by 10 to 100-fold. Our work is shaping how humanity interacts with AI at scale.

About the Role

As a Data Scientist lead on the GeminiApp team, you are a key partner and co-creator in our product strategy while managing a growing team. You will be instrumental in building a uniquely proactive and powerful assistant by ensuring our strategic decisions are grounded in data. This is a high-impact role for a data scientist who is excited about working in a fast-paced, innovative environment and who is passionate about building user-centered experiences that will redefine our relationship with technology.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with PM, engineering, and UX leadership to develop data-driven product strategies across various areas of GeminiApp
• Translate ambiguous questions into well-defined problems, design experiments, and analyze large complex datasets for insights
• Develop and implement novel, goal-oriented metrics
• Build and deploy statistical/ML models to understand our users, enhance product capabilities and personalize user experience
• Communicate findings & recommendations to stakeholders, including executives
• Champion data-driven culture by feeding user engagement insights back into models
• Collaborate with the GenAI team on model quality and feature adoption
• Act as a technical leader for a global team, guiding junior members on complex analyses and upholding best practices to ensure high-quality, impactful work

What We're Looking For

• A bias for action and a relentless drive to build something great. You are a resourceful and creative problem-solver, able to find innovative solutions in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. You are comfortable with ambiguity and thrive on a challenge.
• Strong business acumen and a strategic mindset. You have a proven ability to connect data-driven insights to business impact and can effectively translate business needs into data science problems.
• Deep technical expertise. You have a strong foundation in statistical modeling, machine learning, and experimental design. You are proficient in SQL and have hands-on experience with a programming language like Python or R.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills. You can articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, including executive leadership. You are a compelling storyteller who can use data to influence decisions.
• A collaborative and influential partner. You have a track record of successfully collaborating with and influencing cross-functional teams, particularly engineering and product management, to drive data-informed decisions. You are ready to work in an environment with a shared roadmap that holds multiple teams accountable for both model quality and feature adoption.
• A commitment to user trust and privacy. You understand the importance of telling users what data is being used and why, and you are committed to providing users with granular, easy-to-understand controls over their personal information.
  
  

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Impact: You'll have a direct and meaningful impact on a product designed to empower billions of people and be one of the greatest forces for good in the world.
• Growth: We're a fast-growing team within Google, and you'll have the opportunity to evolve quickly to meet changing user needs.
• Team & Culture: You'll work with a talented and passionate team of people who are excited about what they do and have fun doing it.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $248,000 USD - 349,000 USD + bonus + equity + benefits. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your targeted location during the hiring process.

Application deadline: 28 February 2026

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