Senior Staff Data Scientist

Team: IT

Location: US

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities:

• Strategic Decision Support: Shape high-priority business decisions by translating complex and ambiguous questions into rigorous, data-driven insights and clear recommendations for senior leadership.
• Executive Partnership: Build trusted relationships with executives and cross-functional stakeholders, helping leaders understand tradeoffs, align around evidence, and make informed strategic decisions.
• Advanced Analytics: Design and deliver sophisticated analytical solutions involving large-scale, high-dimensional datasets while applying sound statistical methodology and maintaining a high standard of technical rigor.
• Technical Leadership: Establish strong analytical practices and contribute to the technical direction of the Data Science organization, balancing methodological excellence with pragmatic execution.
• Cross-Functional Influence: Lead through expertise and influence rather than formal authority, bringing diverse teams together around shared insights, priorities, and decisions.
• Mentorship: Mentor data scientists, advise managers on technical direction, and help elevate the quality, consistency, and impact of analytical work across the organization.
• Problem Solving: Bring curiosity, sound judgment, and structured thinking to complex business problems while identifying the most effective analytical approaches and emerging technologies for each situation.

Requirements:

• Education & Experience: Demonstrated senior-level experience in data science, analytics, or a closely related field, with a proven record of influencing important business decisions through data.
• Technical Expertise: Deep proficiency in Python or R, SQL, statistics, and modern data science tools, with a strong command of analytical methodologies.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to navigate ambiguity, identify meaningful business questions, develop rigorous analyses, and translate findings into practical, decision-ready recommendations.
• Executive Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain sophisticated technical concepts clearly to both technical audiences and senior executives.
• Influence Without Authority: Proven ability to build credibility, establish trust, resolve differing perspectives, and drive alignment across cross-functional teams without relying on formal reporting relationships.
• Analytical Judgment: Strong understanding of when and how to apply different analytical methods, combined with curiosity about emerging technologies and the judgment to distinguish valuable innovation from unnecessary complexity.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Ability to serve as a technical leader and mentor for other data scientists while contributing to the broader growth and development of the Data Science community.
• Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively across multiple functions, business domains, and problem spaces.

Benefits:

• Performance: Generous performance-based bonus opportunities for eligible employees.
• Healthcare: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement: Generous retirement contributions with immediate vesting.
• Wellness: Quarterly company-wide wellness days and a quarterly well-being stipend.
• Time Off: Country-specific holidays plus a dedicated day off for your birthday.
• Parental Support: Considerable paid parental leave.
• Professional Development: Annual budget to support ongoing learning and professional growth.
• Remote Work: Remote-friendly work environment with flexibility designed to support distributed teams.
• Home Office: One-time home office stipend to help create an effective remote workspace.
• Mission & Impact: Opportunity to use data and technology to contribute to a more open, accessible, and people-centered internet.