Lead Data Scientist, Product

March 15

Thumbtack

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We help people care for their home from top to bottom — and empower small businesses nationwide to grow.

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Description

• Data Scientists at Thumbtack are empowered early on to leverage their critical thinking, interpersonal, and technical skills to make a positive impact on the company. • Data Scientist embed with product teams to support new product feature launches, study the economics of our massive and dynamic marketplace, and help inform strategy. • As a Data Scientist, you’ll be the person responsible for all the analytical needs of an entire team of engineers, designers, and product/marketing managers -- helping empower the team and Thumbtack more broadly to build the best product, as quickly as possible. • Propose and conduct quantitative research into key user behaviors, product flows, and business trends; based on analysis and in collaboration with cross-functional partners, identify potential new opportunities and next steps for the product team • Design and analyze experiments and other tests for causal inference, in collaboration with engineers, applied scientist, and economists • Partner with product managers, engineers, etc. to help scope new features, e.g., scenario modeling for possible impact on key metrics, make recommendations on business logic of new features, etc. • Define and monitor key metrics; investigate changes in metrics and propose next steps • Develop topic area expertise, e.g., develop a deep understanding of how Thumbtack search works and interacts with other systems • Contribute to our team and company data culture through accessible data table design and maintenance • Collaborate with, mentor, and help recruit team members

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in data science, analytics or economics • Experience managing stakeholders with competing priorities in areas such as Product Management, Design, Engineering, and Marketing • Experience scoping, analyzing, and communicating results of experiments • Expert in SQL • Strong communication skills and ability to build strong relationships cross-functionally and with leadership • Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral degree in a technical area such as: Statistics, Engineering, Analytics, Math, Computer Science, Operations Research, Economics • A well-balanced combination of big-picture thinking, ability to thrive in ambiguity, exceptional problem-solving skills and patience to teach others and uphold a high bar • Experience working on a 2-sided marketplace • Proficient in one of Python or R

Benefits

• Virtual-first working model coupled with in-person events • 20 company-wide holidays including a week-long end-of-year company shutdown • Libraries in San Francisco and Salt Lake City • WiFi reimbursements • Cell phone reimbursements (North America) • Employee Assistance Program for mental health and well-being