Senior Data Scientist, Commercial Strategy

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Requirements:

• BA/BS degree, preferably in Economics, Statistics, Math, or Computer Science.
• 3+ years in analytics, data science, or economics.
• Passion for using data to drive business impact in an operational environment, including running A/B experiments and applying causal analysis techniques.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills: ability to explain results to various audiences.
• Strong experience using SQL for querying datasets and proficiency with data visualization software like Tableau or Looker.
• Familiarity with statistics/programming languages such as R or Python.
• Ability to detect and debug data anomalies in operational processes.
• Demonstrated ability to self-motivate and drive projects independently while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with leaders of Thumbtack’s Commercial Strategy team to conduct in-depth quantitative analyses that guide strategic decisions.
• Design and implement A/B tests, Market Based tests, and other experiments to measure impact of projects and new features.
• Make recommendations based on detailed analysis and a deep understanding of our business.
• Build and maintain reports, models, metrics, and visualizations which provide insight into users’ experiences and business performance.
• Maintain SQL queries and Looker/Tableau dashboards that underpin analysis and reporting infrastructure.
• Identify key drivers of core business outcomes through regression analyses and other statistical techniques.
• Contribute to our team and company data culture through peer collaboration, training, coaching and more.