Descript
Lead Data Scientist, Product
$200K–$250K
San Francisco, CA or Remote, US +1 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Jun 23, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA or Remote, US
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 5–8 years in a Data Scientist or similar role; 3+ years working in a growth function.
About the job
Leads product data science to shape growth strategy, improve experimentation, and support product-led growth and B2B decisions with actionable analytics.
What you'll do
- Analyze product performance and identify opportunities to improve activation, engagement, and monetization.
- Build and maintain self-service analytics; own success metrics and opportunity sizing.
- Partner with product and engineering on experiment design, deployment, analysis, and company-wide experimentation practices.
What they ask for
- Strong business and product intuition.
- Strong knowledge of statistical analysis and A/B tests.
- Strong SQL skills and proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python or R.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Nice to have
- Experience at a fast-growing start-up.
Pay
$200,000 - $250,000/year (base salary)
Tools
SQL, Python, R
AI focus
Use AI tools to build and maintain self-service analytics; the company builds an audio and video content platform powered by AI.
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