Research Data Scientist, YouTube Music and Premium
San Bruno, CA, USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Location
- San Bruno, CA, USA
Mountain View, CA, USA - Experience
- 3 years of relevant work experience, or a PhD degree; preferred: 5 years of relevant work experience, or a PhD degree.
- Education
- Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Operations Research, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
About the job
Uses data science, analytics, and modeling to guide YouTube Music and Premium product strategy, subscriber growth, pricing, and profitability.
What you'll do
- Clarify business and product questions with stakeholders and translate them into analyses, metrics, and mathematical models.
- Design and evaluate models, and diagnose changes in paid subscriptions and trial-to-paid conversion.
- Assess pricing impacts, improve price-elasticity estimates, and contribute to price-increase coordination.
What they ask for
- Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Operations Research, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
- 3 years of relevant work experience, or a PhD degree.
Nice to have
- 5 years of relevant work experience, or a PhD degree.
- Ability to apply quantitative methodologies, define open-ended problems, and communicate insights.
Pay
$147000 - $210000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, R, SQL
AI focus
The team works on GenAI audio and transforming YouTube Music and Premium products using AI tools; the posting does not specify AI-focused duties for this role.
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