Principal Data Scientist, Workforce Solutions (GBSG)

What you'll do

• Define portfolio growth measures, metrics, and data strategy; analyze customer behavior to identify growth opportunities.
• Design and evaluate experiments and causal analyses, and communicate performance narratives and recommendations to senior leaders.
• Own data architecture and instrumentation, guide cross-functional priorities, and mentor data scientists.

What they ask for

• 10+ years in data science or analytics, with a record of setting strategy and driving business-unit outcomes.
• Deep expertise in experimentation and causal inference, including quasi-experimental and observational methods.
• Advanced SQL and Python; hands-on instrumentation and pipeline/ETL construction; experience with large, multi-source enterprise data.
• Demonstrated ability to influence product and growth roadmaps, communicate with senior executives, and mentor senior data scientists.

Nice to have

• Experience in payroll, HR technology, fintech, or another compliance-heavy domain; experience building and shipping AI agent systems.
• Advanced degree.

Pay

Mountain View: $247,500 - $335,000 USD base salary; San Diego, CA: $241,000- $326,500 USD base salary

Tools

SQL, Python, quasi-experimental designs, synthetic control, difference-in-differences, uplift modeling, ETL

AI focus

Own data architecture and instrumentation, increasingly powered by agentic systems; experience building and shipping AI agent systems is a plus.