Data Scientist Product Monetization
Data Scientist Product Monetization
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Job Description
A home is the biggest investment most people make and yet it doesnt come with a manual. Thats why were building the only app homeowners need to effortlessly manage their homes knowing what to do when to do it and who to hire. With Thumbtack millions of people care for what matters most and pros earn billions of dollars through our platform. And as one of the fastestgrowing companies in a $600B industry we must be doing something right.
We are driven by a common goal and the deep satisfaction that comes from knowing our work supports local economies helps small businesses grow and brings homeowners peace of mind. Were seeking people who continually put our purpose first: advocating for pros and customers embracing change and choosing teamwork every day.
At Thumbtack were creating a new era of home care. If making an impact and the chance to do good inspires you join us. Imagine what well build together.
Thumbtack by the Numbers
- Available nationwide in every U.S. county
- Over 85 million projects started on Thumbtack
- More than 11 million 5star reviews and counting
- Pros earn billions on our platform
- 1000 employees
- $3.2 billion valuation (June 2021
About the Data Science Team
The Data Science team empowers Thumbtack to use data to guide business decisions. We collaborate with partners across the company to solve the most analytically challenging problems everything from informing how we set prices across almost a thousand local services categories to evaluating the impact of a new business model on company performance to identifying early predictors of highquality customers. We are a tightknit intellectually curious team that is committed to improving Thumbtack and improving each other.
About the Role
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 youll 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.
Responsibilities
- Propose and conduct quantitative research into key user behaviors product flows and business trends; based on analysis and in collaboration with crossfunctional 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
What youll need
If you dont think you meet all of the criteria below but still are interested in the job please apply. Nobody checks every box and were looking for someone excited to join the team.
- 2 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 crossfunctionally and with leadership
- Bachelors Masters or Doctoral degree in a technical area such as: Statistics Engineering Analytics Math Computer Science Operations Research Economics
Bonus points if you have
- A wellbalanced combination of bigpicture thinking ability to thrive in ambiguity exceptional problem solving skills and patience to teach others and uphold a high bar
- Experience working on a 2sided marketplace
- Proficient in one of Python or R
Thumbtack is a virtualfirst company meaning you can live and work from any one of our approved locations across the United States Canada or the Philippines.* Learn more about our virtualfirst working model here.
#LIRemote
- Virtualfirst working model coupled with inperson events
- 20 companywide holidays including a weeklong endofyear company shutdown
- Library (optional use collaboration & connection hub) in San Francisco
- WiFi reimbursements
- Cell phone reimbursements (North America)
- Employee Assistance Program for mental health and wellbeing
Learn More About Us
Thumbtack embraces diversity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex race color age pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity or expression religion national origin ancestry citizenship marital status military or veteran status genetic information disability status or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial state or local law. We also will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with applicable law.
Thumbtack is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation for a medical condition or disability during any part of the application process please contact: .
If you are a California resident please review information regarding your rights under California privacy laws contained in Thumbtacks Privacy policy available at https://www.thumbtack/privacy/ .
Employment Type
Full Time
