Senior Data Scientist, People
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Job Summary
Thumbtack helps millions of people confidently care for their homes.
Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home from personalized guidance to AI tools and a best-in-class hiring experience. Every day in every county of the U.S. people turn to Thumbtack to complete urgent repairs seasonal maintenance and bigger improvements. We help homeowners know which projects to do when to do them and who to hire from our growing community of 300000 local service businesses. If making an impact inspires you join us. Imagine what well build together.
About the People Data Science Team
The People Data Science (PDS) team drives business outcomes through talent insights spanning high-impact work across the employee lifecycle. Were now in the early stages of evolving our function to be AI-native and were looking for someone eager to explore build and shape what comes next.
About the Role
The Senior Data Scientist will play a foundational role in shaping how data analytics and AI power Talent decisions across Thumbtack.
Youll partner closely with the People Team and the business to tackle high-impact questions define success metrics and deliver insightswhile getting hands-on building the data foundations and products that make this work scalable. This is a high-visibility role with exposure to senior leaders spanning a wide range of People topics and helping define what modern analytically sound People Data Science looks like in practice.
What youll do
- Tell clear business-relevant stories about our talent using data and insights.
- Get hands-on with AI to explore where it meaningfully improves insight generation decision support and experimentation.
- Design own and evolve the People data foundation including pipelines and BigQuery data models in partnership with Data Engineering and HR Operations
- Build scalable analytics products and tools including Tableau dashboards and AI-enabled products
- Partner cross-functionally with People Team and business leaders to identify and scope high-impact talent questions analyze using quantitative methods and translate insights into clear actionable recommendations.
- Own initiatives end-to-end across the People Team (Recruiting Talent Management DEIB and more).
- Foster a culture of data-informed decision-making across the People Team and the broader organization.
In order to be successful you must bring
- BA/BS degree in quantitative field such as Economics Statistics or Psychology
- 4 years of experience with at least 1 year in People Data Science/ People Analytics
- Experience (and interest) in managing data pipelines and data warehousing
- Strong written and verbal communication skills: this role will require writing content and explaining results to a variety of audiences including senior leadership
- Strong experience using SQL to query large datasets proficiency with Tableau and familiarity with statistics/programming languages (e.g. R Python)
- Demonstrated ability to self-motivate and drive projects independently as well as partner successfully with cross-functional teams
- Strong prioritization and project management skills
Expected salary ranges
- For candidates living in Ontario and British Columbia the expected salary range for the role is currently $168300 - $217800.
Actual offered salaries will vary and will be based on various factors such as calibrated job level qualifications skills competencies and proficiency for the role.
Note: Thumbtack uses AI tools to support our resume screening process. However our Recruiting teams expertise and judgment guide hiring decisions.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Mammalian Cell Culture
- Biochemistry
- Assays
- Protein Purification
- Research Experience
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Research & Development
- cGMP
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Flow Cytometry
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