Staff Data Scientist, Growth

USA (Hybrid)

$205K/yr – $308K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own cross‑team data strategy and impact, guiding experimentation and modeling to unlock Stripe growth while building scalable data foundations.

  • Own strategic initiatives that connect multiple teams to measurable business outcomes.
  • Lead horizontal experimentation, attribution, forecasting, and observability to accelerate value.
  • Mentor peers and evangelize data science best practices to raise craftsmanship.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Provide direction to cross-functional partners on business strategy for enabling Stripe's growth, leveraging expertise in causal inference, experimentation, modeling, analytical insights, and data foundations.
  • Provide senior technical direction to data teams on horizontal technical areas, including experimentation, attribution, forecasting, observability, etc. Assume hands-on leadership, especially when helping teams resolve complex problems through iterative execution.
  • Identify broad company problems and opportunities that can be tackled through data science. Design and build data science outputs that deliver outsized value to users and the business.
  • Contribute to the overall strategy, roadmap, and vision of the data science team and organization.
  • Evangelize and inspire best practices across data science. Lead by example to build a culture of craftsmanship and innovation.
  • Provide mentorship to data science talent to help them grow technically and professionally

Requirements

  • 10+ years of data science experience or equivalent combined industry and research experience in a quantitative field
  • B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Operations Research, Quantitative Marketing, Physical Sciences, Engineering, etc.)
  • Experience with modern causal inference techniques
  • Demonstrated experience of leading organization-wide initiatives spanning multiple teams, or leveraging deep domain expertise to influence tech roadmap planning and execution
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate across multiple teams and stakeholders to drive business outcomes
  • Experience creating alignment with stakeholders in ambiguous and complex situations
  • Demonstrated ability to balance execution and velocity with research, statistical depth, and scalable design
  • Experience mentoring and investing in the development of peers
  • Proficiency with AI tools to accelerate model development, analysis, and coding

Preferred

  • Strong preference for experience working with Growth, Marketing Measurement, or Sales Automation teams
  • Experience in the end-to-end development and production implementation of machine learning, statistical, or forecasting frameworks (beyond building model prototypes)
  • Experience developing and deploying metrics and observability frameworks

Benefits

  • additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.
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Stripe

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Stripe builds programmable financial services. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, the company aims to increase the GDP of the internet.

Founded in 2010
South San Francisco, California, USA
14K employees (726 in marketing)
67% recommend to a friend
80% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
93.8M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$718.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
12.2%
Direct
57.2%
Referral
29.4%
Social
0.7%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~13.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
501 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
3.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$9.4B
Last Raise
$694.2M
Secondary Market, 20 days ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2026
    Secondary Market
  • Feb 2025
    Secondary Market
  • Apr 2024
    Secondary Market • $694.2M

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