Lead Data Scientist - Analytics

Lead Data Scientist, Analytics

The Data Science team helps Alma achieve its mission by leveraging data to inform business strategy and drive product innovations. The Care Finding domain is dedicated to helping clients find the right providers that serve their needs. As Lead Data Scientist, Analytics, you will leverage your analytical expertise to inform customer acquisition strategy, improve client conversion, and optimize marketing efficiency. You will have the opportunity to tackle challenging problems such as client-provider matching, LTV prediction, and conversion funnel optimization. This is a highly cross-functional role and you will work closely with stakeholders in Product, Engineering, and Marketing to shape the strategy and roadmap of the Care Finding domain. Depending on team and business needs, there is a possibility to transition to a managerial role in the future. 

What you’ll do:

• Generate insights through statistical and causal analysis to inform product strategy and prioritization

• Proactively identify opportunities to improve client conversion and marketing efficiency 

• Define metrics and OKRs that align team output to company goals

• Advise senior leadership on key strategic decisions

• Design, execute, and analyze A/B testing experiments to validate product hypotheses

• Communicate technical insights effectively to influence decision making

• Champion a data-driven decision culture

• Mentor junior data scientists

Who you are:

• You have a Master’s degree in a relevant quantitative field (e.g. data science, statistics, economics, operations research) or equivalent in industry experience

• You have 4-8 years of experience as a data scientist or product analyst supporting product development

• You are an expert in SQL

• You are proficient in either R or Python for data analysis

• You have a proven track record of driving cross-functional initiatives from end to end and delivering significant impact

• You have extensive experience applying statistical analysis (e.g. hypothesis testing and regression analysis) to draw trustworthy conclusions from data

• You are experienced in designing and analyzing A/B testing experiments

• You can turn ambiguous business problems into clearly defined data science solutions

• You thrive in a cross-functional environment and are comfortable managing a diverse group of stakeholders

• You are an effective communicator. You drive consensus and influence others to take action by communicating your analytical insights convincingly. You can produce exec-ready docs and presentations.

• You are results-driven and passionate about building great products, with a proven track record of taking projects from inception to launch 

• You are excited about the potential to move into a people management role and have managed or mentored Data Scientists in the past

Benefits:

• We’re a remote-first company

• Health insurance plans through Aetna (medical and dental) and MetLife (vision), including FSA and HSA plans

• 401K plan (ADP)

• Monthly therapy and wellness stipends

• Monthly co-working space membership stipend

• Monthly work-from-home stipend

• Financial wellness benefits through Northstar

• Pet discount program through United Pet Care

• Financial perks and rewards through BenefitHub

• EAP access through Aetna

• One-time home office stipend to set up your home office

• Comprehensive parental leave plans

• 11 paid holidays, 1 Alma Mental Health Day, and 1 Alma Volunteering Day

• Flexible PTO 

Salary Band: $170,000 - $190,000 

Alma’s compensation philosophy is driven by our company value of building equity. To best ensure pay equity, we typically bring in new hires near the middle of our listed salary bands and we do not negotiate our compensation (i.e. all people hired at the same level & role are brought in at the same salary, equity, and benefits). The recruiter you work with can provide more details on our philosophy.

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