Data Scientist, Growth

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with engineers and designers on product teams to enhance acquisition, activation, retention, monetization, and customer experience.

• Work alongside Marketing, Finance, and Operations to identify growth opportunities and make informed business decisions.

• Champion and support experimentation and decision-making frameworks to enable rapid product launches and confident iterations.

• Establish Ideal Customer Profiles (ICPs) and success metrics to ensure alignment among teams around measurable outcomes.

• Leverage statistical analysis, forecasting, causal inference, and machine learning to gain insights into user behavior and business performance.

• Discover high-impact opportunities through the analysis of user journeys, lifecycle behaviors, conversion funnels, and financial metrics.

• Provide data-driven insights regarding impact, trade-offs, and ROI to inform team and company priorities.

• Create dashboards, models, and self-service tools to enhance visibility into growth and business performance.

• Collaborate with the Data team to maintain a consistent and shared data layer.

• Cultivate a culture of experimentation, curiosity, and evidence-based decision-making.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in data science, growth analytics, experimentation, or similar roles within high-growth environments.

• Proficient in SQL and Python.

• Comprehensive understanding of experimentation, causal inference, statistical analysis, forecasting, and ICP development.

• Strong product and business acumen, with the ability to link user behavior to business results.

• Proven experience working cross-functionally with teams such as Marketing, Finance, Operations, or Product.

• Ability to work independently and lead ambiguous projects from ideation to execution.

• Excellent communication skills and the capacity to influence decisions using data and clear rationale.

• Demonstrated ability to manage and execute multiple projects with a keen eye for detail.

• Inquisitive, proactive, and action-oriented in rapidly evolving environments.

• Solid understanding of dashboarding and data visualization tools.

• Eagerness to learn and grow within a fast-paced setting.

• Experience in startup or high-growth consumer landscapes.

• Familiarity with tools like PostHog, Statsig, or Amplitude.

• Experience with dbt, Snowflake, and modern data stacks.

• Background in lifecycle marketing, customer segmentation, or growth modeling.

• Current Shakepay customer and/or awareness of the product.

• Passion for Bitcoin and non-sovereign currencies.

• Fluency in English is a must.

🏝️ Benefits

• Every employee receives stock options as part of their compensation package.

• Annual salary reviews.

• Health and dental coverage, including access to health and wellness spending accounts.

• Option to work remotely from anywhere in Canada, with the choice to access our Montreal and Toronto offices.

• An annual budget of $2,000 for courses, certifications, and training.

• 20 vacation days each year.

• A bonus of $1,000 for utilizing all vacation days.

• Parental leave top-up of up to 100% of salary for 18 weeks.

• Quarterly outings for the team or the entire company.

• Equity, performance-based salary increases, comprehensive benefits, health and dental coverage, and paid time off.