Staff Data Scientist - Content Growth & Creator Strategy
LaddersAbout the role
For our client, we are seeking a Staff Data Scientist - Content Growth & Creator Strategy to join the team of a leader in the Consumer Technology space.
This role will shape data-driven strategy for content growth and creator engagement within a consumer technology environment. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Design to guide feature development, measure impact, and uncover opportunities that improve platform performance. The work will combine experimentation, causal analysis, and product analytics to influence decisions tied to growth, content quality, and long-term strategy. This is a high-impact, technically hands-on position for someone who can translate complex data into clear business recommendations.
Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available
Compensation: $190,000 – $283,000 annually
Responsibilities
Partner with product management, design, and engineering on product development
Design and measure experiments to inform feature decisions
Conduct exploratory data analysis to generate insights for strategic investments
Build metrics and dashboards for efficient decision-making
Contribute to the evolution of data architecture and content quality
Lead initiatives to evaluate feature performance and identify growth opportunities
Engage in company events to strengthen team relationships and culture
Qualifications
5+ years of experience as a Staff Data Scientist or Tech Lead, preferably in social media or consumer technology
Master's degree or Ph.D. in Statistics or a related field
Proven expertise in non-randomized A/B testing, network testing, and causal inference methods
Experience with end-to-end product analytics and feature launches
Strong collaboration skills with a track record of effective relationships across Product and Engineering teams
Autonomous technical leadership with an ability to influence product direction
Proficient in SQL and Python, familiar with libraries like numpy, pandas, and scikit-learn
Benefits
Diverse health plan options, including a fully covered employee-only plan
Membership in OneMedical for concierge healthcare services
Meaningful equity grant with quarterly vesting schedule
Flexible work environment embracing a hybrid model
Involvement in company culture activities like trainings and team-building events
Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.
Responsibilities
- Partner with product management, design, and engineering on product development
- Design and measure experiments to inform feature decisions
- Conduct exploratory data analysis to generate insights for strategic investments
- Build metrics and dashboards for efficient decision-making
- Contribute to the evolution of data architecture and content quality
- Lead initiatives to evaluate feature performance and identify growth opportunities
- Engage in company events to strengthen team relationships and culture
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience as a Staff Data Scientist or Tech Lead, preferably in social media or consumer technology
- Master's degree or Ph.D. in Statistics or a related field
- Proven expertise in non-randomized A/B testing, network testing, and causal inference methods
- Experience with end-to-end product analytics and feature launches
- Strong collaboration skills with a track record of effective relationships across Product and Engineering teams
- Autonomous technical leadership with an ability to influence product direction
- Proficient in SQL and Python, familiar with libraries like numpy, pandas, and scikit-learn
Benefits
- Diverse health plan options, including a fully covered employee-only plan
- Membership in OneMedical for concierge healthcare services
- Meaningful equity grant with quarterly vesting schedule
- Flexible work environment embracing a hybrid model
- Involvement in company culture activities like trainings and team-building events
Skills mentioned
About Ladders
We lead the leaders. Ladder’s community of 10 mm leading professionals come to us to be inspired, grow in their careers, and get ahead in their professional lives. We focus on the $100K+ job market, representing 25% of all jobs and about 50% of income in the US & Canada. We build data-driven tools, marketplaces, news and entertainment products for our growing audience, and the companies, recruiters, and advertisers that want to reach them. We work best with people who enjoy using their talents, commitment and hard work to achieve great successes for millions of real life users through products that impact their careers. We are deeply technology-driven -- about half the company are engineers, technical product people or product designers -- but we never build technology for technology’s sake. We’re always trying to connect our efforts to the good it can do in people’s lives.
H-1B sponsorship history
Historical employer filing data was found for Ladders. The employer record includes 8 historical certified applications. This is employer-level history, not a guarantee that this role currently offers sponsorship.