Product Analyst

McAfee; Southwestern Ontario, Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,772 - 136,338; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus Program

Pension and Retirement Plans

Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Support for Community Involvement

Job summary

McAfee is seeking a Product Analyst to drive data-informed product decisions by delivering actionable insights, designing robust experiments, and deeply understanding user behavior. You will partner with Product, UX, and Engineering to shape product strategy and improve customer experience across McAfee’s security products.

This hybrid role is located in Waterloo or Toronto, Canada, with onsite as-needed work and home-office days when not onsite.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in product analytics or data science with a product focus.
• Hands-on experience designing and interpreting A/B tests and quasi-experiments.
• Proficient in SQL and Python; strong statistics and hypothesis testing foundation.
• Deep understanding of user behavior analysis, funnels, retention, and adoption metrics.
• Experience with BI tools to communicate insights effectively.
• Telemetry and data modeling knowledge for digital products.
• Ability to connect data insights to product strategy and customer experience.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead experimentation strategy: design, execute, and analyze experiments to measure impact.
• Drive product insights from user journeys, onboarding funnels, and retention cohorts.
• Define and operationalize metrics; establish KPIs and guardrails for dashboards.
• Translate analyses into actionable recommendations for roadmaps.
• Improve data foundations with telemetry, scalable models, and reliable reporting.
• Apply advanced analytics to uncover drivers of user behavior and product performance.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering to embed analytics in development.
• Mentor analysts on design, metric definitions, and storytelling best practices.
• Communicate insights clearly to stakeholders and leadership via dashboards and narratives.

Skills

Product analytics

SQL

Python

A/B testing

Data visualization

Cohort analysis

Statistical methods

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in a quantitative field

Tools

SQL

Python

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

Job description

Role Summary

As a Product Analyst at McAfee, you will drive data-informed product decisions by delivering actionable insights, designing robust experiments, and deeply understanding user behavior. You will partner closely with Product, UX, and Engineering to shape product strategy and improve customer experience across McAfee’s security products.

This is a Hybrid Position located in either Waterloo or Toronto, Canada. We are only considering candidates within a commutable distance to either location. You will be required to be onsite on an as-needed basis; when not working onsite, you will work from your home office.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead experimentation strategy: Design, execute, and analyze A/B tests and quasi-experiments to evaluate product and feature impact on engagement, retention, and customer satisfaction.
• Drive product insights: Conduct deep-dive analyses on user journeys, onboarding funnels, feature adoption, and retention cohorts to identify growth and optimization opportunities.
• Define and operationalize metrics: Establish north-star metrics, KPIs, and guardrails; ensure consistent definitions across teams and dashboards.
• Enable product decision-making: Translate complex analyses into clear, actionable recommendations for product roadmaps and prioritization.
• Improve data foundations: Partner with data engineering and platform teams to ensure high-quality telemetry, scalable data models, and reliable reporting layers.
• Leverage advanced analytics: Apply statistical techniques (segmentation, cohort analysis, regression, causal inference) to uncover drivers of user behavior and product performance.
• Collaborate cross-functionally: Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to embed analytics into the product development lifecycle.
• Mentor and elevate analytics practices: Guide analysts on experimentation design, metric definition, and storytelling best practices.
• Communicate effectively: Deliver clear, compelling insights to stakeholders and leadership through dashboards, presentations, and narratives.

About You

• 5–8 years of experience in product analytics, advanced analytics, or data science with strong product focus.
• Strong experimentation expertise: Hands‑on experience designing and interpreting A/B tests and quasi‑experimental methods (e.g., difference‑in‑differences, matching).
• Advanced analytical skills: Proficient in SQL and Python for data analysis; strong foundation in statistics and hypothesis testing.
• Product analytics experience: Deep understanding of user behavior analysis, funnel optimization, retention, and feature adoption metrics.
• Data visualization & storytelling: Experience with BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker to communicate insights effectively.
• Telemetry & data modeling knowledge: Experience working with event‑based data and defining tracking for digital products.
• Business and product acumen: Ability to connect data insights into product strategy and customer experience improvements.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence decisions across teams.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a quantitative field a plus (Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related).

Company Overview

McAfee is a leader in personal security for consumers. Focused on protecting people, not just devices, McAfee consumer solutions adapt to users’ needs in an always online world, empowering them to live securely through integrated, intuitive solutions that protects their families and communities with the right security at the right moment.

Company Benefits And Perks

We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage everyone at McAfee to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We’re proud to be Great Place to Work® Certified in 10 countries, a reflection of the supportive, empowering environment we’ve built where people feel seen, valued, and energized to reach their full potential and thrive.

We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family‑friendly benefits to all of our employees.

• Bonus Program
• Pension and Retirement Plans
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Support for Community Involvement

We're serious about our commitment to diversity which is why McAfee prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.

Pay Range

The anticipated compensation for this position is CAD $100,772.50/Yr. - CAD $136,337.50/Yr. depending on experience and qualifications.

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