Data Scientist - Mobile

Adobe; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe’s Digital Media Data Science and Analytics team seeks a seasoned Data Scientist to drive the rapidly growing mobile business. This hybrid role blends data science with strategy to turn analytics into actionable recommendations across acquisition, monetization, engagement, and retention.

You will work with stakeholders across GTM, Sales, PM/PMM, and partners, using statistical models and storytelling to influence decisions and shape the data-driven product roadmap.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in quantitative fields or equivalent.
• MBA or master’s degree preferred.
• 3–5 years hands-on experience in quantitative analysis in tech or consulting.
• Strong proficiency with SQL-like languages for data manipulation.
• Experience building and training statistical models.
• Experience with data storytelling to influence decisions.
• Experience in SaaS/subscription analytics; mobile analytics preferred.
• Experience with AI tools is a plus.
• Experience with Tableau and Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Apply quantitative analysis and modeling to gain deep insights into customer journeys across surfaces and time.
• Partner with GTM, Sales, PM/PMM, and others to influence decisions through data storytelling and experiment results.
• Identify business opportunities, build use cases, and recommend data science initiatives to inform roadmap.
• Use data science models to tackle business challenges and enable scalable, recurring unlocks.
• Recommend testing ideas based on analysis.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Data modeling

Storytelling with data

Machine learning

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative field

MBA or master’s degree preferred

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

SQL-based tools

Job description

The Opportunity Digital Media Data Science and Analytics team is looking for a seasoned Data Scientist to drive the rapid growing mobile business. This is a hybrid role of data science and strategy. In this role, you will demonstrate your data science skill and machine learning techniques to generate actionable data-driven recommendations to empower mobile business across full funnel of customer journey (acquisition, monetization, engagement and retention). The ideal candidate will be a ‘self-starter’ with outstanding quantitative analytical skill, superb business intuition, fantastic communication skill, and most importantly, the ability to use analytics to drive/influence business decision making.

What you will do

• Apply expertise in quantitative analysis and data modeling to gain deep insights into customers behaviors/journey across surfaces, short and long-term trend, and present impactful recommendations to grow the business Acting as a thought partner to the GTM business leads, Sales, PM, PMM, and other partners and influence decisions through the storytelling of data-driven recommendations, analysis, and experiment results Identify the business opportunities, build the use cases, and recommend data science initiatives to unlock the business that will inform our data science plan and data driven product roadmap Using data science models to tackle critical business challenges and drive recurring, scalable, and programmatic business unlocks Recommend testing ideas based on the analysis

What you need to succeed

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in quantitative fields, e.g., Computer Science, Math/Statistics, Economics, Physics.
• MBA or a master’s degree or equivalent experience is preferred.
• 3-5 years hands‑on experience doing quantitative analysis in tech or management consulting.
• Strong proficiency in querying and manipulating volumes of data sets for analytical purposes using SQL-like languages.
• Demonstrable experience using quantitative analysis/statistical modeling on data sets to tackle intricate business problems.
• Phenomenal at telling stories with data and communicating it to partners at all levels to influence critical decision making.
• Experience building and training statistical/data science models.
• Experience with statistics in SaaS or Subscription Business model environment, mobile analytics related experience preferred.
• Experience in using AI tool is highly preferred.
• Experience in Data Visualization tools, preferably, Tableau and Power BI.
• A fast learner with desire to learn new things.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity. Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. Let’s Adobe together. At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

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Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process. At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.

Expected Pay Range

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across severalU.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this positionis $109,000 - $200,700 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job‑related knowledge, skills,and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. In California, the pay range for this position is $138,600 - $200,700. At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP). In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long‑term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

State-Specific Notices

California

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Colorado

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Massachusetts

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Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more.

Adobe aims to make Adobe.com accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email [e-mail].