Growth Analytics Scientist, Discover

Google; New York (NY); On-site; USD 138,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Data Scientist for its Discover team in the US. The role focuses on growth analytics, user dynamics, and translating insights into product roadmaps.

You will partner with product and engineering to inform decisions and drive activation, engagement, and retention across a vast user base. Responsibilities include building automated reporting pipelines, running A/B experiments, and leading weekly business reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (stats, math, data science, engineering, physics, economics).
• 5 years of work experience with analysis applications (extracting insights, performing statistical analysis, or solving business problems), and coding (Python, R, SQL) or 2 years with a Master's degree.
• Experience with building and maintaining automated reporting pipelines and dashboards for recurring business reviews (such as WBRs).
• Experience in growth analytics, user lifecycle modeling, or growth accounting for consumer applications or feed-based recommendation systems.
• Experience partnering with product and engineering teams to translate investigative findings into product roadmaps and feature iterations.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Managers and Engineers to analyze user journeys, identify friction points, and evaluate product interventions to improve activation, engagement, and retention.
• Build and maintain growth accounting frameworks to measure user dynamics across Discover's global user base.
• Lead the investigative cadence for weekly business reviews, identifying key drivers of week-over-week metric movements and presenting insights to cross-functional partners.
• Design, run, and evaluate A/B experiments on growth initiatives, ensuring excellence in measurement and decision-making.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Growth analytics

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative field

Master's degree in quantitative field

Tools

Dashboards

Reporting pipelines

A/B testing

Job description

Google is seeking a Data Scientist for its Discover team in the US. The role focuses on growth analytics, user dynamics, and translating insights into product roadmaps.

You will partner with product and engineering to inform decisions and drive activation, engagement, and retention across a vast user base. Responsibilities include building automated reporting pipelines, running A/B experiments, and leading weekly business reviews.