Product Data Analyst (Academic Background)

agent; United States; Remote; USD 39,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote contract

Pacific Time schedule by arrangement

Competitive monthly pay

Job summary

agent is seeking a Product Analyst to join a remote contract role spanning product, data, and behavioral science. Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Research teams to translate data into actionable insights that influence interventions and outcomes.

Responsibilities include designing experiments, building Mixpanel dashboards, and writing SQL/Python scripts for data processing. Strong communication and statistical skills are essential for shaping research-driven product improvements.

Qualifications

• Two+ years in Product Analytics, Growth Analytics, Data Analytics, or similar digital product role.
• Hands-on experience with Mixpanel dashboards, event taxonomy, and validation.
• Proficiency writing SQL for structured and unstructured data.
• Working experience with Python for analysis, automation, or processing.
• Familiarity with Snowflake, pipelines, data sources, and visualizations.
• Solid statistical foundation in experiment design, hypothesis testing, and regression.
• Ability to read application code to debug analytics instrumentation.
• Strong communication skills for translating analyses into business insights.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product teams to inform feature development and behavioral interventions through data analysis.
• Design experiments, formulate hypotheses, and run exploratory and statistical analyses on user behavior.
• Build and validate event tracking and dashboards in Mixpanel.
• Write SQL queries and Python scripts for data processing and automation.
• Contribute to data ingestion pipelines, schema design, and BI visualizations for stakeholders.
• Support qualitative user research and methods/results sections for research manuscripts.
• Assist grant-funded projects and ad hoc analyses for commercial and client studies.

Skills

Data analysis

Experiment design

Statistics

Communication

Code reading

Research collaboration

Growth analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical, quantitative or behavioral science

Tools

Mixpanel

SQL

Python

Snowflake

BI Tools

Job description

Role overview

This contractor position places a Product Analyst at the intersection of product, data, and behavioral science within a neuroscience-based health technology organization focused on habit formation and behavior change. The role supports both commercial product development and academic research initiatives aimed at helping users test and adopt evidence-based healthy habits. The analyst will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Research teams to translate data into actionable insights that shape interventions and improve outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product teams to inform feature development and behavioral interventions through rigorous data analysis
• Design experiments, formulate hypotheses, and run exploratory plus statistical analyses on user behavior and performance trends
• Build, maintain, and validate event tracking and dashboards in Mixpanel, troubleshooting instrumentation issues
• Write SQL queries against internal databases and a Snowflake warehouse, plus Python scripts for data processing and automation
• Contribute to schema design, data ingestion pipelines, and BI visualizations for stakeholders
• Support qualitative user research, literature reviews, statistical analysis plans, and methods/results sections for research manuscripts
• Help lead or support grant-funded projects, ad hoc analyses, and dataset preparation for commercial and client studies

Requirements

• Two or more years in Product Analytics, Growth Analytics, Data Analytics, or a comparable digital product role
• Hands‑on experience with Mixpanel, including dashboarding, event taxonomy, and tracking validation
• Proficiency writing SQL for structured and unstructured data
• Working experience with Python for analysis, automation, or processing
• Familiarity with Snowflake, covering pipelines, data sources, and visualizations
• Solid statistical foundation in experiment design, hypothesis testing, and regression
• Ability to read application code in order to debug analytics instrumentation
• Strong communication skills for translating complex analyses into clear business insights

Nice to have

• Experience with Google Analytics, A/B testing tools, or established experimentation frameworks
• Bachelor's degree in a technical, quantitative, or behavioral science field

Benefits and work setup

• Fully remote contractor engagement for candidates based in Latin America
• Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time schedule
• Compensation range of $3,500 to $4,500 USD per month, depending on experience
• Culture described as committed to belonging, personal growth, and lifelong learning