Senior Data Scientist - AI-Driven Mental Health Outcomes

Headway; San Francisco (CA); Presencial; USD 180 000 - 225 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Medical

Dental

Vision

HSA/FSA

401(k) including match

Carrot Fertility reimbursement

paid parental, medical and caregiver.

Resumo da oferta

Headway is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join a cross-functional product team that turns real-world signals into actionable decisions. You will ensure the right data is captured, design experiments, and translate findings into recommendations that can be operationalized through predictive models to improve provider and patient experiences.

You’ll thrive in ambiguity, tackle hard problems, and contribute to building a data-driven culture that enhances access and affordability in mental

Qualificações

• 6+ years using data to drive product or business decisions in product, growth, health, engineering, or operations environments.
• Strong SQL and strong proficiency in Python or R for analysis and modeling.
• Depth in experimentation and causal inference under real-world constraints.
• Fluency with AI tools as part of your workflow: using LLMs and coding assistants to accelerate analysis, prototyping, and documentation, while still owning the judgment and rigor behind the output.
• Practical modeling skill: feature engineering, model comparison, cross-validation or backtesting, calibration, and post-launch monitoring.
• Strong product sense and opinions, including a track record of connecting analytics recommendations to measurable outcomes.
• Clear communication: you can explain complex work to non-technical audiences without losing the truth.
• A self-starter mindset: you prioritize well, follow through, and do not need heavy oversight.
• Motivation for our mission: improving access and affordability in mental healthcare.

Responsabilidades

• Be the analytics partner inside the pod. Work closely with Product, Engineering, Design, Ops, and Clinical stakeholders to define the questions, the metrics, the guardrails, and the decision rules.
• Design and analyze A/B tests and quasi-experiments with clear hypotheses, power considerations, and pre-defined success criteria.
• Connect behavior to strategy. Use funnel, cohort, segmentation, and lifecycle analysis to understand how people and providers experience Headway, and where product changes will have the biggest impact.
• Use causal inference when experiments are not possible. Apply approaches like diff-in-diff, matching, and regression-based designs with principled uncertainty quantification.
• Develop predictive models that operationalize vetted insights (feature development, validation, backtesting, calibration), with clear launch criteria and monitoring plans.
• Produce analysis and narratives that are crisp, honest about uncertainty, and drive action.
• Help raise the bar by contributing to shared standards for metrics, experimentation, and analytical quality, so teams can move faster with confidence.

Conhecimentos

SQL

Python

A/B testing

Causal inference

Data modeling

Ferramentas

Python

R

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Headway is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join a cross-functional product team that turns real-world signals into actionable decisions. You will ensure the right data is captured, design experiments, and translate findings into recommendations that can be operationalized through predictive models to improve provider and patient experiences.

You’ll thrive in ambiguity, tackle hard problems, and contribute to building a data-driven culture that enhances access and affordability in mental