Senior Data Scientist - GTM Growth & AI Analytics

Slack; New York (NY); On-site; USD 149,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking an experienced Senior Data Scientist to support Slack's Go-to-Market organization. You will partner with Sales Strategy, Sales Programs, Product, Finance, and Data teams to uncover opportunities that accelerate growth, improve customer outcomes, and shape GTM strategy through data.

You will apply advanced analytics, experimentation, and statistical methods to understand customer behavior, evaluate strategic initiatives, and optimize GTM performance.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of industry experience applying data science to solve business problems.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language for data science (Python, R, or Scala). Knowledge of Airflow is desirable.
• Strong foundation in statistics, experimentation, causal inference, predictive modeling, and analytical problem solving.
• Experience with large-scale data technologies (Spark, Presto, Hive, Hadoop or similar).
• Proven ability to communicate complex findings to executive and cross-functional audiences.
• Experience partnering with Product, Sales, Finance, or other GTM teams to influence decisions.
• A related technical degree is required.

Responsibilities

• Partner with GTM leadership to identify strategic opportunities and influence key business decisions.
• Apply statistics, experimentation, and advanced analytics to understand customer behavior and sales performance.
• Develop predictive models, segmentation frameworks, and forecasting methodologies for GTM planning.
• Design measurement strategies and success metrics for products, programs, and initiatives.
• Conduct deep-dive analyses to identify revenue growth, customer adoption, and operational efficiency opportunities.
• Build scalable analytical frameworks to uncover trends and quantify business impact for executives.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering to develop trusted datasets and scalable foundations for modeling.
• Work with Product and Sales Strategy to connect account health, usage, engagement, and actions to actionable insights.
• Translate analyses into narratives, dashboards, and recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Champion evidence-based decision making by expanding access to trusted metrics and methodologies.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Scala

Statistics

Experimentation

Communication to executives

GTM collaboration

Education

Related technical degree

Master’s or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Apache Airflow

Spark

Presto

Hive

Hadoop

Job description

Salesforce is seeking an experienced Senior Data Scientist to support Slack's Go-to-Market organization. You will partner with Sales Strategy, Sales Programs, Product, Finance, and Data teams to uncover opportunities that accelerate growth, improve customer outcomes, and shape GTM strategy through data.

You will apply advanced analytics, experimentation, and statistical methods to understand customer behavior, evaluate strategic initiatives, and optimize GTM performance.