Senior Decision Scientist – AI-Driven Product & Growth

Advance Venture Partners, LLC.; United States; Remote; USD 107,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid parental leave

401(k) matching

Mental Wellness Program

Generous PTO

Remote equipment reimbursement

Life360 Platinum Membership

Job summary

Life360 is hiring a Senior Decision Scientist to partner with product and engineering, shaping what gets built and how resources are allocated. You’ll own the analytical narrative for your area, turning insights into decisions that alter roadmaps and outcomes.

You’ll report to Data & Analytics leadership and work with data engineers, data scientists, and ML engineers. The role emphasizes causal inference, experimentation, and AI-native analytics across a remote-first company.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in analytics, data science, or decision science at a consumer tech company
• Advanced degree in a quantitative field (e.g., economics, statistics, OR) or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated causal inference experience (DiD, IV, RD, synthetic controls, PSM)
• Track record of influencing product/strategy through data with cross-functional impact
• Experience with experimentation platforms (Statsig, Optimizely)
• Proficiency in SQL and Python/R for statistical analysis

Responsibilities

• Be a strategic thought partner for cross-functional teams (PMs, engineers, marketing, finance).
• Tell stories that move teams to act with clear narratives and a point of view.
• Establish causality using appropriate methods and collaborate with engineering on instrumentation.
• Develop metrics strategies to measure user and business impact across a complex product ecosystem.
• Build explanations tying user actions to underlying motivations.
• Leverage AI and automated analysis daily to shape the analytics stack and move toward proactive insights.

Skills

SQL

Python/R

Experimentation

Causal inference

Data storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Quantitative degree

Tools

Statsig

Optimizely

dbt

Job description

Life360 is hiring a Senior Decision Scientist to partner with product and engineering, shaping what gets built and how resources are allocated. You’ll own the analytical narrative for your area, turning insights into decisions that alter roadmaps and outcomes.

You’ll report to Data & Analytics leadership and work with data engineers, data scientists, and ML engineers. The role emphasizes causal inference, experimentation, and AI-native analytics across a remote-first company.