Senior Quantitative Product Research Lead

Pinterest; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 337,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking a Sr. Staff Quantitative Product Researcher to lead measurement across the consumer experience. You will own end-to-end metric development, design surveys, validate reliability, and partner with Data Science and Engineering to build proxies and models.

You will present findings to senior leaders and guide strategic decisions with AI-enabled insights. This role requires 7+ years in quantitative research, deep survey/statistical expertise, and Python/R fluency, with US-based

Qualifications

• 7+ years of quantitative user research with large-scale data.
• Deep expertise in survey methodology, statistical modeling, experimentation at scale.
• Experience informing ML model evaluation and maintenance.
• Fluency in R or Python and SQL; strong data visualization skills.
• PhD preferred or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of user-centered metrics end-to-end: define the construct, design the survey instrument, establish reliability and sensitivity, guide the experimentation plan to prove the metric can move, and partner with DS and Eng to build behavioral proxies or predictive models when appropriate.
• Extend measurement work into model stewardship - inform retraining decisions, evaluate generalizability across user segments, and stress-test where models do and don't hold up.
• Conduct deep-dive learning analyses to uncover the drivers and levers behind key metrics, and translate those into actionable direction for product and DS partners.
• Set and execute the learning agenda across a broad problem space - prioritize the questions that matter most, choose the right methods (surveys, behavioral analysis, quasi-experimental approaches, modeling), and work on the right project at the right time.
• Show up as an equal partner to Data Science and Engineering, shaping the direction of measurement work rather than executing against someone else's spec.
• Synthesize across behavioral analyses, experiment results, qualitative insights, and your own work to inform product and business decisions.
• Present to senior leadership and tailor socialization for those audiences.
• Partner with research managers to set quantitative research direction and mentor more junior quantitative researchers

Skills

Quantitative research

Survey methodology

Statistical modeling

Experimentation at scale

R or Python

SQL

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

PhD preferred (computational social science or related field)

Tools

R

Python

SQL

Job description

Pinterest is seeking a Sr. Staff Quantitative Product Researcher to lead measurement across the consumer experience. You will own end-to-end metric development, design surveys, validate reliability, and partner with Data Science and Engineering to build proxies and models.

You will present findings to senior leaders and guide strategic decisions with AI-enabled insights. This role requires 7+ years in quantitative research, deep survey/statistical expertise, and Python/R fluency, with US-based