Senior Staff Data Scientist - Credit Karma Engagement

Intuit Inc.; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 211,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit Inc. is seeking a Sr. Staff Data Scientist for the Credit Karma Engagement team to define analytics strategy and influence product lifecycle decisions.

You will lead cross-functional collaborations across Product, Marketing, Engineering and Design, advancing ML and causal inference methods to drive member retention and value. You will oversee scalable experimentation, create durable segmentation, and mentor junior scientists while shaping an AI-native roadmap with strong emphasis on

Qualifications

• 9+ years of data science and analytics driving strategy and impact across initiatives or business units.
• Experience in consumer product engagement, retention, or growth; fintech experience is a plus.
• Personalization and cross-product engagement drive long-term retention.
• Ability to translate business strategy into analytical problems using first-principles thinking.
• Proven success designing and interpreting complex experiments beyond basic A/B tests; causal inference applications.
• Deep expertise in causal inference, segmentation, and experimentation design.
• Experience creating reusable analytics frameworks and toolkits adopted by analytics teams.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder-influence skills across Director- and VP-level leaders.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and make fast data-driven decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience using AI-native tools to plan, implement analyses and synthesize results.

Responsibilities

• Set data science strategy across engagement and lifecycle initiatives to assess the member lifecycle from activation to reactivation.
• Influence senior leadership and cross-functional teams up to VP level across Product, Marketing, Engineering, and Design.
• Advance methodologies in ML and causal inference and create reusable frameworks for adoption across the BU.
• Lead scalable experimentation including A/B/n, painted-door, bandits, and quasi-experiments with causal inference.
• Build durable segmentation strategies to enhance targeting and in-product experiences.
• Shape analytics/AI roadmap for engagement and lifecycle with cross-functional partners and safe deployment practices.
• Mentor Data Scientists, set standards, participate in hiring, and scale leadership while staying hands-on.

Skills

Causal inference

Experiment design

Segmentation

Machine learning (offline)

Communication

Leadership / mentorship

Stakeholder management

Education

BS or MS in Statistics/Mathematics/OR/CS

Job description

Intuit's Consumer Group is committed to building tools and services that improve our members' financial journeys. At the heart of this mission, the Credit Karma Engagement team builds in-product features and experiences that help members take meaningful action to improve their financial outcomes, from building credit, to saving money, to paying down debt.

The team is seeking a Sr. Staff Data Scientist to serve as an analytical leader & strategic thought partner to our Engagement product team, responsible for building value-driven features and experiences that drive long-term member retention. This is a high-impact, cross-initiative role where you will set the analytics vision, raise the scientific bar across the team, and influence product and customer lifecycle strategy across Credit Karma's business.

Responsibilities

• Set strategy across initiatives: Set data science strategy across Credit Karma's engagement and lifecycle product initiatives to evaluate the member lifecycle end to end, from activation and habit formation through retention, churn prevention, and reactivation.
• Influence senior leadership: Combine insights, business acumen, strategic considerations, and industry-wide learnings to influence cross-functional leaders up to the VP level; act as the connective tissue across Product, Marketing, Engineering, and Design.
• Advance the science: Identify new ML and causal inference methodologies and external trends, adapt them to engagement, lifecycle, and churn-prevention use cases, and create shareable frameworks that enable adoption across the BU, with clarity on when and how each methodology should be used to drive business value.
• Lead experimentation at scale: Drive an iterative experimentation culture across the team by designing complex experiments (A/B/n, painted-door, bandits, and quasi-experimental designs) and applying causal inference (Propensity Score, DiD, Synthetic Control where A/B testing capability is limited).
• Build durable segmentation & member understanding: Identify key patterns in member behavior by connecting insights across a portfolio of experiments and analyses; create durable member segmentation strategies that enhance targeting, personalization, and the in-product experience.
• Shape the AI-native roadmap: Co-create the analytics/AI strategy for engagement and lifecycle in partnership with cross-functional teams; guide phased testing and rollout with the right measurement, safety, risk, and ethical considerations; connect model performance metrics to member and business outcomes.
• Raise the bar & develop talent: Mentor and elevate Data Scientists across the team, set scientific standards and best practices, contribute to calibrations and hiring, and scale yourself through delegation while remaining hands-on in the highest-leverage areas.

Qualifications

We're looking for a curious, proactive, and influential data science leader with a passion for driving member engagement and retention.

• 9+ years of experience in data science and analytics, with a track record of driving strategy and impact across multiple initiatives or business units; experience in consumer product engagement, retention, or growth strongly preferred, fintech experience a plus.
• Experience in consumer platforms with a membership-based or multi-product ecosystem, where personalization and cross-product engagement drive long-term retention, is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to apply first-principles thinking to translate ambiguous business strategy into analytical problems at the business-unit level.
• Proven success designing and interpreting complex experiments well beyond traditional A/B testing, and applying causal inference where experimentation is constrained.
• Deep expertise in causal inference, customer segmentation, and experimentation design, with the judgment to balance statistical rigor and business considerations.
• Exposure to lightweight Machine Learning in terms of being able to build offline classification & regression models to inform business decisions.
• Experience creating reusable frameworks, methodologies, and toolkits that are adopted by a broader analytics community.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder-influence skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence Director- and VP-level leaders across business and technical teams.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity with minimal guidance, make fast data-driven decisions (one-way vs. two-way door), and operate effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Ability to use AI-native tools to plan, implement, and synthesize analyses across a variety of use cases ranging from experiment readouts, quasi-experimental methodology, retention/churn deep dives, and measuring the success of feature launches.
• BS or MS in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Engineering, Econometrics, or a related field (advanced degree preferred).

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.

The expected base pay range for this position is: Oakland $210,500 - $284,500