Staff Data Scientist - Growth & Strategy

Intuit; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 194,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit in Mountain View is seeking a Staff Data Scientist to shape the strategy and measurement of TurboTax growth, blending data, experimentation, storytelling, and business leadership.

You will partner with Marketing, Product, and Operations to identify opportunities, define leading indicators, and translate early learnings into clear strategic directions. This role requires 5+ years in data science and strong SQL, Python or R skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or a related field, ideally within consumer technology, financial technology, marketplaces, or SaaS environments.
• Proven track record of shaping strategy and influencing executive decision making through data.
• Experience supporting zero-to-one products, emerging business models, growth initiatives, or other highly ambiguous problem spaces.
• Strong expertise in experimentation, performance measurement, customer analytics, and causal or decision-oriented analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to define success metrics and learning frameworks for initiatives without established benchmarks.
• Strong business acumen across customer acquisition, engagement, retention, product strategy, and operations.
• Expertise in data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Looker, or similar platforms.
• Advanced SQL proficiency and experience using Python or R for analysis, modeling, and automation.
• Exceptional storytelling and communication skills, with the ability to craft clear and compelling business narratives from complex or incomplete data.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and deliver impact in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

Responsibilities

• Emerging Growth Strategy: identify, evaluate, and prioritize new acquisition, engagement, and customer-growth opportunities.
• Zero-to-One Measurement: develop leading indicators, learning milestones, success criteria, and pathways to scale.
• Experimentation and Learning Agendas: shape analytical roadmaps for emerging initiatives and translate hypotheses into tests.
• Customer Lifecycle Intelligence: understand how customers engage with TurboTax before, during, and after tax season.
• Executive-Facing Visualization: develop dashboards and presentations for leadership.
• Scalable Performance Frameworks: establish metrics and decision criteria as initiatives mature.
• Cross-Functional Influence: partner with senior leaders across Marketing, Product, Expert Services, and Operations.
• Growth Portfolio Intelligence: provide integrated views of the emerging-growth portfolio.

Skills

Data strategy

Experimentation

Visualization

SQL

Python

R

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Looker

Job description

Intuit in Mountain View is seeking a Staff Data Scientist to shape the strategy and measurement of TurboTax growth, blending data, experimentation, storytelling, and business leadership.

You will partner with Marketing, Product, and Operations to identify opportunities, define leading indicators, and translate early learnings into clear strategic directions. This role requires 5+ years in data science and strong SQL, Python or R skills.