Staff Data Scientist, Growth & Strategy

James from Montana; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 173,000 - 286,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce seeks a Staff Data Scientist for its Slack Business Data Science team. The role partners with Growth to understand drivers and accelerate growth, translating complex analyses into clear narratives for senior leadership.

You will design patterns in customer behavior, empower teams with self-service tools, and collaborate with Data Eng, PDE, and Strategy to power decision making with robust data models.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional quantitative analysis experience.
• BS degree in a quantitative field; MS/PhD a strong plus.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL and at least one data science language (Python/R/Scala).
• Strong statistics, experimentation, causal inference, ML, and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Growth teams to understand drivers and accelerate growth.
• Synthesize insights into narratives for senior leadership.
• Develop frameworks to identify patterns in customer behavior.
• Build self-service tools and reports to drive metric awareness.
• Collaborate with Data Eng, PDE, and cross-functional teams on data models.

Skills

Data storytelling

Stakeholder influence

Analytical thinking

Growth mindset

Education

BS in quantitative field (e.g., CS, Economics, Physics)

MS or PhD a strong plus

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Scala

Job description

Salesforce seeks a Staff Data Scientist for its Slack Business Data Science team. The role partners with Growth to understand drivers and accelerate growth, translating complex analyses into clear narratives for senior leadership.

You will design patterns in customer behavior, empower teams with self-service tools, and collaborate with Data Eng, PDE, and Strategy to power decision making with robust data models.