Staff Data Scientist (Product Analytics)

Headway; New York (NY); On-site; USD 212,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage

401K

Work-from-Home Stipend

16-week parental leave

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Headway is seeking a Staff Data Scientist for Product Analytics to lead decision-making efforts for better mental health outcomes. The role involves creating measurement strategies, leading multi-team initiatives, and developing evaluation systems for complex products.

Qualified candidates should have at least 10 years of experience in data-driven decision-making with expert proficiency in SQL, complementary skills in Python or R, and a strong background in Bayesian methodologies. Compensation ranges from $212,000 to $265,000 annually, including benefits like equity compensation and flexible PTO.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience using data for product decisions.
• Expertise in SQL and proficiency in Python or R.
• Deep knowledge in Bayesian experimentation and measurement design.
• Strong judgment in modeling and ability to validate models.

Responsibilities

• Own product measurement strategy and define key metrics.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Establish frameworks for test design and decision-making.
• Build scalable analytical systems and leverage existing data.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Bayesian experimentation

Causal inference

Data-driven decision making

Job description

Headway’s mission is a big one – to build a new mental health care system everyone can access. We’ve built technology that helps people find great therapists with the first software-enabled national network of providers accepting insurance.

1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but the majority of providers don’t accept insurance, making therapy too expensive for most people. Headway is building a new mental healthcare system that everyone can access by making it easy for therapists to accept insurance and scale their practice.

Headway was founded in 2019. Since then, we’ve grown into a diverse, national network of over 60,000 mental healthcare providers across all 50 states who run their practice on our software and have served over 1 million patients. We’re a Series D company with over $325 m in funding from a16z (Andreessen Horowitz), Accel, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Spark Capital, Thrive Capital, Forerunner Ventures and Health Care Service Corporation.

We want your time here to be the most meaningful experience of your career. Join us, and help change mental healthcare for the better.

About the role

Join us to build the decision engine for better mental health outcomes.

As a Staff Data Scientist, Product Analytics, you will be a senior technical and strategic leader for how Headway measures, learns, and improves. You will own the hardest and most ambiguous product questions, shape how we define success, and drive decisions that cut across multiple teams and product surfaces. You will not only run the analyses, you will influence what we build, how we evaluate it, and how we scale what works.

This role is for someone who can zoom in to debug a metric definition and zoom out to design a measurement strategy for a major product area, then bring the organization along with them.

What you will do

Everything in the Senior role, plus:

• Own a product measurement strategy. Define north star and input metrics for a major product area (or multiple surfaces), align stakeholders on definitions, and build conviction in what “good” looks like.
• Lead multi-team initiatives. Drive cross-functional work where the right answer is not obvious and the path is not linear, and ensure we land measurable outcomes.
• Set the experimentation standard. Establish frameworks for test design, guardrails, decision rules, and interpretation that improve both speed and rigor across teams.
• Develop evaluation systems for complex products. For areas like matching, ranking, or applied AI experiences, build measurement approaches that combine offline evaluation, online experiments, and human-quality signals when needed.
• Build scalable analytical assets. Invest in durable measurement systems: semantic definitions, self-serve dashboards, monitoring and alerts, and repeatable templates that reduce ad hoc work.
• Mentor and uplevel. Coach other data scientists and analytics partners, provide strong technical review, and model what great looks like.
• Be a thought leader. Proactively identify opportunities, shape roadmaps with an evidence-based POV, and create clarity where teams feel stuck.

What will make you successful

• 10+ years using data to drive product or business decisions in product, growth, engineering, or operations environments (or equivalent depth of experience and scope).
• Expert fluency in SQL and strong proficiency in Python or R, including building reliable, reusable analysis workflows.
• Deep expertise in Bayesian experimentation, causal inference, and measurement design, including common failure modes and how to prevent them.
• Strong applied modeling judgment: you know when a model is the right tool, and you can build, validate, and launch responsibly.
• A track record of leading ambiguous, cross-team work and delivering measurable outcomes (not just insights).
• Excellent executive communication and influence: you earn trust, align stakeholders, and move decisions forward.
• Strong product sense and an instinct for decision leverage: you focus on what changes outcomes, not what is merely interesting.
• Motivation for our mission: improving access and affordability in mental healthcare.

Compensation and Benefits:

The expected base pay range for this position is $212,000 - $265,000, based on a variety of factors including qualifications, experience, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for an equity grant, depending on the position and level.

We are committed to offering a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package, including robust health and wellness benefits, retirement savings, and meaningful ownership opportunities through equity. Compensation decisions are made holistically, ensuring fairness and alignment with market benchmarks while recognizing individual contributions and potential.

• Benefits offered include:
  • Equity compensation
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
  • HSA / FSA
  • 401K
  • Work-from-Home Stipend
  • Therapy Reimbursement
  • 16-week parental leave for eligible employees
  • Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement and membership
  • 13 paid holidays each year as well as a Holiday Break during the week between December 25th and December 31st
  • Flexible PTO
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Training and professional development

We believe a team's strength is in its people, and we cannot achieve this mission without a team that reflects the diversity of this problem – across race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, national origin, religion, family status, disability, military status, and experience. Headway is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Headway will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please inform the recruiter when they contact you to schedule your interview.

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