Staff Data Scientist, Product Analytics - Strategy

Government Employees Insurance Company; Maryland; On-site; USD 115,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO is hiring a Staff Data Scientist, Product Analytics to provide quantitative rigor and strategic insight across product, engineering, and design teams. You will frame questions, design studies, and translate findings into actionable recommendations that shape what we build.

Expect mentorship and cross-functional collaboration at senior levels. Responsibilities include embedding with leaders, defining metric frameworks, running A/B and quasi-experiments, applying causal methods, and building

Qualifications

• 8+ years in product analytics, decision science, data science, or related quantitative role with influence on product decisions.
• Strong background designing well-powered A/B tests and diagnosing bias/variance in real-world conditions.
• Solid applied statistics foundation with practical experience selecting causal methods for questions.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python or R for analysis, modeling, and reproducible workflows.

Responsibilities

• Embed with product, engineering, and design leaders as a decision partner to frame questions and shape bets.
• Define goal metrics, guardrails, and metric trees for your product area; decompose outcomes into measurable inputs.
• Design, power, and analyze A/B and quasi-experiments; understand heterogeneity and long-term effects.
• Apply causal methods (diff-in-diff, synthetic control, instrumental variables, propensity scoring).
• Build opportunity sizing, forecasting, and ROI models to inform trade-offs.
• Lead deep dives into user behavior, funnel performance, retention, and engagement; translate signals into recommendations.
• Mentor junior data scientists and analysts; set internal standards for experiments and reproducible work.
• Present findings clearly to senior leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Python

R

Statistics

Causal Inference

Experimentation

Product analytics

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a quantitative field

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

GEICO is hiring a Staff Data Scientist, Product Analytics to provide quantitative rigor and strategic insight across product, engineering, and design teams. You will frame questions, design studies, and translate findings into actionable recommendations that shape what we build.

Expect mentorship and cross-functional collaboration at senior levels. Responsibilities include embedding with leaders, defining metric frameworks, running A/B and quasi-experiments, applying causal methods, and building