Data Scientist
The Data Scientist at Confidential Client partners with marketing and product teams to transform real-time compensation data into compelling stories and data products that drive business growth. This role involves conducting analyses, supporting data-driven content, engaging with customers, and developing measurement frameworks to optimize impact, all within a collaborative hybrid work environment.
About Careertakes
👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Software Development.
Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.
What You’ll Do
Our client’s Insights/Data team turns unique compensation datasets into stories, reports, and data products. As a Data Scientist on that team you will:
- Partner with Marketing to take data stories from brief to published asset: run analyses, shape the narrative, and iterate quickly across blogs, reports, social content, and landing pages.
- Support the client’s data products (e.g., data labs, market data) with research, analysis, and special projects to keep content fresh and differentiated.
- Field questions from customers, prospects, and internal teams; translate data into clear, actionable guidance.
- Develop a lightweight measurement framework to understand what content and experiments move the needle.
- Build deep familiarity with the compensation dataset and translate complex findings into concise, non-technical narratives.
What You’ll Bring
- Marketing mindset — experience using data to inform storytelling, growth, or content initiatives.
- Strong communication and data-storytelling skills; your analyses should drive action and measurable outcomes.
- Focus on impact — you prioritize work that improves product and business metrics.
- 2+ years of experience in a Data Analyst or similar role, ideally in customer-facing contexts.
- Exceptional data manipulation skills and strong proficiency with SQL and Python.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Nice to Haves
- Experience with compensation or labor market data (or strong willingness to learn).
- Familiarity with dbt, Hex, or modern analytics/BI tooling.
- Experience building customer-facing data products or working directly with external audiences.
Compensation & Benefits
Targeted cash compensation (level-dependent):
- P2: $115,000 - $144,000 (USD)
- P3: $139,000 - $174,000 (USD)
Total rewards include meaningful equity, best-in-class medical/dental/vision, unlimited PTO, parental leave, commuter and meal stipends, a quarterly education stipend, and region-specific benefits. Level and compensation are determined by experience and interview performance.
About the Team & Culture
This role sits on an Insights pod within the Data organization. The team focuses on turning proprietary compensation data into research, indices, and content that influence the market. The organization runs a hybrid culture that typically expects in-person collaboration multiple days per week and values intellectual honesty, high standards, cross-functional teamwork, and measurable impact.
Confidential Client is committed to building a team that cares about the problem, the product, and one another.
Employment Type
FULL_TIME
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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