Senior Data Scientist - Collaboration, remote across ANZ

Job Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design. Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point. Where and how you can work Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work. That means if you want to do your thing in the office (if you're near one), at home or a bit of both, it's up to you. What you’d be doing in this role As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. This role is focused on the Teams & Education sector, where we’re on a mission to power up design and productivity on Canva! Your primary goal will be to uncover opportunities for us to grow and to provide concrete recommendations as to how to realise those opportunities, influencing the product roadmap using data. You will do this by: Finding strategic insights – combining deep product knowledge with data to produce strategic insights about how to grow the business and improve a feature. Experimenting – designing experiments to test hypotheses formulated from user research and your own strategic insights, analysing the results, and using them to influence next steps. Influencing with metrics – designing and building goal metrics, forecasting and setting targets, designing analytic events that track feature usage, and building them into dashboards that track performance and product usage patterns. Supporting with general data – providing the data on feature usage that gives context for good decision-making, and finding ways to make this process more efficient. You're probably a match if You have a proven record of influencing the business with data and directly contributing to company growth. You have a strong base in the fundamental technical skills of data science – hypothesis-driven problem solving, using SQL to wrangle data, numerical thinking, designing & forecasting goal metrics, uncovering strategic insights, and storytelling with data. You have the soft skills & personal qualities that tend to make data scientists successful – attention to accuracy, interpreting data faithfully, speaking persuasively in public, and writing concisely and clearly. You have experience with other technical data science skills, especially experimenting, designing analytic events, & data warehousing. You may have a grounding in mathematics/statistics and a bachelor's degree in a STEM area. You have worked in a tech company before and are familiar with the way a tech company operates and some of the concepts particular to our industry. You have experience with R or Python, and have dealt with large datasets before. About the team At Canva, our mission is to empower the world to design, and we’re looking for insightful data scientists who can help us make that happen. The Teams and Education Supergroup are all about powering up design to enable learning, creativity, collaboration and productivity! We need to better understand our data and identify opportunities for growth - this is where we need your help. What's in it for you? Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva too. We also offer a stack of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work: Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too. Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers. An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more. Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and support you personally. Other stuff to know We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process. We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva, so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you! Please note that interviews are conducted virtually. #J-18808-Ljbffr