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Business Data Scientist, Statistics, Platform Analytics, Google Cloud

Apply for the Business Data Scientist, Statistics, Platform Analytics, Google Cloud role at Google.

Location options: Sunnyvale, CA, USA or San Francisco, CA, USA.

Employment type: Full-time.

About the job
In this role, you will use data to solve problems and be a key partner to stakeholders across product, operations, and engineering. You will drive our strategy by analyzing the entire customer journey, optimizing product features, analyzing customer support experience, and streamlining internal processes. Your analytical and statistical expertise will guide data‑informed decisions across the organization.

Minimum qualifications

• Master's degree in a quantitative discipline such as Statistics, Engineering, Sciences, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in a data science role using data to influence business or product decisions.
• Experience analyzing data from various sources such as product instrumentation, customer support systems, and internal operational tools.
• Experience with SQL, Python or R programming including advanced data analysis, statistical modeling, and data visualization.

Preferred qualifications

• Ph.D. degree in a relevant quantitative field.
• Experience in causal inference techniques to measure the true impact of business actions.
• Experience in Customer Support or Support‑adjacent roles.
• Ability to work cross‑functionally and communicate technical findings to non‑technical audiences.
• Excellent product intuition and business acumen, with experience influencing both product and business strategy.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product, operations, and engineering stakeholders to prioritize opportunities for improvement; collaborate with partner teams to define data requirements and build foundational datasets for key business and product initiatives.
• Drive and independently scope and analyze projects from inception to completion, defining success metrics and managing stakeholder communication along the way; design, execute, and analyze rigorous A/B experiments on product features, internal tools, and operational workflows to measure their impact.
• Apply causal inference and advanced statistical modeling to measure the impact of critical product and business initiatives and understand their key drivers.
• Manage end-to-end analyses of the user journey to identify friction points and opportunities; translate analytical findings into actionable insights and narratives for various stakeholders.
• Perform opportunity sizing for new product and business initiatives to inform the roadmap and resource allocation.

Compensation
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $166,000–$244,000 plus bonus, equity, and benefits. Additional compensation may vary based on work location and other factors.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.