Data Scientist II, Marketing

Role Overview

The data science team empowers Thumbtack to use data to guide business decisions. As a Marketing Data Scientist II, you’ll be expected to leverage your analytical expertise, marketing knowledge, communication and collaboration skills to drive a variety of high-impact projects.

What You Will Do

Own end-to-end analytics for growth marketing, partnering with Marketing, Finance, and external partners to understand user behavior, define target audiences, measure campaign performance, and forecast and allocate budgets.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You must bring a passion for problem-solving and critical thinking, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and turn data into clear, actionable insights.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, mathematics, data science, economics, or a related quantitative field (advanced degree a plus)
• 3+ years of experience in marketing data science, strong understanding of digital marketing and experience with marketing measurement and performance optimization
• Advanced SQL skills, proficiency in Python or R, and experience using Looker or similar BI tools to drive insights
• Experience working with large and imperfect datasets at scale, and building and applying statistical and/or machine learning models to solve real-world business problems
• A passion for problem-solving and critical thinking, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and turn data into clear, actionable insights
• Strong business judgment and the ability to identify signal in noisy, imperfect data
• Excellent communicator and compelling storyteller, with the ability to listen deeply, explain complex concepts clearly, and influence cross-functional partners

Tagged as: Looker, Python, SQL