Senior Decision Scientist

Ibotta is seeking a Senior Decision Scientist, Product Analytics to join our innovative team and contribute to our mission to Make Every Purchase Rewarding. Partnering with one or more cross-functional product teams, you will support product optimization and growth through discovery, opportunity sizing, measurement, reporting and analysis. Our decision scientists work across our full analytics stack (Databricks, Spark, Airflow, GitHub, Python, Looker, etc) from defining raw data to developing reporting data models and visualizations to performing analytical deep dives that drive decision making.

This position is located in Denver, Colorado as a hybrid position requiring 3 days in office (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). Candidates must live in the United States.

What you will be doing:

• Inform prioritization, roadmap development and OKRs by working with Product Managers (PMs) to evaluate benefits, risks and measurement of opportunities and initiatives

• Drive a culture of measurement by defining frameworks to assess impact of product features and working with engineers and PMs to build, implement and QA digital tracking events

• Proactively conduct deep dives on product features, flows, funnels and user journeys to surface actionable recommendations and testable hypotheses

• Partner with UX Research on learning agendas to generate holistic product insights that connect product usage behaviors with rich user insights

• Develop and maintain analyses, reports and dashboards to track key metrics and performance trends for your product area

• Design, execute, analyze and evangelize experiments with statistical integrity that have clear learning agendas, evaluation criteria and guardrails

• Increase time-to-insight by automating repeatable workflows, analyses and processes and enabling self service analytics by creating reusable data and reporting assets

• Own large, complex analytics projects end-to-end, onboard and mentor team members and ensure ongoing communication of and alignment with the priorities of your product area

• Contribute to our analytics community by leading or heavily participating in cross-functional projects

• Embrace and uphold Ibotta’s Core Values: Integrity, Boldness, Ownership, Teamwork, Transparency, & A great idea can come from anywhere

What we are looking for:

• 5+ years of experience in an analytical function

• Bachelor’s degree in Analytics, Statistics, Economics or related field required; Advanced degree preferred

• In-Depth experience working with:

  • Data analysis tools (e.g., Databricks, SQL, Python/R, Spark, Hive, Airflow, Git/GitHub etc.)

  • BI & other analytics tools (e.g., Looker/LookML, GA, Amplitude, etc.)

  • Data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes

• Advanced abilities in applied statistical methods, experimental design and hypothesis testing

• Extensive experience collecting, delivering and analyzing large, multi‐dimensional data sets

• Experience initiating, scoping and leading large-scale analytics projects end-to-end

• Analytics experience working with digital products in e-commerce or SaaS preferred

Here are some of the traits that we seek in great decision scientists:

You…

• are proactive, collaborative and driven to deliver in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

• recognize patterns across projects that accelerate time-to-value answering stakeholder requests

• use strong business sense to tie analytical outputs to actionable recommendations

• are an intellectually curious, conceptual thinker who uses creative problem-solving skills to go beyond the symptoms of a problem and diagnose root causes

• analyze, visualize, communicate and automate complex learnings, distilling them into digestible form for senior stakeholders and executives

• have excellent interpersonal skills, collaborate across functional areas, manage stakeholder expectations, and drive high visibility projects end-to-end with minimal guidance/oversight

• demonstrate empathy for stakeholders, functional partners, clients and users

Recruiting Agency Notice

Ibotta does not accept agency resumes and is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any Ibotta employees.

About Ibotta ("I bought a...")

Ibotta (NYSE: IBTA) is a leading performance marketing platform allowing brands to deliver digital promotions to over 200 million consumers through a network of publishers called the Ibotta Performance Network (IPN). The IPN allows marketers to influence what people buy, and where and how often they shop – all while paying only when their campaigns directly result in a sale. American shoppers have earned over $1.8 billion through the IPN since 2012. The largest tech IPO in history to come out of Colorado, Ibotta is headquartered in Denver, and is continually listed as a top place to work by The Denver Post and Inc. Magazine.

To learn more about what our Tech teams are doing day to day, visit Building Ibotta on Medium.com.

Additional Details:

• This position is located in Denver, CO and includes competitive pay, flexible time off, benefits package (including medical, dental, vision), Employee Stock Purchase Program, and 401k match. Denver office perks include paid parking, snacks, and occasional meals.

• Base compensation range: $97,000 - $114,620. Equity is included in overall compensation package. This compensation range is specific to the United States labor market and may be adjusted based on actual experience.

• Ibotta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ibotta’s employment decisions are made without regard of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

• Applicants are accepted until the position is filled.

• For the security of our employees and the business, all employees are responsible for the secure handling of data in accordance with our security policies, identifying and reporting phishing attempts, as well as reporting security incidents to the proper channels.​

Recruiting Agency Notice

Ibotta does not accept agency resumes and is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any Ibotta employees.

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