Staff Data Scientist, Ads Product

Responsibilities

• Connect Financial & Product Performance: Serve as a key liaison with BizOps, Finance, and other Strategy teams, expertly connecting revenue performance data with product actions and performance metrics to provide a holistic understanding of our business impact and growth drivers.
• Communicate for Impact: Articulate complex data findings, strategic insights, and recommendations clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical senior stakeholders, influencing business strategy and outcomes.
• Elevate Data Science Practices: Act as a subject matter expert for the broader Data Science team, sharing best practices in data analysis, strategic thinking, and effective communication. You will contribute to a culture of continuous learning and data excellence across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in a quantitative field such as Data Science, Statistics, Economics, Business Analytics, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of combined post-graduate academic and industry experience applying advanced analytical methods to solve complex, real-world business problems on large-scale data, preferably within a fast-paced tech environment.
• Exceptional business acumen and product sense, with a proven ability to translate strategic questions into analytical frameworks and actionable recommendations.
• Understanding of the ads ecosystem, monetization mechanics, and/or real-time bidding, with a strong interest in the financial aspects of these domains.
• Expertise in data democratization principles, including experience designing and maintaining foundational datasets and building comprehensive business intelligence solutions.
• Strong fundamentals in statistics and experimentation, with the ability to interpret and apply insights from various causal inference techniques.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional partn

Additional Information

About Pinterest: Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we're on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other's unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It's Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we're looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we'll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI. Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here . In this role, you'll be a pivotal individual contributor, shaping how Pinterest's Ads organization leverages data for strategic decision-making and operational excellence. You'll serve as a central expert, empowering our product, engineering, and business teams with accessible, reliable data and actionable insights.

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