[Hiring] Lead Data Scientist - Experience Value (Growth) @Canva

Role Description

This role will see you:

• Coaching a team of embedded data scientists to deliver insights, experimentation, and strategic clarity across the logged-in experience
• Owning key metrics for onboarding, personalisation, and lifecycle journeys — and using them to guide decisions
• Leading end-to-end experimentation, from designing hypotheses to rollout recommendations
• Partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Design to drive engagement, retention, and activation outcomes
• Uplifting experimentation and BI foundations across Snowflake, Looker, and Canva’s internal tools
• Translating data into actionable recommendations — and setting the standard for high-impact analysis and storytelling
• Enabling data-driven, personalised user experiences at scale — across onboarding, resurrection, triggers, and next-best actions

Qualifications

• You’ve led and coached data scientists within a fast-paced product environment
• You bring strong expertise in experimentation, retention analytics, and lifecycle metrics
• You’re fluent in SQL and comfortable with data wrangling in Python or R
• You’ve worked with SaaS product datasets and know how to balance rigour and speed
• You’re known for crafting clear, evidence-based recommendations that drive decisions
• You love turning complexity into clarity — especially when guiding non-technical stakeholders
• You enjoy growing people and lifting the bar for storytelling, experimentation, and impact

Benefits

• 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 supports you personally