Senior Manager of Data Science, Gusto
Payments & Treasury
$218-321k
Salary dependent on location
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
Open for applications
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$218-321k
Salary dependent on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To grow the small business economy.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or a related quantitative field, including 4+ years leading and scaling data science teams, with accountability for hiring, developing senior ICs, and owning outcomes across one or more business-critical domains
- Domain analytics and experimentation leadership — deep experience driving insights and decisions across payments, treasury, and risk domains (e.g., loss, fraud, disputes, authorization rates, funds flow, liquidity, and operational risk), with strong command of experimentation, causal analysis, and tradeoff evaluation in regulated, high-impact environments
- Technical and analytical leadership — strong grounding in statistics and applied modeling, with the ability to set technical standards, review complex analyses, and coach senior data scientists, maintaining a high bar for analytical rigor and quality
- Strategic business impact — demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous problems into data strategy, influence multi-quarter product and platform roadmaps, and connect insights to measurable business outcomes
- Executive communication and cross-functional influence — proven experience partnering with VP-level and senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Ops and Finance teams, translating complex data into clear tradeoffs and actionable recommendations that drive decisions
What the job involves
- Gusto’s Data Science team leverages our rich data to shape product strategy and inform critical business decisions
- We operate end-to-end — from analysis and experimentation to enabling production systems that support both internal teams and our customers
- For this role, we’re seeking a Senior Manager, Data Science to provide technical and strategic leadership across the payments and treasury domains
- You will lead teams responsible for building scalable, data-driven capabilities that support money movement, liquidity management, and payment reliability, while applying machine learning and analytics where they meaningfully add value
- Experience with risk is a plus, but the primary focus of this role is payments and treasury
- You’ll partner closely with established leaders across Engineering, Product, Design, Operations, and Finance/Treasury to drive cross-functional alignment and execution
- In this role, you’ll own initiatives that span the breadth of the payments and treasury stack, setting direction, guiding teams, and ensuring we deliver a secure, reliable, and trusted financial platform that safeguards customer funds and supports Gusto’s growing ecosystem
- Lead the strategy and application of machine learning and advanced analytics across payments and treasury, including identifying opportunities, framing problems with stakeholders, defining success criteria, and guiding teams to deliver scalable, data-driven solutions; experience with risk use cases is a plus
- Own end-to-end delivery and cross-functional execution, partnering closely with Engineering, Product, and Design to solve complex, ambiguous problems and ensure solutions are production-ready, well-instrumented, and operationally sound
- Set technical standards and scalable frameworks that elevate the team’s core analytical and modeling capabilities, including reusable tooling and thoughtful integration of AI/LLMs where they meaningfully improve data processing, analysis, or decision-making
- Communicate insights, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to stakeholders across the company, influencing decisions through strong narratives grounded in data and business context
Our take
For many small businesses, vital administrative tasks such as payroll, taxes, and benefits are manual tasks that take time and energy which many SMB owners don’t have. The three co-founders of Gusto – all coming from small business backgrounds – collaborated on a Fintech company that would handle employee payments, benefits administration, and compliance support specifically for small businesses.
The company may have started slowly, as the founders focused on nailing each individual aspect of Gusto’s operations, but has now skyrocketed to unicorn status with more than 400,000 customers and a multi-billion dollar valuation. And in 2021, Gusto began acquiring other companies to strengthen its offering and its position in a competitive market, including two other fintech startups, Ardius and Symmetry.
Through its continued acquisitions and fundraising efforts, the company has carved out a strong position for itself in the space. Although Gusto has found itself impacted by the macroeconomic situation, through the significant effect it has had on its clientele, the company still appears positive for the future after raising funds in 2023 that has seen it reach key profitability benchmarks. It continues to expand its platform, most recently partnering with Parafin to launch a payroll line of credit for small businesses. With a growing suite of services and a clear focus on supporting small businesses through changing economic conditions, Gusto looks set to sustain its momentum and further strengthen its position in the HR and payroll technology market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
45% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
May 2022
$55m
SERIES E
Aug 2021
$175m
SERIES E
Total funding: $706.3m
Company benefits
- Health and Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents. Family care and support, including family planning and fertility benefits. Gender-affirming care and support. A variety of mental health resources.
- Time Away: It's important to take time away for yourself or to take care of your family. Gusto offers paid vacation, sick time, bereavement, and holidays, paid leaves, sabbatical, and more!
- Free meals and refreshments: If you work at one of our offices, enjoy food, drinks, and snacks— on us. Conversation and community is an added bonus!
- Perks:
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Joshua Reeves
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford and went onto co-found Gusto in 2011.
Tomer London
(Co-Founder & CPO)Has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. Was a Researcher at Intel, and then interned at Bump Technologies. Co-founded Vizmo, a mobile self-service technologies company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
Edward Kim
(Co-Founder & Head of Engineering)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford. Was Senior Project Engineer at Volkswagen of America Electronics Research Lab and then co-founded Picwing, a printed photos company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
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