Data Scientist, Asana
$171-209k
3-4 days a week in office
Organising work in one connected space
Job no longer available
Organising work in one connected space
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$171-209k
3-4 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable the world's teams to work together effortlessly.
Role
Who you are
- A degree in a quantitative field like Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or related
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a fast-paced environment in product analytics/data science
- Experience collaborating with Product, Engineering, Design, and UXR driving key strategic / tactical decisions using data
- Ability to empathize with real-world customer problems and use data for solutions
- Strong communication skills; ability to communicate complex ideas across diverse audiences and craft recommendations that are compelling and data-driven
- Experience with online experimentation, causal inference, and machine learning to solve and optimize critical business problems and metrics
- Expert in relational data modeling and SQL and fluent in at least one modern language useful for data processing (e.g. R, Python, or Scala)
What the job involves
- In this pivotal role as a Senior Data Scientist, you will be instrumental in shaping the product strategies and roadmap of the Process Scaling team
- Your immediate responsibilities encompass driving strategic analysis, taking ownership of key metrics, leading experimentation efforts, applying causal inference methods to gain product learnings and metric measurements, and proactively integrating AI and machine learning models into our product
- Furthermore, Asana fosters an environment that encourages and empowers you to extend your impact beyond your immediate team, enabling you to make significant contributions to the broader organization
- The Product Data Science team works closely with our product, engineering, design, user research, and product marketing teams; we work to make sure teams are asking the right questions and then find those answers
- We understand our company’s goals and proactively inform their direction with data so that our product can help more teams do great things
- Develop deep understanding of customers' pain points; scope and execute on strategic analysis that reveals high impact strategic opportunities and product directions
- Communicate and influence key product decisions using data
- Design experiments that measure product progress, and own key performance metrics
- Design and apply causal inference methods to measure product progress and metric movements
- Seek opportunities to solve customer pain via AI and machine learning models
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify data needs and develop tailored datasets to support various analytical needs
- Collaborate with other data scientists on the team to research, identify and disseminate best practices across teams
Our take
Asana is a web and mobile application designed to help teams organise, track, and manage their work. Acting as a unified hub, it empowers teams to effortlessly generate projects, delegate responsibilities, set deadlines, and foster direct task-related communication, transcending the inefficiencies of traditional email-based coordination.
Despite facing competition from established players like SmartSheet in its market, Asana has navigated its path, bolstered by a successful Initial Public Offering in 2020 and a track record of startup triumphs. This strategic prowess has propelled Asana to amass a robust clientele exceeding 100,000 organizations, boasting notable entities such as Uber and Air France among its ranks.
Since its inception, Asana has undergone exponential growth, with its reach extending to offices sprawled across four continents worldwide. This expansion not only underscores its global footprint but also signifies its commitment to fostering diverse talent pools and catering to a broad spectrum of clients.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jun 2020
$200m
CONVERTIBLE
Nov 2018
$50m
SERIES E
Total funding: $414.4m
Company benefits
- Benefits - From comprehensive health benefits including mental health programs and coaching to our in-house culinary program and supportive parental leave policies, our benefits are intentionally designed to ensure that you are energized, focused, and thriving
- Growth - We know that growth isn’t always linear, so we’ll support you in achieving your personal and professional goals. You’ll have the opportunity to take on big responsibilities that impact our success as a company and challenge you in new and fulfilling ways
- Development - We believe in providing everyone with coaching and mentorship. You’ll have access to Conscious Leadership training, success guides, free executive coaching, and our manager training and enablement program
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Dustin Moskovitz
(Co-Founder & CEO)A Harvard economics graduate, Dustin co-founded Facebook in 2004 before branching off in 2008 to found Asana. They are also the co-founder of Open Philanthropy Project and Good Ventures.
Justin Rosenstein
(Co-Founder)Previously Engineering Manager at Facebook and a Product Manager at Google. Currently Co-Founder of One Project.
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