Staff Data Scientist, Asana
CA$211-240k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
Work management platform
Open for applications
Work management platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
CA$211-240k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help humanity thrive by enabling the world's teams to work together effortlessly.
Role
Who you are
- 5-7 years of data science experience, with majority in growth-focused roles at B2B SaaS companies
- Proven track record driving acquisition and activation for B2B SaaS products, with specific experience in top-of-funnel growth and new user acquisition
- 0→1 builder mentality. You've demonstrated the ability to thrive in highly ambiguous environments where you're inventing new playbooks rather than executing existing ones. You're energized by pioneering work
- Experience with AI/ML products, LLM APIs, or third-party platform integrations. Strong preference for candidates who've worked with conversational AI or built features integrating ChatGPT, Claude, or similar platforms
- Strong analytical foundation with deep fluency in experimentation, A/B testing, and funnel optimization
- Exceptional cross-functional leadership. You write crisply, tell clear stories, and can influence across product, engineering, design, partnerships, sales, and executive stakeholders. You bring clarity to ambiguity
- Strategic business acumen to balance user experience with revenue objectives while translating emerging technology trends into actionable product strategy
- Genuine AI enthusiasm. You're curious, adaptable, and genuinely excited about how LLMs are transforming software discovery and adoption
- 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)
- Familiarity with statistical methods including experimental design, regression, causal inference with observational data and time series modeling
- Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making
- If you're interested in this role and don't meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Staff Data Scientist to help define Asana's growth strategy as users increasingly discover and adopt software through LLM interfaces like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini
- With millions of knowledge workers now starting their workday in conversational AI tools, we're at an inflection point in how productivity software reaches users
- You'll drive Asana's acquisition playbook for the emerging LLM-driven channels and re-imagine new customer onboarding in the AI-era
- As part of the PLG organization, you'll leverage data to influence how new users discover, learn about, and decide to start using and paying for Asana
- Asana's Data Science team helps us fulfill our mission by informing strategy, defining success metrics, and identifying new ways to deliver user value
- Data scientists are at the crux of deepening our understanding of the customers and driving more business outcomes by leveraging experimentation, causal inference, statistical and machine learning techniques, and data storytelling
- Work closely with Product Managers and User Researchers (UXR) to understand the needs of our new customers in their first few minutes of interaction with Asana, employing data frameworks and methodologies to understand our user segments, visualize the new user funnel, identify levers for driving conversion revenue, and personalize the onboarding journey to ensure better adoption outcomes
- Act as the "Data Lead" in a triad with Product and Engineering stakeholders to identify multi-year growth opportunities and prioritize the roadmap
- Design experiments that measure product progress, and own key performance metrics
- Collaborate and mentor fellow Data Scientists in the team to research, identify and disseminate best practices across teams
- Work in a high-performance, dynamic team with a strong focus on velocity and software quality and learn about the upcoming field of AI-Optimization and how LLMs can help boost Asana’s value proposition
Our take
Asana is a web and mobile application designed to help teams organize, 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.
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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
- Development: 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.
- Career growth: Your growth at Asana centers on ownership, access, and choice. All employees can tap into resources that support their growth and their team’s growth in the way that works best for their unique needs.
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Dan Rogers
(CEO)Prior to joining Asana in 2025, Dan was the CEO of LaunchDarkly, a President at Rubrik, and the CMO at ServiceNow and Symantec.
Aziz Megji
(CFO)Aziz joined Asana in 2024 as the Head of Strategic Finance & IR, moving into the role of CFO in 2026. Previously, they worked at RingCentral as an SVP of Finance, at NVIDIA as a Senior Director of Corporate Development and at Hewlett Packard Enterprise as a VP of Corporate Development.
Arnab Bose
(CPO)Prior to joining Asana in 2025, Arnab spent 6 years at Okta, joining as an SVP of Product Management before moving into the role of CPO. They were also an Advisor at Codified and a VP of Product Management at Quip.
Prachi Gore
(CMO)Prior to joining Asana in 2025, Prachi spent nearly 6 years at Checkr as a VP then Senior VP of Marketing. They also spent nearly 4 years at Smart Recruiters as a VP of Demand Generation then Marketing.
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