About the Role:

The mission of the Data Science team at Confluent is to serve as the central nervous system of‬ all things data for the company: we build analytics infrastructure, metrics, insights, and models.‬ Our outputs enable data-driven thinking and help optimize every part of the business. There are‬ limitless opportunities for an ambitious data scientist to make an immediate and meaningful‬ impact within a high-growth company.

As a Product Data Scientist at Confluent, you will be a key player in helping define the‬ experiences and driving product strategy at Confluent. You will collaborate with our Product ‭leadership team and cross-functional partners across the Data organization. You will use data‬ and analysis to identify and solve product development’s challenges, unlocking growth of our‬ product adoption funnel. This role requires a strong blend of technical skills, strategic thinking‬ and communication skills to influence product strategy and investment decisions.‬

What You Will Do:

• Collaborate with product managers, product engineers, and other stakeholders to define and measure success metrics for product features and initiatives.

• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and visualizations to communicate key metrics and insights to stakeholders.

• Utilize data to uncover trends, identify opportunities for growth, drive strategic product decisions, and shape product roadmaps.

• Apply technical expertise with quantitative analysis, experimentation, data mining, and the presentation of data to improve product experience

• Share actionable insights and recommendations with leadership at various levels, playing a pivotal role in determining Product strategy

• Collaborate with other data scientists across our organization to share best practices, learn new analytical techniques, and champion an organizational culture where data is central to decision making

What You Will Bring:

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and build relationships at all levels of the organization.

• 3+ years of experience in Product Data Science/Analytics

• Excellent communication skills, and ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Exceptional problem solving skills and analytical skills

• Strong proficiency in data manipulation with data querying languages (e.g. SQL). Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g. Python) preferred.

• Proficiency in data visualization and building dashboards with tools such as Tableau

• Experience and familiarity with A/B testing and experiment best practices

• Bachelor or advanced degree in a quantitative discipline: computer science, engineering, statistics, economics, etc.

What Gives You an Edge:

• Experience and knowledge of causal inference, machine learning and other advanced analytical methods

• Experience in SaaS/Product-led Growth companies