Staff Data Scientist, Office of the Founders

You’ll help founders and executives shape strategy by identifying opportunities, framing key questions and recommending where to focus

You’ll assess strategic investments, partnerships, quantify trade-offs and recommend what to pursue, test, scale or stop

You’ll define success measures with Finance and functional leaders, hold teams accountable to agreed outcomes and recommend when to adjust course.

You’ll build and own the datasets and models that quantify company performance, rather than waiting for another team to prepare them;

You’ll influence executive and board decisions through clear recommendations and constructive challenge, explaining the assumptions and limits of the evidence.

You’ll raise the analytical bar across the company, evangelising good practice on metrics, forecasting and statistical rigour;

You have at least 5 years of relevant experience as a Data Scientist or in a comparable analytical role in a high-growth technology company;

You have a track record of shaping strategic direction with founders and executives, and can point to decisions your analysis changed

You have built driver-based forecasts or operating models, and held yourself accountable to their accuracy;

You’re hands-on across SQL and a modern analytics stack, and comfortable building your own pipelines and datasets;

You have at least a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science or a related discipline;

You can hold a clear point of view with senior stakeholders, and change your mind when the data says so;

You thrive in ambiguity, and you’re comfortable being the first person to work on a question;

You can work from our Melbourne or Sydney office 3 days per week.

An annual wellbeing allowance to use on things like (but not limited to) fitness memberships, development courses, childcare, travel, charitable donations, pet insurance, home office set-up - the choice is yours!

100% coverage (and 80% for your dependents) of your monthly premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for US-based employees.

Employer contribution towards your retirement.

Generous time off for vacation, holidays, parental leave, volunteer time, and other categories.

Employee stock option program - we want each and every employee to share in the company’s success.