Tech Lead Manager, Growth Data Science

Details

Anthropic is seeking a senior data science leader to join its Data Science and Analytics team and work closely with the Growth team. The role will shape growth strategy and data science practices across acquisition, activation, retention, and monetization while managing a small team of Product Data Scientists.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Growth product and marketing leaders to shape growth strategy, roadmap priorities, and major business bets.
• Set the data science agenda for Growth and determine where the Product Data Science team can have the greatest impact.
• Manage and develop a small team of Product Data Scientists.
• Frame ambiguous growth questions, size opportunities, and provide clear recommendations, including recommendations that challenge current direction.
• Define core success metrics, guardrails, and measurement frameworks connecting short-term outcomes to long-term value.
• Establish standards for experimentation and causal inference, including holdouts and quasi-experimental methods where A/B testing is not practical.
• Personally lead high-stakes analyses.
• Measure the return on Growth programs, including marketing incrementality, lifetime value (LTV), customer acquisition cost (CAC), and payback, and translate findings into budget and channel recommendations.
• Guide targeting and personalization decisions, including user messaging, offers, experiences, and evaluation methods.
• Turn complex analyses into clear narratives and recommendations for senior leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Establish foundational data practices and shape the analytics infrastructure required for rapid iteration and decision-making.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in data science, including leading analytics for a growth or product area at significant scale.
• At least 5 years of experience managing data science teams, setting team direction, and developing senior data scientists.
• Experience partnering with senior product, growth, or marketing leaders and influencing roadmaps or high-stakes decisions.
• Strong product sense and business judgment across the growth funnel.
• Deep expertise in experimental design, causal inference, and statistical modeling at scale.
• Fluency in Python and SQL sufficient to remain hands-on and guide technical work.
• Strong written and presentation communication skills, including communication with executive audiences.
• Ability to act decisively and create clarity in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• Alignment with Anthropic's mission of building helpful, honest, and harmless AI.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in a relevant field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience measuring marketing incrementality through holdouts, geo experiments, or marketing mix modeling.
• Experience with targeting, personalization, or uplift models in production.
• Experience at consumption-based, multi-product companies serving consumers and enterprises.
• Experience with AI/ML products or large language models, including using coding agents in analytical workflows.

Compensation

• Annual salary: $460,000 USD.

Work Policy and Logistics

• Locations: San Francisco, California; New York City, New York; or Seattle, Washington.
• Hybrid policy: Staff are currently expected to work from an Anthropic office at least 25% of the time, though some roles may require more office time.
• Anthropic sponsors visas and makes reasonable efforts to support visa applications, with assistance from an immigration lawyer.
• Anthropic offers competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and office collaboration spaces.