Join Watershed as a Customer Data Specialist to work with complex data and help major companies drive their sustainability efforts.
Posted by employer 18 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 5 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 5 hours ago
What you'll build
- Clean and transform customer business data
- Partner with customers to understand their raw data
- Communicate data issues clearly to customers
- Document decisions for data manipulations
- Synthesize customer experiences for product development
Must have
- up to 2 years of experience working with large data files in Excel
Nice to have
- Python or SQL experience
Practical constraints
- Minimum commitment of 4 months
- In-person work required 4 days per week
Requirements
- Experience
- 0–2 years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Customer Data Specialist focuses on cleaning and transforming complex customer data to fit Watershed's templates, facilitating better insights into sustainability impacts for clients. Proficiency in Excel is essential, and familiarity with Python or SQL is advantageous for handling large datasets. This position is ideal for early-career candidates with a detail-oriented mindset and strong communication skills, particularly those who thrive in collaborative environments. Watershed's growth-stage setting offers a chance to contribute to meaningful sustainability initiatives.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 7, 2026. Last confirmed on Watershed's careers page October 7, 2026.
Quick facts
- Is the Customer data specialist, US (fixed-term) role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in New York City, United States.
- How much experience is required?
- 0–2 years of relevant experience for this Customer data specialist, US (fixed-term) role.
- Where is the role based?
- Watershed is hiring for this position in New York City, United States.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Watershed targets junior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Contract for this Customer data specialist, US (fixed-term) role at Watershed.
From the original posting
The role
We are looking for analytically minded and detail-oriented individuals to join the Customer Data Services team in our New York or San Francisco office on a fixed-term basis starting at the beginning of January 2027. This role is open to early-career candidates with up to 2 years of experience who love working with complex data and want to see how it drives real decisions at the world's largest companies.
Watershed is a growth-stage start-up that works with 800+ customers globally, including 100+ of the Fortune 500 and 5 of the top 6 US banks, to accelerate their sustainability programs. You'll work hands-on with customer business data, transforming it to fit Watershed templates and enabling our customers to gain clear, reliable insights into their sustainability impact.
You will
Clean and transform customer business data into Watershed templates to reduce customer friction and drive time-to-value.
Partner with customers to understand their raw data and recommend best practices for preparing it.
Communicate data issues clearly to customers, covering impact, options and trade-offs.
Leverage judgment to assess, advise, and execute on data cleaning best practices.
Rigorously document decisions to ensure traceability of data manipulations during third-party verifications.
Synthesize customer experiences and feedback to drive continuous improvement of our work and inform product development.
You might be a fit if you
Have up to 2 years of experience working with large data files in Excel, whether through internships, co-ops or academic projects. Python or SQL is a plus.
Thrive on complex, messy data and enjoy the work of making it clean, structured, and trustworthy.
Are detail obsessed. You double check your work and do not consider something done until you know it is right.
Have good intuition for how numbers in a spreadsheet map to the real world. You translate abstract problems into concrete data frameworks.
Have high customer empathy and want to help them achieve their outcomes.
Are a strong written and verbal communicator. You can concisely communicate externally to non-technical audiences.
Are a low ego team player with a strong sense of ownership. You are driven by team goals and bias for action in order to achieve them.
Fixed-term details
Minimum commitment of 4 months, with a possible extension of up to 3 additional months.
Fixed-term employees receive compensation and benefits similar to full-time Watershed employees, including daily lunch delivered in the Watershed office.
This position requires being in person in our San Francisco or New York office 4 days per week.
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