Lead Data Scientist, Product
Join Descript as a Lead Data Scientist to shape growth strategy and enhance experimentation culture in a dynamic AI-driven environment.
Posted by employer 3 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 3 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
AI in the day-to-day
Leveraging AI tools to build and maintain self-service analytics enabling stakeholders to access reliable metrics.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5–8 years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Lead Data Scientist at Descript, the individual will focus on analyzing product performance and shaping growth strategies through data-driven insights. Key skills include strong proficiency in SQL, statistical analysis, and experience with AI tools, alongside a solid background in growth functions. This position is ideal for someone with 5-8 years of experience, particularly in fast-paced startup environments, who possesses a keen business intuition and collaborative mindset. Descript's team is positioned at an exciting stage of growth, where each member can significantly impact the company's trajectory.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 3 months ago — first seen on Joblaze June 24, 2026. Last confirmed on Descript's careers page October 9, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Data Science roles (median ~$172,000).
- Starts above 64% of 14 comparable lead data science roles in United States that list Python we track (median $185,000 across 7 companies). See Python salary trends
Quick facts
- Is the Lead Data Scientist, Product role remote?
- It's hybrid — Descript expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA or Remote, US.
- What's the salary range?
- Descript lists $200,000–$250,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- 5–8 years of relevant experience for this Lead Data Scientist, Product role.
- Where is the role based?
- Descript is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA or Remote, US.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML, Python, R, SQL.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Descript targets lead candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Lead Data Scientist, Product role at Descript.
From the original posting
Our vision is to build the next generation platform to enable easy and fast creation of audio and video content powered by cutting-edge AI. Building a revolutionary way to record, transcribe, edit, and mix spoken audio and video comes with a series of unique challenges and requires solving hard and complex problems.
As a lead product data scientist on the team, you will play a critical role in shaping our growth strategy, up-leveling our experimentation culture, and scaling our business.
What You’ll Do
- Conduct in-depth analysis to shape product PLG motion and B2B strategy.
- Develop deep understanding of the product ecosystem and identify opportunities to drive activation, engagement, and monetization through actionable insights.
- Leveraging AI tools to build and maintain self-service analytics enabling stakeholders to access reliable metrics, size opportunities, design experiments, and interpret results independently.
- Improve execution rigor of product teams by owning success metrics and opportunity sizing.
- Brain buddy with product and engineering teams for day-to-day experiment design, deployment, and analysis. Provide creative solutions for tricky experimentation scenarios.
- Evolve experimentation culture and practices within the company.
What You Bring
- 5–8 years of experience in a Data Scientist or similar role.
- 3+ years working in a growth function.
- Strong business and product intuition to identify opportunities in the growth ecosystem.
- Strong knowledge of statistical analysis and A/B tests.
- Strong SQL skills and proficient in at least one programming language such as Python or R.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Curiosity, savviness to navigate in a dynamic environment, and a growth mindset.
- Having worked at a fast-growing start-up is a plus.
The base salary range for this role is $200,000 - $250,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location, level, and may vary from the amount above.
About Descript
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