Senior Data Scientist

Join Headway as a Senior Data Scientist, where you will play a crucial role in turning real-world signals into actionable insights. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, design experiments, analyze data, and develop predictive models to improve provider and patient experiences in mental healthcare.

About Headway

• Demonstrated depth in experimentation and causal inference under real-world constraints. Bayesian experimentation experience strongly preferred
• Motivation for our mission: improving access and affordability in mental healthcare

Responsibilities

• Be the analytics partner inside the pod, working closely with cross-functional teams to define questions, metrics, and decision rules.
• Run rigorous experiments, design and analyze A/B tests and quasi-experiments, and connect behavior to strategy using various analytical techniques.
• Build models when they should exist, developing predictive models that operationalize vetted insights, with clear launch criteria and monitoring plans.
• Clear communication: you can explain complex work to non-technical audiences without losing the truth
• Practical modeling skill: feature engineering, model comparison, cross-validation or backtesting, calibration, and post-launch monitoring

Requirements

• 6+ years using data to drive product or business decisions in product, growth, engineering, or operations environments
• Strong SQL and strong proficiency in Python or R for analysis and modeling
• Strong product sense and opinions, including a track record of connecting analytics recommendations to measurable outcomes
• A self-starter mindset: you prioritize well, follow through, and do not need heavy oversight

Pay

USD 180,000 - 225,000