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Senior Data Scientist

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A Senior Data Scientist at Tracksuit will lead product development and partnerships, focusing on brand data insights and strategic collaborations with agencies.
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We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace - a place where we can each be ourselves and do the best work of our lives. At Tracksuit we consider a unique perspective, diverse experience and a growth mindset to be of greater value than ticking every box on an JD. If you think you have what it takes but don’t have the exact experience we’ve set out, please still get in touch and apply. We’d love to chat!


At Tracksuit, we provide beautiful, radically affordable, always-on brand tracking which is easy to use compared to traditional methods. We recognise that sounds like a ton of buzzwords for marketers, so what it really means is that we did over 50,000 surveys last month to find out what real humans think and feel about the world’s best brands and their competitors. Check us out here: www.gotracksuit.com 🙌


We’re looking for a high-impact Senior Data Scientist to lead the charge in scaling Tracksuit’s partnerships and agency product initiatives. This is an opportunity to shape the future of our data-driven solutions for agencies and strategic partners while establishing Tracksuit as a thought leader in the brand-building ecosystem.


In this role, you’ll combine deep technical expertise, product vision, and commercial acumen to build products and develop thought leadership that empower our partners and elevate Tracksuit’s influence in the brand landscape.


This role sits at the intersection of data science, product development, and partnerships. You’ll joining a new high-impact, cross-functional team to build out a new product in a well-validated problem space from 0 to 1.


Here’s why this role is unique:

- Direct impact: Your work will be instrumental in shaping Tracksuit’s partnerships strategy, driving growth, and influencing product innovation.

- High autonomy: You won’t have a dictated roadmap but will define the problems to solve and the most efficient path forward.

- Industry-wide influence: Work alongside some of the most innovative agencies and platforms in the world to solve their most burning problems.

- Backed by expertise: Tracksuit is supported by renowned product experts like Lenny Rachitsky, founder of Lenny’s Podcast and Lenny’s Newsletter. In Lenny’s words: “Across the thousands of startup decks I've looked at, I've almost never seen a growth trajectory like the growth Tracksuit has seen.” You’ll be in the control room, injecting rocket fuel to take us to even greater heights!

Some key responsibilities: You’ll take ownership of developing and enhancing our agency and partnerships product offering, with key responsibilities including:

  • Product Development: Define and curate Tracksuit’s brand dataset: Work with our Research team to deepen our brand data moat. Build insights platforms for agencies and partners, making data accessible, relevant, and actionable. Co-lead the end-to-end product development cycle, from conceptualization to implementation, incorporating statistical analyses, Generative AI, and advanced modeling.
  • Thought Leadership: Identify the most pressing questions in the brand-building landscape and establish Tracksuit’s reputation by answering them, as well as leverage existing data or explore new partnerships and methodologies to create compelling, actionable insights for the brand-building community.
  • Strategic Partnerships: Collaborate with partners like Google, TikTok, and Meta to design and execute experiments that drive measurable value for partners and Tracksuit while balancing rigour, relevance, and cost-effectiveness.
  • You’ll also be part of our rapidly growing Data team. We currently have four Data Engineers and two Data Scientists leading the company-critical work of building and leveraging Tracksuit’s data assets. 

So...what are we looking for? We're seeking a strategic, full-stack Data Scientist that:

  • Has 4+ years experience as a Data Scientist, ideally with product development experience in marketing agencies or advertising platforms.
  • Mastery of SQL and a scripting language like Python or R and experience conducting sophisticated statistical analyses and crafting compelling narratives and visualisations from data. Experience with causal inference and implementing MMMs is a plus.
  • Strong experience productising analyses-as-a-product, with an end-to-end understanding of querying, analysis, and prototyping. Past experience collaborating with product, design, and engineering is essential.
  • Expertise in survey data, with a clear understanding of its capabilities and limitations & familiarity with Generative AI and its application in product development.
  • Strong product & commercial acumen: You will have a demonstrated ability to contribute to product vision & deliver impactful solutions, as well as an entrepreneurial mindset and be driven by impact and is comfortable navigating ambiguity. You'll also have a pragmatic approach to balancing business relevance, technical rigour and cost-effectiveness.
  • Influence & collaboration: Exceptional communication skills that include the ability to simplify complex concepts for diverse audiences and make data-driven recommendations, as well as the proven ability to manage and lead discussion with senior stakeholders, including external partners.

Why join us at Tracksuit?

As one of Australasia's fastest growing startups, we've hand-picked a world-class team of kind, ambitious, generous, and smart humans.


We’re a tight-knit, supportive, and ambitious team, driven to empower companies to use brand to drive success. Our culture thrives on complete transparency, trust, learning, and constant development and improvement.


Underpinning the experience are our great benefits, including:

⦿ Compensation: Competitive market rate remuneration, which is reviewed twice annually. Our radically transparent compensation policy ensures that salaries are fair across the entire team.

⦿ Bonus Scheme: An annual company-wide performance bonus to celebrate hitting our targets together.

⦿ Employee Share Option Program (ESOP): So that everyone on the team has a share in Tracksuit’s success.

⦿ Progressive health and wellness benefits: Including an annual wellness bonus, access to a premium EAP platform, and 6 weeks of paid annual leave.

⦿ Generous parental benefits: 12 weeks’ paid parental leave for either caregiver, additional sick leave for IVF, gradual return to work.

⦿ A $1000 personal L&D budget for each Trackstar, plus additional growth opportunities including mentorships, speaking engagements, and travel.

⦿ Flexible working: We have beautiful offices in Auckland, Sydney, London, and New York. We are an office first work environment, however we understand that life can get messy. We provide flexibility in our approach to working options and will work with you to find the right balance and approach to WFH/in-office work.

But don’t take our word for it! You’ll be joining the:

Mumbrella Marketing Company of the Year 2022

- HRD Employer of Choice <200 Staff 2024

- NZ Hi Tech Awards, Emerging Company of the Year 2024

- AFR Best Place to Work Media and Marketing (4th place) 2024


Most importantly, when you join, you’ll receive an epic Tracksuit which reflects our vibe. We are built for speed and comfort, we're fun and informal, and we're practical and ready for anything.

Top Skills

Generative Ai
Python
R
SQL

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