[Remote] Lead Decision Scientist (International)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Life360 is a company dedicated to keeping people connected to their loved ones through innovative technology. They are seeking a Lead Decision Scientist who will partner strategically with cross-functional teams to shape product and marketing strategies based on data insights. This role focuses on delivering actionable insights that influence decision-making rather than just producing reports.
Responsibilities
- Be the strategic thought partner for cross-functional teams (PMs, engineers, marketing, finance).You understand the roadmaps and users, and you notice the gap between what the data shows and what the team assumes
- Tell stories that move teams to act. You'll present to leadership and working teams with clear narratives and a point of view. A great insight that nobody acts on is a failed insight
- Establish causality with the right tools for the situation, including A/B testing, analytics, and causal inference. You work with engineering to implement event instrumentation and with Product to translate insights into action
- Work backward from an understanding of how users experience our product to develop and implement metrics strategies that measure what matters to our users and our business. This enables a deep understanding of our users and their motivation, in a complex ecosystem with multi-user engagement and many ways to interact with our product
- Build explanations on top of measurement, always grounding analysis in the reality that users are people with motivations and context the data alone won't tell you
- Use AI to multiply your impact. You'll use coding agents and automated analysis daily, and help shape what our AI-native analytics stack looks like, contributing to how we move from reactive to proactive to autonomous
Skills
- 6+ years in an analytics, data science, or decision science role at a consumer tech company
- Advanced degree in a quantitative field (economics, statistics, quantitative social science, operations research) or equivalent practical experience
- Demonstrated experience with causal inference methods in applied settings (e.g., difference-in-differences, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, synthetic controls, propensity score matching)
- Track record of influencing product or business strategy through data, with specific examples of cross-functional impact
- Experience with experimentation platforms (Statsig, Optimizely, or similar)
- Proficiency in SQL and Python/R for statistical analysis
- Problem-solving mindset: You structure ambiguous problems precisely before reaching for a tool, AI or otherwise
- Ownership mentality: You take responsibility for your work from framing the question through delivering the recommendation and tracking its impact
- AI-native working style: You use AI tooling (Claude Code or equivalent) as a genuine development partner: delegating discrete tasks, reviewing outputs critically, and running parallel workstreams
- Curiosity and initiative: You don't wait for the roadmap to tell you what to analyze. You dig into data because you're genuinely curious about how things work
- Experience with subscription or freemium business models
- Familiarity with international / multi-market analytics
- Experience building dbt models or contributing to analytics engineering workflows
- Background in growth, retention, or lifecycle analytics
- Experience with LTV modeling, incrementality testing, or marketing mix modeling
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (100% paid for US employees). We offer supplemental plans for medical and dental for Canadian employees.
- 401(k) plan with company matching program in the US and RRSP with DPSP plan for Canadian employees.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental wellness.
- Flexible PTO and 12 company wide days off throughout the year.
- Winter and Summer Weeklong Synchronized Company Shutdowns
- Learning & Development programs.
- Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment.
- Free Life360 Platinum Membership for your preferred circle.
- Free Tile Products
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