Data Scientist at Desjardins, a financial services cooperative, developing advanced analytics, machine learning and AI models. Advising stakeholders and supporting data - driven business decisions.
About the role
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Responsibilities
- Work with engineers and designers on product teams to improve acquisition, activation, retention, monetization, and customer experience
- Partner with Marketing, Finance, and Operations to uncover growth opportunities and make better business decisions
- Support and champion experimentation and decision-making frameworks to launch products quickly and iterate with confidence
- Define ICPs and success metrics to align teams around measurable outcomes
- Use statistical analysis, forecasting, causal inference, and machine learning to understand user behavior and business performance
- Identify high-impact opportunities through analysis of user journeys, lifecycle behavior, conversion funnels, and financial performance
- Contribute data-driven perspectives on impact, trade-offs, and ROI to team and company priorities
- Build dashboards, models, and self-service tools to improve visibility into growth and business performance
- Collaborate with the Data team to maintain a consistent, shared data layer
- Foster a culture of experimentation, curiosity, and evidence-based decision-making
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in data science, growth analytics, experimentation, or related roles in high-growth environments
- Strong proficiency in SQL and Python
- Deep understanding of experimentation, causal inference, statistical analysis, forecasting, and ICP design
- Strong product and business intuition, with the ability to connect user behavior to business outcomes
- Experience working cross-functionally with teams such as Marketing, Finance, Operations, or Product
- Comfortable operating independently and leading ambiguous projects from ideation through execution
- Strong communication skills and the ability to influence decisions through data and clear reasoning
- Demonstrated ability to manage and deliver multiple projects with exceptional attention to detail
- Curious, fast-moving, and action-oriented in rapidly changing environments
- Strong understanding of dashboarding and data visualization tools
- Willingness to learn and grow in a fast-paced environment
- Experience in startup or high-growth consumer environments
- Experience with PostHog, Statsig, or Amplitude
- Experience with dbt, Snowflake, and modern data stacks
- Experience with lifecycle marketing, customer segmentation, or growth modeling
- Existing Shakepay customer and/or familiarity with the product
- Interest in and enthusiasm for Bitcoin and non-sovereign money
- English fluency is required
Benefits
- Every employee receives stock options as part of their compensation
- Annual salary reviews
- Access to health and dental coverage, including health and wellness spending accounts
- Work from anywhere in Canada, with optional access to our Montreal and Toronto offices
- An annual $2,000 budget for courses, certifications, and training
- 20 vacation days per year
- A $1,000 bonus if all vacation days are used
- Parental leave top-up of up to 100% of salary for 18 weeks
- Quarterly team or company-wide outings
- Equity, performance-based salary increases, benefits, health and dental coverage, and paid time off
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