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# Principal Data Scientist, Analytics

- **Company:** LiveRamp
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $193,500.0 - $227,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Adobe Analytics, A/B Testing, Artificial Intelligence, Business Analytics Applications, Data Analysis, BigQuery, Software as a Service, Information Engineering, Python (Programming Language), DataOps, SQL Databases, Tableau (Software), Usage Analysis, Cloud Platform System, Large Language Models, Model Validation, Data Layers, Information Technology, Drilldown, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.sanfranciscogigs.com/job.asp?id=3382248566&tx=DT11303UTI&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* MS or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.
 * 10+ years of experience in Data Science and Analytics, with a track record of delivering high-impact product insights and statistical models at scale.
 * Expert-level proficiency in Python and SQL; must be comfortable navigating massive datasets in cloud environments (e.g., BigQuery) and possess hands-on experience building complex DS models and utilizing LLM models.
 * Demonstrated ability to build and scale AI-powered analytics, architect and manage a modern DS stack from the ground up.
 * Deep understanding of Product Analytics metrics and concepts, ideally within a SaaS or Platform environment.
 * Exceptional business acumen with the ability to translate vague product questions into concrete technical concepts and roadmap, and articulate business impact to non-technical executive stakeholders.
 * Advanced experience partnering with data engineers and working with dbt or similar data modeling frameworks.
 * Strong commitment to analytical rigor, reproducibility, and best practices in data science workflows.
 * A history of leveling up mid-to-senior analysts and data scientists and driving analytics excellence across the organization.

## Description

The Principal Data Scientist, Analytics plays a critical role in delivering trusted, scalable analytics solutions to stakeholders across the company, particularly in the Product & Engineering areas. Working closely with architects and data engineers, you'll help shape data models and pipelines and build Analytics / DS frameworks that serve as the foundation for high-impact dashboards and predictive and prescriptive analytics. You'll design user-centric tools that empower teams to explore data, gain insights, and make better decisions, powered by platforms like BigQuery, AI agents, and Tableau., Self Service Analytics & Insights

 * Design, build, and certify reusable, self-service metrics, dashboards, skills and agents, and analytical products based on business needs for stakeholders in Product and Engineering teams to independently answer complex questions and provide actionable insights.
 * Partner with Product and Engineering to align strategic goals and embed analytics and decision logic directly into the product lifecycle.
 * Create semantic layers, metric frameworks, and analytical abstractions that power AI-assisted insights and natural language querying.
 * Develop complex analytical models, provide "so-what" deep dive analyses, and present findings to leadership for high-impact use cases.
 * Own explainability, trust, and governance for AI-driven analytics experiences.

Data Science, Modeling & Experimentation

 * Develop predictive, diagnostic, and causal models to understand and optimize product adoption, engagement, retention, and monetization.
 * Translate ambiguous product questions into formal models and statistically sound analyses.
 * Perform scenario modeling and simulation to inform roadmap and investment decisions.
 * Own experimentation strategy, including A/B testing, quasi-experiments, and causal inference.
 * Partner with data engineering to architect data stack, build model-ready datasets and scalable feature pipelines, and embed data operations for reproducible data science models.
 * Validate models, create framework, review analytical rigor, and raise the quality bar across product analytics and data science work.

Leadership

 * Partner with Product, Engineering, and Design teams to define and prioritize roadmap
 * Mentor and lead cross-functional efforts to evangelize analytical and DS/AI best practices both within and outside the organization.
 * Lead complex cross-functional analytics projects., LiveRamp is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer (AA/EOE/W/M/Vet/Disabled) and does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion or other employment of associates or the awarding of subcontracts because of a person's race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, protected veteran, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics or other protected status. Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for the position in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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