Company Description

Dropbox is a special place where we are all seeking to fulfill our mission to design a more enlightened way of working. We\xe2\x80\x99re looking for innovative talent to join us on our journey. The words shared by our founders at the start of Dropbox still ring true today.

Wouldn\xe2\x80\x99t it be great if our working environment\xe2\x80\x94and the tools we use\xe2\x80\x94were designed with people\xe2\x80\x99s actual needs in mind? Imagine if every minute at work were well spent\xe2\x80\x94if we could focus and spend our time on the things that matter. This is possible, and Dropbox is connecting the dots.

The nearly 3,000 Dropboxers around the world have helped make Dropbox a living workspace - the place where people come together and their ideas come to life. Our 700+ million global users have been some of our best salespeople, and they have helped us acquire customers with incredible efficiency. As a result, we reached a billion dollar revenue run rate faster than any software-as-a-service company in history.

Dropbox is making the dream of a fulfilling and seamless work life a reality. We hope you\xe2\x80\x99ll join us on the journey.

Team Description

Our Product team advocates for our users and our business, setting the vision for our growing family of products. We use data, research, strategy, and empathy to guide multidisciplinary teams toward a common goal, balancing diverse perspectives and empowering our teams to do great work. As we scale globally, there\xe2\x80\x99s plenty of space for you to grow alongside us and simplify life for millions of people around the world in team that always focuses on we, not I, and creates delightful products that are worthy of trust.

Role Description

How many times you get an opportunity to be at the ground floor on a very big and important mission? What if you get to be one of the top contributors defining the mission, guiding our teams and influencing the direction of Dropbox? As a Principal Data Scientist for this new division, you will exactly get to do that. You will be able to drive the future direction of this new initiative and answer key questions about revenue/user growth. You will join a team of top-tier data scientists and be an inherent part of the product org to create and scale this new business.

As a ground floor opportunity for this startup team, we need this lead to build a top-tier data-informed culture with a lot of focus on impact and execution!
Responsibilities

You will serve as the data leader in balancing urgency vs. the incredibly high quality bar expected by both our customers and the broader Dropbox organization, through clear and repeatable data informed approach
You will partner closely with leadership across all functions - Product, Engineering, Design, Research, GTM, Customer success and Sales
You will have the seat at the table for every key decision for this new initiative
You will build the reliable, efficient, and scalable data foundations and daily execution standards, tools, and processes for our organization\xe2\x80\x99s long-term growth
You will mentor and coach DS in our team and create an effective working model system between DS and XFNs
You will create a culture of strong technical ownership, resulting in highly reliable products and services at scale
You will leverage data-driven insights to proactively identify most impactful opportunities, and inform future experimentation design and product roadmaps
You will perform analytical deep-dives to analyze user problems and opportunities, identify the hypothesis and design & execute experiments with great rigor and efficient data techniques
Requirements

Masters\xe2\x80\x99 or above in quantitative discipline: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
10+ years experience of leveraging data-driven analysis to influence key business decisions and executives, preferably in a tech company
3+ years serving as a technical leader to work with data scientists, engineers, product managers, user researchers, and designers
Proven track record of being able to work independently and proactively engage with business stakeholders with minimal direction & driver measurable business impact
Ability to influence prioritization and execution of high impact projects effecting customer experience, monetization, and entire organization\xe2\x80\x99s roadmap
Ability to analyze large datasets and use data to inform product or business decision making, with a track record of driving directly measurable product or business impact
Good Executive presence with excellent verbal and written communication skills
Previous experience building data driven programs and teams - proficient with SQL, Python and experiences with large datasets, deep understanding of statistical analysis & experiment design
Previous experiences coaching and mentoring Sr data scientists to scale the team productivity

Dropbox is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work. A big part of that effort is our support for members and allies of internal groups like Asians at Dropbox, BlackDropboxers, Latinx, Pridebox (LGBTQ), Vets at Dropbox, Women at Dropbox, ATX Diversity (based in Austin, Texas) and the Dropbox Empowerment Network (based in Dublin, Ireland).