Sr. Data Scientist, Business Analytics

Thumbtack is an app that helps people care for and improve their homes through guidance, AI tools, and a marketplace of local service businesses. The Senior Data Scientist will drive business insights across the marketplace, focusing on conversion and monetization, while managing key metrics, forecasting, dashboards, and analyses that inform company strategy and leadership decisions.

Responsibilities

• Define, monitor, and report on the key metrics that measure Thumbtack’s success
• Lead business performance analysis and reporting that surfaces emerging risks and opportunities for leadership
• Conduct deep-dive analyses that answer the questions most critical to Thumbtack’s future strategy
• Support and improve the company revenue forecasting model and the broader forecasting and planning process
• Build and maintain the dashboards and self-serve tools that teams across the company rely on
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Operations, Finance, and the leadership team to translate insight into action
• Strengthen our data culture through peer collaboration, review, training, and coaching

Company

• Home services marketplace connecting homeowners with local service professionals
• San Francisco, California, USA
• https://www.thumbtack.com/
• Founded in 2008
• 1001-5000 employees

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in a highly analytical role, preferably in tech; experience in a marketplace or two-sided platform business is a plus
• Proficiency using SQL and Python or R to analyze large data sets
• Exemplary analytical problem solving: a solid statistics foundation, strong business judgment, comfort navigating ambiguity, and the ability to synthesize insight from analysis
• Experience partnering with executives to understand business needs and drive decisions
• Strong communication skills — an attentive listener and a compelling explainer across technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience with using AI to automate workflows and enable self-serve analytics
• Experience with revenue modeling and forecasting, ideally in a high-growth or public company environment
• Glassdoor
• 3.8
• Home services marketplace connecting homeowners with local service professionals.
• San Francisco, California, USA
• https://www.thumbtack.com
• H1B Sponsorship
• Data Powered by
• Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
• Represents job field similar to this job
• Engineering and Development
• Product Management
• Management and Executive
• Marketing
• Legal and Compliance
• Accounting and Finance
• Customer Service and Support
• Trends of Total Sponsorships
• *2026
• (28)
• 2025
• (35)
• 2024
• (48)
• 2023
• (39)
• 2022
• (53)
• 2021
• (69)
• 2020
• (47)
• Late Stage

Required skills

• SQL, Python, R, Statistics, Business Analytics, Revenue Modeling, Revenue Forecasting, Marketplace Analytics, AI Workflow Automation, Executive Communication

Experience

• 6+ years