Data Scientist

Zocdoc is hiring a Data Scientist to use statistical analysis and data-driven insights to address business and product questions. The role includes end-to-end analyses, experiment and causal analysis, metric investigations, and communicating findings and recommendations to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, manipulate, or process large sets of data using statistical software
• Clean and manipulate raw data using statistical software
• Identify business problems or management objectives that can be addressed through data analysis
• Recommend data-driven solutions to key stakeholders
• Create graphs, charts, or other visualizations to convey the results of data analysis using specialized software
• Execute end-to-end analyses to answer key product and business questions
• Apply SQL and analytical programming tools to extract, transform, and analyze data from various data sources with accuracy and reproducibility
• Design and analyze experiments using valid frameworks, correctly interpreting results and surfacing limitations, assumptions, and sources of uncertainty
• Perform structured investigations into metric changes and evaluate plausible drivers
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Data Engineering to validate metric definitions, experiment setup, and measurement readiness
• Clearly document analytical context, methodology, assumptions, and conclusions to ensure work can be understood and reused by others
• Communicate findings to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner, focusing on how results answer the underlying business question
• Identify potential data quality or measurement issues and escalate them appropriately
• Design causal analyses for complex initiatives, ensuring methodological soundness and appropriate interpretation of results

Benefits

• Remote work may be permitted on occasion within a commutable distance from the worksite.
• Certain positions are also eligible for variable pay and/or equity.

Company

• Healthcare appointment marketplace connecting patients and providers
• New York, New York, USA
• http://www.zocdoc.com/
• Founded in 2007
• 1001-5000 employees

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Business Analytics, Engineering (any), Math or related; and 2 years of experience in the job offered or a related quantitative occupation
• 2 years of experience in each of the following: Reviewing business intelligence, dashboarding, reporting, and data analytics using Tableau, Looker, BigQuery, and AWS (S3) to monitor key metrics, analyze trends, and deliver insights that support process execution, financial analysis, and product development
• 2 years of experience in each of the following: Analyzing statistical modeling, causal analytics, and experimental design using R (including R Shiny) and SQL to implement clear, actionable insights that inform product strategy, optimize financial outcomes, and guide data-driven business decisions
• 2 years of experience in each of the following: Manipulating large data sets using Python and Snowflake to perform data extraction, cleaning, transformation, and workflow automation for reporting and analysis
• 2 years of experience in each of the following: Using Tableau, Looker, and visualization tools including Figma, FigJam, and Miro to translate complex analyses into dashboards, reports, and visual insights that communicate results, identify opportunities, and provide recommendations to stakeholders across product, finance, and business teams
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Business Analytics, Engineering (any), Math or related; and 2 years of experience in the job offered or a related quantitative occupation.

Required skills

• AWS S3, BigQuery, Causal Analytics, Experimental Design, FigJam, Figma, Looker, Miro, Python, R, R Shiny, SQL, Snowflake, Statistical Modeling, Tableau

Experience

• 2+ years