Senior Data Scientist

About the Client

Senior Data Scientist, Growth

Location: United States (Fully Remote)
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Company

Thistle is a mission-driven food-tech company rethinking how people eat by making healthy, plant-forward meals easy and accessible. Founded in 2013, Thistle began with cold-pressed juices at farmers markets and has grown into a nationwide subscription platform delivering ready-to-eat meals, snacks, and juices directly to customers’ doors.

The company operates at the intersection of consumer technology and real-world operations, balancing customer experience with the complexity of producing and delivering fresh, perishable food at scale. Thistle is remote-first, values sustainability, and prioritizes long-term business health over short-term growth at all costs.

The Role

Thistle is hiring a Senior Data Scientist, Growth to own and shape its growth marketing strategy through rigorous data science and hands-on execution. This is not a purely analytical role—you will directly manage and optimize paid marketing spend while applying experimentation, modeling, and causal inference to drive efficient, sustainable growth.

This is a high-ownership role for a senior data scientist who wants real accountability, influence, and the opportunity to operate close to the business.

What You’ll Do

• Own growth marketing performance across paid channels, including direct management of ad platforms and budgets

• Apply experimentation, causal inference, and modeling to optimize customer acquisition and long-term value

• Design and analyze A/B tests across channels, creatives, and promotions

• Forecast and allocate marketing spend considering seasonality, geography, and business dynamics

• Partner closely with Marketing, Product, and Leadership to define metrics, goals, and growth strategy

• Clearly communicate insights and recommendations to executive stakeholders

• Help shape a data-driven growth culture and stay ahead of industry best practices

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on data science experience, ideally focused on growth or marketing optimization

• Direct experience managing paid media spend on platforms such as Meta, Google, and TikTok

• Strong statistical foundation (experimentation, causal inference, modeling)

• Proficiency in Python or R and strong SQL skills

• Ability to translate complex analysis into clear, actionable business decisions

• High ownership mindset and comfort operating without large support teams

Nice to Have

• Experience in D2C, subscription, or consumer technology companies

• Familiarity with dbt, modern analytics stacks, and cloud data warehouses

• Experience automating growth or experimentation workflows

• Interest in health, sustainability, or food-tech

Culture & Values

• High ownership and accountability in a lean team

• Strong cross-functional collaboration with technical and non-technical partners

• Bias toward practical impact over academic perfection

• Commitment to work-life balance and sustainable pace

• Mission-driven, inclusive, and values-led environment

Compensation

• Base salary: $152,000–$180,000

• Employment type: Full-time, fully remote (US only)

• Visa sponsorship: Not available