Director, Data Science
About the role
The Director, Data Science at Headspace leads the organization across product, marketing, and Care marketplace science. This role involves advancing Headspace’s scientific rigor, enhancing product analytics, telemetry, behavioral measurement, and ROI storytelling. Data Science plays a crucial role in improving the health and happiness of Headspace members.
Responsibilities
Own the strategy, execution, and impact of Data Science across product, marketing, and forecasting.
Set direction for how the team supports product development, experimentation, lifecycle, growth, and business decision-making.
Ensure focus on the highest-value problems across Product, Marketing, Care, and B2B, tied to member and business outcomes.
Establish high standards across experimentation, causal inference, modeling, forecasting, segmentation, and statistical rigor.
Raise quality in hypotheses, metrics, experiment design, model evaluation, and decision recommendations.
Build durable review mechanisms and operating standards to ensure work is sound, interpretable, and decision-ready.
Lead product analytics to shape how user behavior is understood across acquisition, engagement, retention, and care journeys.
Strengthen data foundations including instrumentation, telemetry quality, validation, and experimentation readiness.
Partner cross-functionally to define measurement strategies that demonstrate care impact, outcomes, and ROI.
Build and lead a high-performing team by developing leaders, raising the talent bar, and leveraging AI to improve productivity and insight generation.
Requirements
12+ years of experience in data science, product science, marketing science, quantitative analytics, experimentation, economics, statistics, machine learning, or related fields.
Proven ability managing senior ICs and people managers, including managers and principal-level scientists.
Deep expertise in experimentation, causal inference, and predictive modeling.
Experience partnering closely with Product and Engineering on instrumentation, measurement strategy, and decision-making.
Strong track record influencing roadmap and investment decisions with clear, evidence-based recommendations.
Demonstrated ability to connect behavioral measurement and scientific work to business outcomes and product strategy.
Excellent communication and executive-facing partnership skills.
Preferred Skills
Experience owning both product and marketing science, or closely related domains.
Experience with Statsig or similar experimentation platforms.
Experience with healthcare, digital health, care delivery, or other environments where ROI and outcomes measurement matter.
Experience using AI hands-on in experimentation, analytics, modeling, or team productivity workflows.
Experience in subscription, lifecycle, or B2B/partner-oriented businesses.
Location
We are currently hiring this role remotely. Candidates must permanently reside in the US full-time. For candidates with a primary residence in the greater SF area, this role will follow our hybrid model. You’ll work 3 days per week from our office, allowing for impactful in-office collaboration and connection, while enjoying the flexibility of remote work for the rest of the week.
Pay & Benefits
The anticipated new hire base salary range for this full-time position is $180,000-$287,500 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are based on the job, level, and location, and reflect the lowest to highest geographic markets where we are hiring for this role within the United States. Within this range, individual compensation is determined by a candidate’s location as well as a range of factors including but not limited to: unique relevant experience, job-related skills, and education or training.
About Headspace
Headspace exists to provide every person access to lifelong mental health support. We combine evidence-based content, clinical care, and innovative technology to help millions of members around the world get support that’s effective, personalized, and truly accessible whenever and wherever they need it.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
A mission that matters—with impact you can see and feel.
A culture that’s collaborative, inclusive, and grounded in our values.
The chance to shape what mental health care looks like next.
Competitive pay and benefits that support your whole self.
Additional Information
Headspace participates in the E-Verify Program.
Privacy Statement: All member records are protected according to our Privacy Policy. Further, while employees of Headspace (formerly Ginger) cannot access Headspace products/services, they will be offered benefits according to the company's benefit plan.