Staff Decision Scientist (Strategic Insights)

About the role

As a Staff Decision Scientist, you will be strategic partners embedded with product, engineering, marketing, and finance teams. You will own the analytical narrative for your Operating Group (OG) and deliver insights that directly change roadmaps and resource allocation. You will also help shape the AI-native analytics stack.

Responsibilities

• Own the analytical narrative for your Operating Group (OG). Be the strategic thought partner across cross-functional teams (PMs, engineers, marketing, finance).
• Tell stories that move teams to act. Present to leadership and working teams with clear narratives and a point of view.
• Establish causality with the right tools for the situation, including A/B testing, analytics, and causal inference.
• Define metrics strategies that measure what matters. Work backward from how users experience the product to develop and implement the measurement frameworks for your OG.
• Build explanations on top of measurement, always grounding analysis in the reality that users are people with motivations and context the data alone won't tell you.
• Shape the AI-native analytics stack. Lead evaluation and adoption of new tools, agent workflows, and practices that enable self-serve across the OG and move the team from reactive to proactive to autonomous.
• Mentor senior ICs on causal thinking, experimental rigor, and AI-leveraged workflows. Raise the ceiling of the craft.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in an analytics, data science, or decision science role at a consumer tech company.
• Advanced degree in a quantitative field (economics, statistics, quantitative social science, operations research) or equivalent practical experience.
• Demonstrated experience with causal inference methods in applied settings (e.g., difference-in-differences, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, synthetic controls, propensity score matching).
• Track record of influencing product or business strategy through data, with specific examples of cross-functional impact.
• Experience with experimentation platforms (Statsig, Optimizely, or similar).
• Proficiency in SQL and Python/R for statistical analysis.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits.
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (100% paid for US employees). We offer supplemental plans for medical and dental for Canadian employees.
• 401(k) plan with company matching program in the US and RRSP with DPSP plan for Canadian employees.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental wellness.
• Flexible PTO and 12 company wide days off throughout the year.
• Winter and Summer Weeklong Synchronized Company Shutdowns
• Learning & Development programs.
• Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment.
• Free Life360 Platinum Membership for your preferred circle.
• Free Tile Products

Life360 Values

• Be a Good Person - We have a team of high integrity people you can trust.
• Be Direct With Respect - We communicate directly, even when it’s hard.
• Members Before Metrics - We focus on building an exceptional experience for families.
• High Intensity, High Impact - We do whatever it takes to get the job done.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Life360. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any legally protected status.