Tech Lead Manager, Core Apps Data Scientist

About Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. About the role As part of our growing Data Science and Analytics team, you will play an instrumental role in our company’s mission of building safe and beneficial artificial intelligence by driving data-informed decision making across our organization. You bring experience from high-bar teams and are eager to help shape the norms and best practices of a growing data science team as Anthropic continues to scale. In this unique company, technology, and moment in history, your work will be critical to informing our strategy as we deploy safe, frontier AI at scale to the world. You’ll be the senior data science leader embedded in our Core Apps product team and a strategic thought partner to its product leads. You’ll help set product direction for Claude Code and other new bets across Core Apps: bringing a point of view on where to invest, how to grow our Apps business, and how to deliver more value for our users. As a tech lead manager, you’ll also manage a small team of Product Data Scientists, setting their agenda and raising the bar for how data shapes product decisions. Responsibilities: • Act as a strategic thought partner to Core Apps product leads, helping shape product strategy, roadmap priorities, and the major bets the team makes • Set the data science agenda for Core Apps, deciding where the Product Data Science team can have the most impact and what it should deprioritize • Manage and develop a small team of Product Data Scientists, coaching them to move from answering questions to shaping decisions • Frame the most important and ambiguous questions facing the business, size the opportunities, and make clear recommendations, including when they challenge the current direction • Define how Core Apps measures success, establishing the core metrics and measurement frameworks that align teams and leadership on what matters • Set the standard for experimentation and causal inference across Core Apps, and personally lead the highest-stakes analyses • Turn complex analyses into clear narratives and recommendations that drive decisions with senior leadership and cross-functional partners • Establish foundational data practices and shape the analytics infrastructure Core Apps needs to support rapid iteration and decision-making as our products grow You may be a good fit if you have: • Have extensive experience in data science, including leading analytics for a product area at significant scale Have 3+ years managing data science teams, including setting team direction and developing senior data scientists Have been a trusted partner to senior product and business leaders, with clear examples of changing a roadmap or high-stakes decision Bring strong product sense and business judgment, including the ability to frame the right question and take a position with incomplete information Have deep expertise in experimental design, causal inference, and statistical modeling at high scale, with enough fluency in Python and SQL to stay hands-on and guide others’ technical work Communicate clearly in writing and in presentations, including to executive audiences Have a bias for action and thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where you must create clarity and drive progress Care about the company’s mission of building helpful, honest, and harmless AI • Strong candidates may also have: Experience with AI/ML products, large language models, or developer tools in the AI/ML ecosystem The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. Annual Salary: $460,000—$460,000 USD Logistics Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices. Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this. We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team. Your safety matters to us. To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic.com email addresses. 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