# Senior People Data Scientist

**Company:** [Instacart](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/instacart)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Data Science
**Salary:** $161k – $205k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** SQL, Snowflake, Tableau, Looker, Workday, Greenhouse, Qualtrics, Onemodel, Python, R, Regression Analysis, NLP, Data Governance, ETL, Data Warehousing
**Posted:** 2026-05-26

> Senior People Data Scientist serving as an enterprise-wide analytics thought partner, owning complex analytical workstreams, designing self-serve data products, and helping HR and business leaders make data-driven workforce decisions using Snowflake, SQL, and advanced statistical methods.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Evolve the enterprise people analytics agenda across key domains including organizational health, performance, and hiring
- Lead high-stakes, enterprise-wide projects such as retention driver analysis, people survey implementation, organizational health metrics, engagement survey insights, and AI integration in analysis workflows
- Design and mature self-serve people data products including dashboards, standardized views, and metric layers that scale across HR and the business
- Own data warehousing and data architecture decisions spanning data ingestion, ETL/ELT processes, BI tools, and LLMs
- Bring analytical rigor to enterprise People programs by defining success metrics, segmenting impact, and recommending changes based on evidence
- Apply advanced methods including predictive attrition models, cohort/survival analysis, and causal frameworks to evaluate program effectiveness
- Partner with HRBPs, People leaders, and analysts on data literacy, metric interpretation, and responsible use of HR data
- Champion data governance, privacy, and role-based access across Workday, Snowflake, BI tools, and Qualtrics

## Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in analytics, data science, or business intelligence, with at least 2–3+ years in People Analytics / HR data
- Experience designing and maintaining executive-facing dashboards and data products in BI tools (e.g., OneModel, Tableau, Looker)
- Advanced proficiency in SQL and experience with Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouses
- Ability to translate complex analytical findings into clear stories and actionable insights for HR/business leaders
- Expertise in multivariate analysis including regression models, comparison testing, and NLP applied to large-scale text data
- Strong foundation in research methodology and psychometrics for designing, validating, and interpreting survey instruments
- Experience handling sensitive HR data with strong judgment around privacy and security
- Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Data Science, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience moving a People Analytics function from ad-hoc reporting to scalable, self-serve analytics
- Depth with Workday, Greenhouse, OneModel, or Qualtrics
- Experience designing and analyzing employee survey programs including segmentation and action-planning support
- Background in fast-paced, high-growth, or public-company environments
- Master's degree in a quantitative field

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