Staff Data Scientist

Staff Data Scientist

CLEAR is building THE secure identity company of the future. Our mission is to make experiences safer and easier—physically and digitally. With more than 38 million Members and a growing network of partners across the world, CLEAR's secure identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel. Whether it's at the airport, stadium, or throughout your everyday life, CLEAR unlocks the magic of frictionless experiences.

As CLEAR scales, we're investing deeply in data, experimentation, and analytics to improve how we make decisions and serve our members. We're looking for a Staff Data Scientist to join our Analytics team. This is a high-impact, high-autonomy individual contributor role for someone who wants to develop a culture of science, knows how to connect business priorities to data, and has a passion for shipping high-quality work that drives business outcomes.

What You'll Do:

• Own the design, execution, and interpretation of experiments and causal analyses that drive decisions on user acquisition, activation, retention, and reengagement. Establish and defend the methodological standards (A/B testing, guardrail metrics, measurement frameworks) that ensure we learn reliably from every test.
• Develop and maintain user growth forecasting systems. Partner with Finance, Marketing, and Product to deliver credible, timely forecasts of key growth metrics and ensure leadership has the quantitative foundation to set targets and allocate resources.
• Drive analytics strategy within Growth, including the metrics layer, self-serve dashboards, and the infrastructure that enables the broader team to operate with data fluency.
• Translate complex analytical findings into clear narratives for senior leadership. Influence strategic decisions through a combination of technical depth and effective communication.
• Collaborate across organizational boundaries with Product Management, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and Finance to embed data science into every phase of product development and marketing strategy.
• Stay current on advances in applied economics, statistical methodology, machine learning, and AI, and bring those advances into the team's practice where they create real value.

What You Bring:

• 10+ years of experience working in data science or adjacent fields, preferably in B2B SaaS or subscription businesses.
• A graduate degree in Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related quantitative field. A PhD is a strong signal, but not a strict requirement.
• Deep expertise in causal inference, experimentation, and machine learning models. You are the person others come to when the measurement problem is hard.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to distill complex quantitative work into crisp, actionable insights for technical and non-technical audiences alike.
• Strong command of SQL, Python or R, and the data engineering ecosystem. You can write a production pipeline in a pinch.
• Excited to contribute to a team culture centered around curiosity, humility, and impact.

Why You'll Love This Role:

• Impact at scale: You'll help build out the product analytics team at a pivotal stage, influencing how CLEAR makes decisions now and in the future.
• Autonomy & ownership: This role gives you real freedom to help shape the future of CLEAR's product offerings.
• Mission-driven work: You'll help us deliver experiences that truly matter — letting people move through life by simply being themselves.

At CLEAR we help YOU move forward - because when you're at your best, we're at our best. You'll work with talented team members who are motivated by our mission of making experiences safer and easier. Our hybrid work environment provides flexibility. In our offices, you'll enjoy benefits like meals and snacks. We invest in your well-being and learning & development with our stipend and reimbursement programs.

We offer holistic total rewards, including comprehensive healthcare plans, family building benefits (fertility and adoption/surrogacy support), flexible time off, free OneMedical memberships for you and your dependents, and a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.

The total compensation range for this role is $275,000-$350,000, depending on levels of skills and experience.

CLEAR provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or protected needs. Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include, but are not limited to, time off, extra breaks, making a change to the application process or work procedures, policy exceptions, providing documents in an alternative format, live captioning or using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

We are committed to a transparent and secure hiring process. All communications related to this role will come directly from a CLEAR employee through valid CLEAR channels (e.g., a valid @clearme.com email address or verified CLEAR LinkedIn profile). We encourage candidates to remain alert to job scams and to report any suspicious activity.