Lead Data Scientist - Experience Value (Growth)

Company Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane Perth Adelaide and Auckland. But you have choice in where and how you work we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

Job Description

What you’d be doing in this role

As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start but this will likely evolve. This role will see you:

• Coaching a team of embedded data scientists to deliver insights experimentation and strategic clarity across the logged-in experience

• Owning key metrics for onboarding personalisation and lifecycle journeys — and using them to guide decisions

• Leading end-to-end experimentation from designing hypotheses to rollout recommendations

• Partnering closely with Product Engineering and Design to drive engagement retention and activation outcomes

• Uplifting experimentation and BI foundations across Snowflake Looker and Canva’s internal tools

• Translating data into actionable recommendations — and setting the standard for high-impact analysis and storytelling

• Enabling data-driven personalised user experiences at scale — across onboarding resurrection triggers and next-best actions

You're probably a match if

• You’ve led and coached data scientists within a fast-paced product environment

• You bring strong expertise in experimentation retention analytics and lifecycle metrics

• You’re fluent in SQL and comfortable with data wrangling in Python or R

• You’ve worked with SaaS product datasets and know how to balance rigour and speed

• You’re known for crafting clear evidence-based recommendations that drive decisions

• You love turning complexity into clarity — especially when guiding non-technical stakeholders

• You enjoy growing people and lifting the bar for storytelling experimentation and impact

About the team

The Experience Value team sits within the Logged-in Experience group and focuses on helping every user find value faster. We power onboarding resurrection personalisation and B2B data experiences that help people start designing and keep coming back. Whether it’s through reducing friction recommending the right next action or helping sales teams target high-quality leads — we put data at the centre of decision-making to make every Canva journey more valuable and personal.

What's in it for you?

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Here's a taste of what's on offer:

• Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too

• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers

• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing social connection office setup & more

• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good take time to recharge and supports you personally

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience skills and passion as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.