Senior Data Scientist

Job 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 Australia but Austria is home to part of our European operations. And 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.

Fun fact a big part of our Austrian operations is developing the AI product within Canva to help reimagine how artificial intelligence can be used in design. Pretty cool ha!

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.

At the moment this role is focused on:

• Tell the Story Behind the Numbers Craft clear actionable narratives using data. Turn complex insights into simple stories that inspire action—whether with product teams regional leadership or the whole company.

• Identify Problems Before They’re Obvious Proactively surface growth bottlenecks user behavior shifts or product mismatches in the region—so we’re always one step ahead.

• Build the Data Foundation for GPTN Design and build dashboards from scratch that bring visibility to our most important GPTN metrics—across user growth retention monetization campaign performance and more.

• Own GPTN Data Strategy End-to-End Define how we track success across the region by setting clear and relevant targets. Build frameworks and KPIs that help us measure impact and make better decisions—tailored to local market nuance.

• Partner with Local Regional and Central Teams Act as the bridge between our GPTN teams (marketing country managers community) and global product and data functions. Ensure local insights are reflected in global priorities and ensure a two-way flow of local and global insights.

• Support Product & Experimentation Initiatives Work closely with product teams to help design and measure new feature performance local experiments and A/B tests in the markets.

You're probably a match if

• You have several years of experience in data analytics growth or product analytics roles

• You have strong SQL and Python data wrangling skills; able to work independently with large messy datasets

• You do have experience partnering with cross-functional teams (marketing product growth ops) and using data to influence decisions

• You bring strong communication and storytelling skills—you make data land not just show up

• You are a strategic thinker who can zoom out and prioritize what really moves the needle

• You have proven experience building dashboards and tracking frameworks from the ground up

• You have the ability to define and track key metrics across the user journey (e.g. signups MAU retention monetization)

• You bring a bias to action—you’re comfortable in ambiguity and take ownership without waiting for a brief

• You had prior exposure to experimentation and A/B testing frameworks

• You have a familiarity with Canva’s data stack (Looker Snowflake Mode Netspring)

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience working in or analyzing European markets

• Understanding of mobile analytics and behavioral funnels

• Experience supporting product teams or market localization initiatives

• Passion for Canva’s mission and a natural curiosity for how people use technology across cultures

About the team

At Canva we’ve just unlocked a huge opportunity in GPTN (Germany Poland Turkey Netherlands): for the first time we’re building a dedicated regional team to understand grow and serve the unique needs of our users across the four countries.

As the Regional Data Lead for GPTN you’ll be the first dedicated analytics voice for this region—shaping how we understand our users measure what matters and build a data-informed growth strategy that connects our local markets with our global product teams.

If you’re excited about building from scratch partnering closely with teams across marketing product and community and helping one of the world’s fastest-growing platforms localize with care—this is your chance.

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.

At Canva we value fairness and we strive to provide competitive market-informed compensation whilst ensuring internal equity within the team in each region. We make hiring decisions based on your skills experience and our overall assessment of what we observed and learned in the hiring process. The starting salary for this position is EUR 80000 gross/year. When calculating offers we make salary decisions based on market data and candidates' skills and experience.

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.