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About the Role

As PayPal continues its mission to revolutionize commerce, we are seeking a driven Staff Data Scientist to join our Consumer Portfolio Growth team. In this role, you will identify growth opportunities across our consumer product portfolio, apply advanced analytics to complex business challenges, and deliver insights that inform strategy and drive business impact. This is an opportunity for an experienced, business-oriented data scientist who combines strong technical expertise with sound business judgment. You will influence key decisions, help shape analytical approaches across the organization, and contribute to the growth of both our business and our analytics capabilities.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage data science projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with business goals.
Develop and maintain data models, algorithms, and reporting systems to support data analysis and decision-making.
Analyze complex datasets to identify trends, patterns, and insights that drive strategic initiatives.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data needs and provide actionable insights.
Ensure data quality and integrity through regular audits and validation processes.
Mentor and guide junior data scientists, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Help shape the analytical agenda for key areas of PayPal’s consumer business, supporting growth, engagement, retention, and monetization initiatives across the portfolio.
Define analytical priorities, develop scalable measurement frameworks, influence business strategy, and contribute to the development of analytical best practices across the broader organization.
Lead advanced deep-dive analyses that go beyond surface-level reporting to produce clear narratives on the business questions that matter most — diagnosing unexpected trends, challenging assumptions, and sizing new growth opportunities.
Apply sophisticated quantitative methods — including machine learning, causal inference, synthetic controls, difference-in-differences, and propensity score matching — to answer complex business questions with statistical rigor.
Build and evolve customer segmentation frameworks that reveal behaviorally distinct consumer cohorts and translate those insights into targeted growth strategies.
Analyze how consumer behavior evolves across PayPal’s product ecosystem, quantifying the impact of cross-product engagement on retention, monetization, and long-term customer value.
Monitor key consumer funnel metrics — activation, engagement, retention, and monetization — across products, segments, and geographies, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities.
Develop business cases and opportunity-sizing analyses to support strategic investments and growth initiatives.
Lead analytical initiatives from problem definition through recommendation, ensuring insights are actionable and aligned with business priorities.
Partner closely with Product, Commercial, Marketing, Finance, and Strategy teams to inform and influence decision-making.
Help define analytical priorities and measurement approaches for key areas of the consumer portfolio.
Contribute to the development of analytical standards and best practices across the Consumer Analytics organization.
Mentor and support junior team members, providing guidance on analytical approaches, problem-solving, and stakeholder engagement.
Leverage AI-native tools such as Claude and Claude Code to accelerate analysis, automate recurring workflows, and scale insight delivery across the consumer growth domain.

Requirements

5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
8+ years of experience in data science, analytics, economics, statistics, or a related quantitative field, including leading complex analytical initiatives, influencing strategic business decisions, and mentoring others.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with senior stakeholders across product, commercial, and business functions.
Ability to work proactively and independently in a fast-paced environment, managing competing priorities and ambiguous business problems.

Skills

Strong analytical and modelling capabilities
Hands-on expertise in SQL, statistics, and data visualization
Data-driven mindset
Expert fluency in SQL and Python
Experience analyzing large, multi-dimensional datasets
Building scalable analytical solutions
Machine learning
Causal inference
Synthetic controls
Difference-in-differences
Propensity score matching
Strong track record of translating analytical findings into clear recommendations
Experience defining analytical frameworks, measurement methodologies, or experimentation strategies
Experience mentoring junior team members
Contributing to the development of analytical best practices
Proficiency in visualization and reporting tools such as Tableau or Looker
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to tailor messages to both technical and non-technical audiences
Collaboration
Communication
Influencing skills
Embraces AI-native ways of working, using LLMs and agentic tools to improve productivity and scale impact.
Communicates complex ideas clearly and confidently to audiences at all levels of the organization.

Location

Remote
Hybrid

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Staff
8+ years

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline such as Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, Statistics, or Mathematics

Benefits

Comprehensive, choice-based programs to support all aspects of personal wellbeing—physical, emotional, and financial
Generous paid time off
Healthcare coverage for you and your family
Resources to create financial security
Support your mental health

About the Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years.
Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.
We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers.
We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person.
PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks.
We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.
We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds.
We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.
Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other.
We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts.
We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk.
We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.
Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day.
We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness.
Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.
Our Consumer Portfolio Growth team sits at the intersection of data science and commercial strategy.
We focus on understanding how consumers engage across PayPal’s full product suite — spanning PayPal P2P, Checkout, Credit, Debit, and more — and identifying where the greatest untapped growth opportunities lie.
The team drives business outcomes through advanced analytics, customer segmentation, funnel analysis, experimentation, and causal inference.
We are a close-knit group of intellectually curious, technically rigorous data scientists who take pride in delivering clear narratives to senior leadership and measurable impact to the business.
We’re driving our company, industry, and society forward with vision and velocity.
With our commitment to excellence, innovation, and talent, the possibilities are limitless.
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Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued.
We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.
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PayPal is on a mission to revolutionize commerce globally.
We’re driving our company, industry, and society forward with vision and velocity.
With our commitment to excellence, innovation, and talent, the possibilities are limitless.

Equal Opportunity

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.