• Develop and formalize a strategic understanding of the key value drivers of your domain, including user behavior, marketplace dynamics, pricing, and long-term unit economics - and translate these into actionable decision frameworks used by leadership.
• Define the long-term measurement and experimentation strategy for your domain, identifying structural growth levers and step-change opportunities beyond incremental optimization.
• Design the experimentation programme in your domain and execute, and evaluate large-scale experiments to test new ideas and measure their effectiveness in driving business outcomes.
• Lead deep analytical investigations into customer behavior and retention dynamics, reframing ambiguous business questions into structured analyses that drive step-change improvements in long-term value.
• Own impact modeling and scenario analysis for major product initiatives, enabling quarterly and annual planning decisions through robust forecasting, trade-off analysis, and risk assessment.
• Own the definition and governance of key metrics within your domain, ensuring clarity, consistency, and alignment with company-level objectives.
• Act as a senior thought partner to product, engineering, and data leaders, driving alignment across teams and elevating analytical standards across the organization.
• Lead cross-domain analytical initiatives (e.g., company-wide LTV modeling, pricing strategy, marketplace health framework).

What you need to succeed:

• Demonstrated track record of materially influencing product or business strategy in complex environments, with clear examples of company-level impact.
• Expertise in experimentation and causal inference, including operating under imperfect conditions, resolving ambiguity, and guiding high-stakes decisions where clean experiments are not always feasible.
• Strong understanding of subscription and marketplace economics, including LTV modeling, cohort dynamics, retention mechanics, pricing trade-offs, and long-term value optimization.
• Strong technical proficiency (e.g., SQL, Python) with the ability to review and elevate the analytical work of others, set coding standards, and design scalable analytical workflows.
• Experience mentoring and technically guiding senior data scientists, contributing to the overall growth and maturity of the data organization.
• Curiosity, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, as well as the ability to proactively identify and address challenges.
• Ability to influence Directors and VP-level stakeholders, navigate conflicting incentives, and drive clarity in high-stakes strategic discussions.
• Interest in the bigger picture, feeling excited to impact the product roadmap and strategy.

Nice to have:

• Background in 2-sided marketplaces or digital businesses (B2C, B2B2C).
• Experience with product analytics tools (e.g. Amplitude, Mixpanel, Heap).
• Experience applying advanced analytical methods (e.g., forecasting, causal modeling, pricing optimization) to drive structural business improvements.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker, Power BI).
• Master's degree or PhD in a quantitative field.
• Demonstrated experience developing Senior Data Scientists and contributing to raising the analytical bar across teams.

Why you’ll love it at Preply

• An open, collaborative, dynamic and diverse culture;
• A generous monthly allowance for lessons on Preply.com, Learning & Development budget and time off for your self-development;
• A competitive financial package with equity, leave allowance and health insurance;
• Access to free mental health support platforms;
• The opportunity to unlock the potential of learners and tutors through language learning and teaching in 175 countries (and counting!)

Our Principles

• Care to change the world - We are passionate about our work and care deeply about its impact to be life changing.
• We do it for learners - For both Preply and tutors, learners are why we do what we do. Every day we focus on empowering tutors to deliver an exceptional learning experience.
• Keep perfecting - To create an outstanding customer experience, we focus on simplicity, smoothness, and enjoyment, continually perfecting it as every detail matters.
• Now is the time - In a fast-paced world, it matters how quickly we act. Now is the time to make great things happen.
• Disciplined execution - What makes us disciplined is the excellence in our execution. We set clear goals, focus on what matters, and utilize our resources efficiently.
• Dive deep - We leverage business acumen and curiosity to investigate disparities between numbers and stories, unlocking meaningful insights to guide our decisions.
• Growth mindset - We proactively seek growth opportunities and believe today's best performance becomes tomorrow's starting point. We humbly embrace feedback and learn from setbacks.
• Raise the bar - We raise our performance standards continuously, alongside each new hire and promotion. We build diverse and high-performing teams that can make a real difference.
• Challenge, disagree and commit - We value open and candid communication, even when we don’t fully agree. We speak our minds, challenge when necessary, and fully commit to decisions once made.
• One Preply - We prioritize collaboration, inclusion, and the success of our team over personal ambitions. Together, we support and celebrate each other's progress.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Preply.com is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people of diverse backgrounds can thrive. We believe that the presence of different opinions and viewpoints is a key ingredient for our success as a multicultural Ed-Tech company. That means that Preply will consider all applications for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or veteran status.