General Motors

Staff Product Data Scientist, Vehicle Analytics & Insights

General Motors • $159K — $245K *
Mountain View, CA 94040Hybrid
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field (or equivalent practical experience).
  • 7+ years of experience in data science or analytics, particularly in product analytics for software or digital products.
  • Expert-level SQL skills, with a ability to define trusted metrics and diagnose data quality issues.
  • Strong experience using Python or similar languages for analysis, statistical modeling, and automation.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate data insights effectively to diverse audiences.
  • Hands-on experience with data visualization and BI tools like Databricks, Power BI, or Looker.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills for collaboration across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

  • Define and standardize product success metrics and KPI frameworks to align with customer value.
  • Lead the product analytics instrumentation strategy in partnership with Product and Engineering teams.
  • Act as a proactive thought partner to product teams, identifying opportunities to inform product strategy.
  • Conduct deep-dive analyses of customer journeys and engagement patterns to derive actionable insights.
  • Design and maintain dashboards and self-serve analytics for product performance monitoring.
  • Frame complex analytical findings into clear narratives to influence product decisions.
  • Establish best practices for experimentation and causal inference in product analytics.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Retirement savings plan and tuition assistance programs.
  • Paid vacation, holidays, and employee assistance programs.
  • Company vehicle evaluation program eligibility after a motor vehicle report review.
  • GM vehicle discounts for employees.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Role
We are building a new Vehicle Analytics & Insights team within GM's Vehicle Product organization, and this role is a foundational hire. As a Staff Product Data Scientist, you'll help define how analytics informs product decisions for GM's vehicle experience. You'll work at the intersection of vehicle data, product strategy, and user behavior-turning complex telemetry and product signals into clear, actionable insights. Your work will help product teams move beyond intuition to a quantitative understanding of how customers use, adopt, and experience vehicle features at scale.

You'll partner closely with product managers, engineers and designers and play an early role in shaping product analytics standards, metrics, and how insights are used across the organization.

This role offers meaningful ownership and visibility, with the opportunity to shape how product analytics drives decisions and scales across GM as the capability grows.

What You'll Do:

  • Define, standardize, and evolve product success metrics and KPI frameworks across in-vehicle experiences, ensuring consistency, clarity, and alignment to customer value and business outcomes.
  • Lead the product analytics instrumentation strategy, partnering with Product and Engineering to define what data should be captured, how it should be implemented, and how quality and consistency are maintained.
  • Act as a thought partner to product teams to proactively identify opportunities and inform prioritization and product strategy, rather than responding to ad hoc requests.
  • Perform deep-dive analyses to understand customer journeys, engagement patterns, friction points, and value moments across in-vehicle experiences, translating complex behavioral data into clear, actionable insights.
  • Design, build, and own dashboards and self-serve analytics that enable product teams and leaders to continuously monitor product performance, adoption, and health.
  • Frame complex analytical findings into clear decision narratives, explicitly surfacing tradeoffs, risks, and opportunities to influence product strategy and prioritization.
  • Set best practices for experimentation and causal inference in environments where traditional A/B testing may be constrained, applying statistical rigor and sound judgment to real-world product decisions.
  • Help establish the foundational product analytics practices for the Vehicle Product organization that will scale as the team grows.
  • Act as a force multiplier for analytics capability, mentoring analysts and product partners, raising data literacy, and enabling teams to increasingly self-serve insights while maintaining high analytical standards.


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

  • Master's degree in Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field (or equivalent practical experience).
  • 7+ years of experience in data science or analytics, with a strong preference for product analytics / product data science roles supporting software or digital products.
  • Expert-level SQL skills, with a demonstrated ability to define trusted metrics, validate data, and diagnose data quality issues in complex, evolving data ecosystems.
  • Strong experience using Python (or similar languages) for exploratory analysis, statistical modeling, experimentation, and automation.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate data into clear stories and recommendations, and to communicate technical concepts effectively to audiences with varying levels of technical depth.
  • Hands-on experience with data visualization and BI tools (e.g., Databricks, Power BI, Looker, or similar) and a strong point of view on what makes dashboards useful versus misleading.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to collaborate effectively across Product, Engineering, Design, and adjacent teams.


What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

  • Experience designing and analyzing experiments or feature rollouts, including an understanding (and/or application) of causal inference and real-world constraints.
  • Track record of driving impact beyond a single team or product, influencing how multiple teams approach measurement, decision-making, or experimentation.
  • Comfortable working in ambiguous, early-stage environments, where processes are still being defined and impact comes from building the foundation as much as delivering immediate insights.


Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of the California Bay Area.
  • The salary range for this role is 159,400 and 245,700. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
  • Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
  • Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more


Company vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, though which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.

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GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).This role is based remotely, but if the selected candidate lives within a specific mile radius of a GM hub, they will be expected to report to the location three times a week {or other frequency dictated by your manager}.This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

About General Motors

General Motors Company engages in the manufacture and sale of cars and trucks in the United States, China, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy. It offers sedans, crossovers, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, coupes, sports/convertibles and hybrid vehicles, hatchbacks/wagons, and vans, as well as mini cars in India. The company also provides parts and accessories, such as iPod and MP3 compatibility, mobility accessories, performance parts, AC parts and services, and merchandise. In addition, it offers vehicle safety, security, and information services. The company provides used vehicles. It offers its products through dealers and distributors. General Motors Company was formerly known as NGMCO, Inc. and changed its name to General Motors Company in July 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates manufacturing facilities in India, the United States, and Canada. General Motors Company operates as a subsidiary of the United States Department of The Treasury. General Motors led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker, and is currently among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales. General Motors acts in most countries outside the USA via wholly-owned subsidiaries but operates in China through 10 joint ventures. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security, and information services. In 2009, General Motors shed several brands, closing Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer, and emerged from a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2010, GM made an initial public offering IPOs to date and returned to profitability later that year.

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Size
157,000 employees
Market Cap
$46.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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