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Senior Data Scientist - GPTN Region

Canva
City of London
2 weeks ago
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Overview

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The role focuses on telling the story behind the numbers, building the data foundation for GPTN, and partnering with local, regional, and central teams to drive data-informed growth for the GPTN region.

What You’d Be Doing In This Role

As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA. This will give you the flavour of the type of things you’ll be working on when you start, but it 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 unlocked a huge opportunity in GPTN (Germany, Poland, Turkey, Netherlands): 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.

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.

Seniority level
  • Mid-Senior level
Employment type
  • Full-time
Job function
  • Information Technology
  • Industries: Software Development

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