Data Scientist, Sales in Toronto

Wealthsimple is Canada’s leading financial innovator, offering a full suite of simple, sophisticated financial products across managed investing, do-it-yourself trading, cryptocurrency, tax filing, spending, and saving. Wealthsimple currently serves more than 4 million Canadians and holds over $155 billion in assets under administration. The company was founded in 2014 by a team of financial experts and technology entrepreneurs, and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Sales Data team is responsible for supporting the entire Commercial team through data modeling, pipelining, dashboarding, experimentation, analyses, and machine learning models. Our stakeholder teams are diverse, including Financial Planners & Advisors, Business Development Representatives, our AI Voice Agent team, Revenue Operations, and Commercial Systems.

We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist who has strong foundations in data modeling and machine learning to lead high priority initiatives, take ownership as a decision science expert, and help shape the direction of our Commercial team and our AI Voice Agent program. Some of your projects may include:

• Modeling sales data
• Creating and improving reporting for business stakeholders
• Exploratory data analysis to improve our sales processes
• Developing and maintaining ML models

Our models are used to solve real business problems and directly impact Wealthsimple’s north star metric. Therefore, experience with supporting sales is a bonus.

What you bring:

• 5+ years of experience in a data science/decision science (or equivalent), including time as the primary DS for a domain
• Excellent SQL & Python skills - hands-on experience with data pipeline tools such as dbt and Airflow are an advantage
• Strong stakeholder management skills - an excellent communicator who is able to present results and analyses to senior leadership
• Good understanding of business practices, sales, and client behavior
• Experience with applied statistics or experimentation (i.e. A/B testing) in an industry setting
• Understanding of fundamental machine-learning algorithms and experience putting them into production in a real-world context
• Experience in managing/mentoring team members in a formal or informal capacity

Why Wealthsimple?

• Top-tier health benefits and life insurance
• Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business
• 20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year
• 90 days away: work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year
• Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS

We are a hybrid team with over 1,500 employees across North America. The people are one of the best parts of working here: you'll collaborate with incredibly talented, curious, and driven teammates who are deeply committed to doing great work.

Unlimited paid sick days, Wellness Days, and the 90 day away program do not apply to certain roles.

Inclusion Statement: We're building products for a diverse world, and we need a diverse team to do it well. We strongly encourage applications from everyone, regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

Accessibility Statement: We're committed to an accessible hiring experience. If you need any accommodations throughout the interview process, please let us know — we'll work with you to make sure you have what you need. We also welcome any feedback on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.

AI in Hiring: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our team but don't replace human judgment – all final hiring decisions are made by people. If you have questions about how your data is used, reach out to us.

Compensation Range: CA$151.2K - CA$189K