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Our goal is to amplify that power by creating intuitive products that simplify learning and personal development, facilitate meaningful relationships, and inspire people to go further in their education and careers.\nWe do this by giving smart, creative, passionate people opportunities to create awesome. And that's where you come in:\nThe role.\nWe're hiring a Director of Decision Science to build and lead the team that turns Instructure's data into better decisions. You'll own the decision science function: the people, the roadmap, and the standards. Your team will run experiments, build causal and predictive models, and answer the questions that shape our product, pricing, go-to-market, and operating plans.\nThis is a people-leadership role. You'll hire, coach, and grow a team of decision scientists, and you'll set the bar for analytical rigor across the company. You'll still be close enough to the work to review a model, challenge a test design, or dig into a dataset yourself. But your main job is making your team's work count, and making sure leaders act on it.\nYou'll sit at the table with product, engineering, marketing, finance, and the executive team. When a decision is expensive, ambiguous, or high-stakes, you're the person who tells us what the data supports and what it doesn't.\nWhat you'll do.\nBuild and lead the decision science team. Hire, onboard, coach, and develop a group of scientists and analysts, and own their career growth.\n\nSet the function's strategy and roadmap. Decide which problems the team takes on, which it declines, and how success gets measured.\n\nPartner with product, engineering, marketing, finance, and executive leadership to turn fuzzy business questions into clear analytical problems, then deliver answers people can act on.\n\nDirect the development of predictive, prescriptive, and causal models that inform product decisions, customer retention, pricing, and operating efficiency.\n\nRaise the bar on how insights reach decision-makers, from dashboards and metric definitions to written recommendations and executive readouts.\n\nPresent findings and recommendations to senior leaders. Say clearly what we know, what we don't, and what you'd do about it.\n\nGrow data literacy across Instructure so teams ask sharper questions and read results correctly on their own.\n\nWork with data engineering and platform teams to make sure the team has the data, tooling, and infrastructure it needs.\n\nHold the line on ethical, privacy-conscious data use, including student data. Follow applicable regulations and our own standards, and make sure your team does too.\n\nWhat you'll bring.\n10 or more years of experience in data science, analytics, or decision science, including at least three years managing and developing a team.\n\nA track record of analytical work that changed real decisions and produced measurable business results.\n\nDeep expertise in experimental design, causal inference, statistical modeling, and machine learning, and the judgment to know which one a problem calls for.\n\nStrong SQL skills, plus fluency in Python or R.\n\nExperience with modern data platforms and large-scale data tools, such as Snowflake, Databricks, or Spark.\n\nThe ability to explain a complicated analysis to an executive in plain language, and to defend the method to a peer who knows the math.\n\nA record of hiring well, developing people, and building a team culture others want to join.\n\nComfort setting priorities in a fast-moving environment where the questions change and the data is imperfect.\n\nA master's or PhD in statistics, economics, computer science, operations research, applied mathematics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.\n\nNice to have.\nExperience in education technology or another B2B SaaS business.\n\nFamiliarity with subscription and product-led growth metrics, such as retention, expansion, and adoption.\n\nExperience building an analytics or decision science function from an early stage.\n\nGet in on all the awesome at Instructure!\nWe offer competitive, meaningful benefits in every country where we operate. While they vary by location, here's a general idea of what you can expect:\nCompetitive compensation, plus all full-time employees participate in our ownership program - because everyone should have a stake in our success.\n\nFlexible work culture. Our remote, hybrid and in-office collaboration spaces vary by role, team and location.\n\nGenerous time off, including local holidays and our annual “Dim the Lights” period in late December, when teams are encouraged to step back and recharge based on departmental needs.\n\nComprehensive wellness programs and mental health support\n\nLearning and development resources, including professional development tools and tuition reimbursement, to support your growth\n\nThe technology and tools you need to do your best work\n\nMotivosity employee recognition program\n\nA culture rooted in inclusivity, support, and meaningful connection\n\nWe believe in hiring great people and treating them right. The more diverse we are, the better our ideas and outcomes.\nInstructure is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We comply with applicable employment and anti-discrimination laws in every country where we operate.\nAll employees must pass a background check as part of the hiring process. To help protect our teams and systems, we’ve implemented identity verification measures. 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