Growth Data Scientist — Measurement Lead
Company websitenewsbreak.com (NewsBreak, opens in new tab)
Base salary $100K to $250K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Mountain View, CA
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- LocationMountain View, CA
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
About this job
About NewsBreak
Local life runs on local information. What happened down the street? Who can fix this? Where should we go tonight? NewsBreak started in 2015 to answer these questions, and today more than 40 million people a month rely on us to follow what’s going on in their zip code.
Three platforms with one vision: powering local life. Led by founder and CEO Jeff Zheng, NewsBreak is our local life and news platform; Nearby AI connects people with local businesses; and NDot AI helps publishers and creators grow and earn.
Building for the long term. A $115 million Series C made us a unicorn in 2021, and we keep investing in our people. We’re Great Place to Work® certified and named to Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators (2025) and Fortune’s Best Workplaces in the Bay Area™ (2026).
Everyone makes an impact. Whether you write code, shape products, tell our story, or run the business, we want people who own projects end to end, stay curious, and speak up. Join us.
Learn more at: NewsBreak, Nearby AI, NDot AI
Why this role exists
The team has never run a single incrementality test, and — for a hyper-local product — still bids uniformly nationwide. Meanwhile an automated bidding system is being built. Without a trustworthy incrementality signal, it will shift budget at machine speed toward whatever attributes best, which is typically whatever is least incremental.
The efficiency at stake is in the eight figures annually, and it gates most other growth work. This role sits independently, not under the media-buying team — otherwise day-to-day campaign work will crowd it out.
What you'll own
- Design, execution, and readout of geo holdouts and other lift tests
- DMA-level LTV modeling and geo-tiered bidding
- The objective function and decision rules for the agentic bidding system
- Success criteria and power requirements for product experiments, including local verticals
- Serving both the paid and organic growth teams
What we're looking for
- Hands-on incrementality / geo-experiment experience is required — familiarity with the concept is not enough; you've designed and run them
- 4–8 years in marketing or growth analytics
- Fluent with MMPs, clear-eyed about attribution's limits, has built LTV models
- Strong SQL and Python
- Preferred: analytics support for $20M+ in annual spend
- Industry open — gaming, e-commerce, subscription, and fintech all transfer
First 90 days
- Audit spend by optimization event; build the DMA-level value table
- Launch the first geo holdout, starting with brand terms and retargeting audiences
- Deliver a first geo-tiered bidding proposal
The US base salary range for this full-time position is listed below. Pay may vary based on a number of factors including job-related skills, level, experience, geographic location and relevant education or training. At NewsBreak, we design our overall rewards package to attract top talents. Depending on the position, the role may also be eligible for discretionary bonus and options. Your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process.
Annual Base Pay Range
$100,000—$250,000 USD
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Pay in context
This role's base floor ($100,000) is above 0% of the 1,731 Data & ML roles in California listed on this site; 14 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $184,000; the middle half runs from $154,300 to $224,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 8, 2026.
This listingGrowth Data Scientist — Measurement Lead$100K to $250K
Senior Accountant – General Ledger & Revenue Operations$100K to $170K
Agency Partner Manager, Scaled Growth (Global)$100K to $200K
Senior Performance Marketing Manager$100K to $250K
Local Business Development Manager$105K to $165K
Local Advertising Sales Manager$105K to $165K
Account Executive, E-commerce$105K to $165K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Growth Data Scientist — Measurement Lead (this listing) | $100K - $250K |
| Senior Accountant – General Ledger & Revenue Operations | $100K - $170K |
| Agency Partner Manager, Scaled Growth (Global) | $100K - $200K |
| Senior Performance Marketing Manager | $100K - $250K |
| Local Business Development Manager | $105K - $165K |
| Local Advertising Sales Manager | $105K - $165K |
| Account Executive, E-commerce | $105K - $165K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-08-04
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: Mountain View, California, United States
USD 100,000 – 250,000 · interval unstated · pay_input_range · Annual Base Pay Range
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