Experimentation Strategist

Experimentation Strategist

The Experimentation Strategist serves as a lead individual contributor responsible for developing experimentation strategies, leading cross-functional analytical initiatives, and delivering data-driven insights that support business growth and strategic decision-making. This role applies advanced statistical analysis, experimental design, and strategic business expertise to identify opportunities, evaluate outcomes, and influence business priorities.

What You Will Do

• Develop and execute experimentation strategies aligned with business objectives, customer needs, and growth priorities.
• Lead complex, high-impact, cross-functional experimentation initiatives to evaluate business opportunities and inform strategic decisions.
• Conduct advanced, multi-source analyses to identify customer trends, develop hypotheses, and recommend experiments that support business outcomes.
• Apply advanced statistical techniques, experimental design methodologies, and analytical modeling to evaluate complex business challenges.
• Design, execute, and interpret controlled experiments, including A/B testing, to assess performance and measure business impact.
• Advise business leaders and cross-functional stakeholders on experimentation design, statistical interpretation, analytical findings, and strategic trade-offs.
• Translate complex analytical findings into actionable recommendations that influence business priorities and strategic decision-making.
• Develop and enhance experimentation frameworks, analytical standards, and best practices to improve consistency, effectiveness, and scalability.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in experimentation strategy and advanced analytics across cross-functional teams.
• Present experimentation results, strategic insights, and data-driven recommendations to senior leadership.

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Economics, Analytics, or a related quantitative discipline.
• 10+ years of professional experience in experimentation, advanced analytics, statistical modeling, optimization, or related analytical disciplines.
• Advanced expertise in experimental design, statistical analysis, hypothesis testing, and statistical modeling.
• Demonstrated experience designing, executing, and interpreting A/B tests and controlled experiments to evaluate business outcomes.
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, for data analysis, statistical modeling, and experimentation.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex analytical or experimentation initiatives involving multiple business functions.
• Proven ability to translate complex analytical findings into actionable business recommendations and influence strategic decisions without formal authority.
• Strong executive-level communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to evaluate complex business challenges, identify analytical opportunities, and recommend data-driven solutions.

What Will Set You Apart

• Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Economics, Business Analytics, or a related quantitative discipline.
• Deep understanding of Empower's business model, products, services, and customer and prospect needs, with the ability to apply this knowledge to experimentation strategy and business decisions.
• Experience developing enterprise-level experimentation frameworks or scaling experimentation programs across business functions.
• Expertise in advanced experimentation methodologies, including causal inference, multivariate testing, and experimental measurement.
• Experience applying experimentation and advanced analytics to financial services, retirement solutions, or related customer-focused industries.