Are you passionate about leveraging data to drive actionable insights and product innovation? Join Fuel50, a leading HR Tech company, as a Senior Data Scientist and play a pivotal role in developing a new range of data product offerings that deliver transformative insights on skills, employee growth, and workforce trends. 

About Fuel50 

Fuel50 revolutionizes talent management by focusing on skills intelligence, employee growth, and workforce agility. Our award-winning platform empowers organizations worldwide to help their people thrive while driving meaningful business outcomes. 

What You'll Do 

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will contribute to the design and development of a cutting-edge insights product, enabling organizations to make informed, data-driven decisions. Collaborating closely with product managers, engineers, and customers, you’ll transform complex datasets into actionable intelligence that drives value for organizations worldwide. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Data Product Development: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and deliver a new data product offering that provides actionable workforce analytics and predictive insights. 

• Data Analysis and Modelling: Conduct exploratory data analysis of user behavior, workforce trends, and product data to identify patterns and inform product decisions. 

• Visualization & Reporting: Develop intuitive dashboards and visualizations that make complex data accessible to diverse audiences. 

• Customer Collaboration: Work with clients to understand their needs, validate assumptions, and ensure solutions are practical and impactful. 

• Product Thinking: Partner with product teams to shape the vision, strategy, and user experience of our Insights and Analytics products. 

• Data Strategy: Ensure data pipelines, structures, and processes align with the requirements to support scalable insights delivery to our customers. 

• Continuous Improvement: Stay informed about industry trends and best practices to ensure our product remains innovative and impactful. 

Location: Remote (New Zealand)  
Department: Product 
Reports to: Head of Product 

We’re seeking a self-starter who combines deep technical expertise with strong product thinking. If you thrive on solving complex problems, collaborating with diverse teams, and delivering measurable business outcomes, we want to hear from you. 

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in data science or BI development, with a focus on product or customer insights, ideally in SaaS or B2B environments. 
• Technical Skills: 
• Proficiency in SQL and data manipulation. 
• Strong skills in data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker, Power BI). 
• Familiarity with scripting or analysis tools like Python or R. 
• Strong Understanding of machine learning algorithms (supervised & unsupervised learning). 
• Product Thinking: Ability to connect data insights to user needs and product opportunities, shaping solutions that deliver value. 
• Analytical Mindset: Strong ability to interpret complex datasets and communicate findings in a clear, actionable way. 
• Collaboration: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders. 
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related field. 
• Bonus Skills: Experience in HR Tech or working with skills and workforce data is a plus. 
• Willingness to travel to our Takapuna office as required for planning.

All Fuellies are a core part of growing our culture and making Fuel50 an inspirational and amazing place to work. Some additional benefits are:

• Day off on your birthday, your Fuel50 anniversary and a company wide celebration day.
• A "Refuel Day" once a quarter to relax and refuel.
• Employee Stock Options Plan (ESOP).
• Remote working and flexible working times - we're very supportive of school commitments, traveling in off-peak hours, looking after family and attending to life's events.
• Investing in you with career and development planning, using our very own Fuel50 software and online Fuellie University.
• A very progressive parental leave policy - get extra flexibility and time off on top of what your local government already mandates.
• Comprehensive fully subsidised Health Insurance with Southern Cross.
• Family and friends pizza nights once a month (at our HQ in Takapuna) - bring your best mate, significant other, kids, or yourself for pizza, table tennis, and pool.

What is it like to be a Fuellie?

We know that having the right people with the right attitude and behaviour is a big part of what makes us successful.

Living our values is an important part of being successful in this role.

• We have a culture around continuous and respectful feedback and recognition - be part of a team working towards a common goal and helping each other every step of the way.
• We have #SuperheroAwards at quarterly planning meetings and spontaneous recognition and shout-outs across the business.
• We'll have your back when you need help - your colleagues want to see you succeed and work hard to help you do so.
• We work hard and deliver amazing results to our clients - when you see our amazing feedback, you'll be proud to be a Fuellie.

This role is based in New Zealand, candidates must hold the relevant right to work in NZ i.e. Citizenship or a work visa at the time of application.