data scientist Santa Monica, CA
Job description
Job Overview
Data Scientists at Disney are the insights and modeling partners for the growth, content, marketing, product, and engineering teams at Disney, Hulu and ESPN+. They use data to empower decision-makers with information, predictions, and insights that ultimately influence the experiences of millions of users worldwide. Scientists on the team build models, perform statistical analysis, and create visualizations to provide scalable, persistent capability that is iteratively improved through direct interaction with cross-functional business partners.
As a lead data scientist in the Ads Data Solution Research team, you will be partnering closely with the Sales Analytics, Finance, Business Operations, Commerce Product and Engineering teams to develop models for tackling a multitude of exciting challenges, including revenue, inventory, delivery, outcome, pricing of advertising, customer lifetime value estimation, forecasting, fraud prevention and mitigation, and more. We look for someone with deep analytical and modeling expertise, a proven track record of thought leadership and eagerness to drive impact.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Modeling: Design, build and improve machine learning models. Work end to end from data collection, feature generation and selection, algorithm development, forecasting, visualization and communicating of model results. Collaborate with engineering to productionize models. Drive experimentation to test impact of model based optimization.
Deep analysis: Develop comprehensive understanding of audience, brand and ad operational data structures and metrics. Mine large data sets to identify opportunities for driving advertising revenue, viewer ad experience, and subscriber growth and retention,
Visualization of Complex Data sets: Development of prototype solutions, mathematical models, algorithms, and robust analytics leading to actionable insights communicated clearly and visually.
Partnership: Partner closely with business stakeholders to identify and unlock opportunities, and with other data teams to improve platform capabilities around data modeling, data visualization, experimentation and data architecture.
WHAT TO BRING
Master’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Operations Research, Econometrics, Statistics)
7+ years of experience designing, building, and evaluating practical machine learning solutions
7+ years of experience with statistical programming language (e.g. Python, Spark, PySpark) and database languages (e.g. SQL)
NICE-TO-HAVES
Doctorate's degree in a quantitative discipline
Excellent analytical skills, advanced level of statistics knowledge
Strong expertise with Python and libraries such as scikit-learn, SciPy
Familiarity with Bayesian modeling and probabilistic programming packages such as PyMC
Familiarity with data platforms and applications such as Databricks, Jupyter, Snowflake, Airflow, Github
Familiarity with data exploration and data visualization tools such as Tableau, Looker
Familiarity with designing and analyzing A/B testing and other experiment types
Demonstrated skills in selecting the right statistical tools given a data analysis problem
Ability to adapt quickly in a fast-moving environment with shifting priorities
Strong communication skills, for both technical and non-technical audiences
Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently and in a timely manner, including large and complex ones
Demonstrated leadership experience, including people and project management
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, California is $149,240 - $200,200 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
