Our client, a major media and broadcasting company, is looking for a Data Scientist to join their team in a remote capacity. This is a 12-month initial contract with the possibility to extend/convert and is a fully remote role.
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Required Skills & Experience
- Advanced (Master or above) degree with specialization in Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, Economics, Mathematics, Operations Research or another quantitative field or equivalent.
- 5+ years of experience in statistical methods and machine learning within industry and research.
- Understanding of algorithmic complexity of model training and testing, particularly for real-time and near real-time models.
- Has strong knowledge of causal inference techniques, Gen AI (LLM) implementation, or reinforcement learning.
- Solid technical knowledge of A/B testing methodologies, experimental design, statistics and other analytical concepts.
- Experience implementing scalable, distributed, and highly available systems using Google Cloud.
- Proficient in Python and SQL.
What You Will Be Doing
- Leverage data science to identify patterns as part of long term strategic assessments and recommendations.
- Build long-range predictive models to evaluate and optimize long term goals.
- Simulate and predict long term demand for various scenarios to assist with investment decisions.
- Clearly display data visualization to convey a point in programs such as Tableau.
- Develop a comprehensive knowledge of the business, and utilize it to derive exacting data science. project requirements from general business problem discussions.
- Design and code data products that implement the full scope of ingesting and updating data, building and refreshing models, scoring using those models, and then serving results on an ad-hoc and on-demand basis.
- Help drive A/B testing for Marketing and Product teams through reporting and insight.
- Find growth opportunities through customer segmentation and retention analysis.
- Create customer cohorts through predictive modeling and CRM database marketing.
- Help manage prioritization in sprints and participate in daily scrums.
- Partner closely with Marketing, Product, Ad Sales, Strategy, and Production teams to provide BI support and data analysis.
- Create standardized reporting for multiple groups within the organization.
- Provide ad-hoc analyses, troubleshooting, and deep dives as needed.
- Create presentations.
You will receive the following benefits:
- Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
- Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
- Vision Benefits
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid Sick Time Leave
- Legal and Identity Protection Plans
- Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
- 529 College Saver Plan
Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.
