Manager Data Scientist

About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the worlds leading brands. With exceptional talent trusted data and intelligence and world-class partnerships all united by ourpioneeringagentic marketing platform WPP Open we help clients navigate change capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.

WPP Media is WPPs AI-driven media operating unit bringing together media data and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence clients see exactly where how and why their media investment is working.

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About WPP Media

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people planet clients and communities. For more information visit .

WPP Media is WPPs global media a world where media is everywhere and in everything we bring the best platform people and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information visit

At WPP Media we believe in the power of our culture and our people. Its what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Medias shared core values:

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.

What will you do :

• Actively explore and identify the latest techniques related to DS ML and automation/agentic techniques.
• Perform hypothesis testing data preparation and product prototyping based on modern statistical and DS/ML and agentic methods.
• Research develop and apply DS/ML/agentic models to solve business and clients problems effectively.
• Use your knowledge to anticipate identify and address data issues related to redundancies quality and bias. Apply rigorous data cleaning and preprocessing techniques to ensure high-quality data for modelling.
• Lead data science projects blending various data science techniques as needed to achieve optimal performance and actionable insights. Continuously explore innovative and novel approaches to improve modelling accuracy and efficiency.
• Collaborate directly with internal analytics and business teams to understand and document requirements and deliver data science solutions that meet their specific business needs.
• Monitor data quality troubleshoot issues and implement improvements to ensure data reliability.
• Apply your communication collaboration and emotional intelligence skills to effectively convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Facilitate cross-functional collaboration with other teams and departments.

What youll need :

• 3-5 years of experience in in applied data science analytics or ML engineering.
• Strong SQL skills and comfort working with large-scale multi-source data.
• Experience with version control (Git) and collaborative coding workflows.
• Advanced Python skills incl. pandas numpy scikit-learn scipy statsmodels for modelling and analytics.
• Bachelors or advanced degree in Statistics Economics Business Math or Sciences is preferred.
• Experience in building and execution of advanced solutions for audience analytics and insights.
• Strong analytic andproblem-solvingskills understanding and experience in application of AI methodologies for data manipulation and insight.
• Experience with data visualization platforms beyond Power BI/Tableau.
• Sufficient knowledge ofdata governance practices including data QA general naming taxonomy data & platform integration etc.
• Ability to communicate analytical findings to non-technical stakeholders clearly and impactfully.

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work and were just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions grow their networks and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins sharing thought leadership and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical group retirement plans vision and dental insurance significant paid time off preferential partner discounts and employee mental health awareness days.

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

We believe the best work happens when were together fostering creativity collaboration and connection. Thats why weve adopted a hybrid approach with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

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