Data Science Lead Marketing Science SAMBA

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ABOUT THIS ROLE
Audibles insights team leverages data to create value for our company and customers. Were seeking a Data Science Lead for our marketing and product measurement science team to help us understand the return on investment (ROI) of our paid media and brand investments.

As a Data Science Lead youll manage a team of scientists working in the media measurement space. Your primary focus will be guiding scientific approach in developing and deploying advanced marketing measurement models (e.g. lifetime value media mix). You will also lead Audibles scaled experimentation program maintaining scientific integrity in global paid media experiments and guiding metaanalytical work to assess program health. Additionally you will serve as the primary scientific contact for thirdparty media partners (Meta Google) collaborating with them on new measurement approaches. Youll work with Audible marketers to translate sophisticated scientific methodologies into actionable business strategies ultimately driving more effective marketing investments.

ABOUT YOU
As a Data Science Lead you will provide technical leadership in marketing measurement design scalable model solutions collaborate across scientific disciplines communicate complex concepts clearly and mentor team members to drive collective success.

You have deep technical expertise across statistical modeling machine learning causal inference and experimental design. You demonstrate a strong understanding of experimental design and evaluation. You are an expert in statistical modeling techniques. You have deep experience solving marketingrelated problems such as customer acquisition retention and ROI.

You possess a strong ownership mindset and the ability to guide a technical team with minimal oversight. Your innovative problemsolving skills thrive in ambiguous environments and you excel at translating complex scientific concepts into actionable insights. Outstanding business acumen coupled with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously defines your professional approach.

You are committed to building a positive team culture reliably delivering against commitments and have a genuine passion for mentoring and developing scientific talent. You are adaptable across different scientific approaches and comfortable collaborating with crossdisciplinary scientific teams.

As a Data Science Lead you will...
Be a technical leader of other scientists with substantial scope impact and visibility in the marketing measurement space
Understand complex use cases across the business and design scalable efficient automated model solutions including developing delivering and improving various marketing measurement models
Collaborate with economists applied scientists and other data scientists on the right model specification(s) to serve business needs in the context of paid media measurement
Communicate clearly with senior audiences translating complex scientific concepts into simplified relevant outputs that can be quickly understood and actioned by both technical and nontechnical colleagues
Mentor and grow scientists in your team and across Audible

ABOUT AUDIBLE
Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling. We spark listeners imaginations offering immersive cinematic experiences full of inspiration and insight to enrich our customers daily lives. We are a global company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are dreamers and inventors who are passionate about the positive impact Audible can make for our customers and our neighbors. This spirit courses throughout Audible supporting a culture of creativity and inclusion built on our People Principles and our mission to build more equitable communities in the cities we call home.

3 years managing a team of scientists or engineers with a proven track record of hiring and developing junior team members
Masters degree in relevant discipline and 5 years of relevant professional experience (or equivalent)
Handson experience with marketing measurement models including experience with articulating modeling tradeoffs to business partners
Handson experience in designing and evaluating experiments including experience with formal metaanalytical approaches for evaluating programs of experimentation
Handson experience with successfully putting marketing models into production
Fluency in Python and SQL
Experience influencing and delivering on a science roadmap

Doctorate in relevant discipline
Domain knowledge and expertise in marketing science including (but not limited to) direct experience with marketing mix modeling (MMM) and experimental approaches typically used in assessing media ROI (e.g. conversion lift tests geo holdout tests)
Science experience in a similar business environment (entertainment industry subscriptions businesses digital commerce)
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle

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