Lead Data Scientist Decision Sciences
Lead Data Scientist Decision Sciences
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Job Description
As part of the Media Group Decision Sciences team the Lead Data Scientist will be responsible for creating analytical solutions for one or more verticals of NBCUs video streaming service including but not limited to the recommender system automated marketing personalized advertisement commerce and revenue optimization systems customer journey and CRM solutions. In this role the Lead Data Scientist will use advanced data science methodologies including causal discovery analysis reinforcement learning machine learning models Bayesian analysis etc. and work closely with business owners teammates and engineers to build a stateoftheart realtime video streaming service.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Lead development of analytical models using statistical machine learning and data mining methodologies. Advise help to resolve issues and handle nonstandard cases.
Define procedures for cleansing discretization imputation selection generalization etc. to create high quality features for the modeling process.
Effectively communicate with team members project partners and business stakeholders on goals procedures timelines and expectations.
Proactively anticipate/identify upcoming issues and take initiatives to provide solutions
Use big data relational and nonrelational data sources to access data at the appropriate level of granularity for the needs of specific analytical projects. Maintain up to date knowledge of the relevant data set structures and participate in defining necessary upgrades and modifications.
Collaborate with software and data architects in building realtime and automated batch implementations of the data science solutions and integrating them into the streaming service architecture.
Drive work on improving the codebase and machine learning lifecycle infrastructure
Qualifications :
Advanced (Master or PhD) 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 realtime and near realtime 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 SQ
Desired Characteristics:
Knowledge of enterpriselevel digital analytics platforms (e.g. Adobe Analytics Google Analytics
Experience on implementing and owning endtoend data projects with a diverse group of stakeholders
Experience with television ratings and digital measurement tools (Nielsen Rentrak ComScore etc.
Strong sense of curiosity accountability and ability to execute projects of all sizes with clear vision and purpose.
Enthusiastic about video TV and streaming content
Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.
This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits including medical dental and vision insurance 401(k) paid leave tuition reimbursement and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $145000$175000 bonus and LTI eligible
Additional Information :
As part of our selection process external candidates may be required to attend an inperson interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversals policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity or expression age national origin or ancestry citizenship disability sexual orientation marital status pregnancy veteran status membership in the uniformed services genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
