Senior Data Scientist
Disney ABC Television Group
Disney ABC Television Group is seeking a talented and creative data scientist to help optimize the Disney ABC Television Group product experience for both members and non-members. This is a high-impact position where your analysis and interpretation of results informs decisions affecting millions of consumers, with a direct tie to Disney ABC Television revenue. The role covers a broad range of subject areas, including analysis of marketing effectiveness, fan engagement, and predicting future consumer behavior, and evaluating likely success of new content across distribution platforms.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with Product Management leadership to design, implement and analyze experiments that drive key product decisions.
- Proactively perform data exploration on user behavior with a focus on video analytics to discover future testing opportunities.
- Present your research and insights to all levels of the company, clearly and concisely.
- Research the best metrics to measure fan engagement.
- Lead the research and development of new experimentation methods and statistical techniques that could sharpen or speed up decision making.
- Relies on design of experiment and the scientific method to answer the “questions”.
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years relevant experience with a proven track record of leveraging analytics to drive significant business impact
- Strong statistical knowledge and intuition - ideally utilized in A/B testing
- Strong programming skills and a proven ability to learn new programming languages
- Experience with distributed databases and query languages like Hive is a plus
- Strong data visualizations skills to convey information and results clearly
- Proficiency with a statistical analysis tool such as R or SAS
- Ability to work independently and drive your own projects
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
- Impactful presentation skills in front of a large and diverse audience
- Innate curiosity about consumer behavior
A few more things to know:
- We are a tight and driven team with big goals, so we seek individuals who are truly passionate about their work. We also support a balanced lifestyle.
Preferred Qualifications
- A fan of movies and television is a strong plus
Required Education
- PhD or MS degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Operations Research, Econometrics or related field
Additional Information
Equal Opportunity Employer Female/Minority/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
Full Time