Lead Data Scientist, AdTech

Nashville Public Radio; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 110.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor is seeking a hands-on Senior Data Scientist to own the end-to-end data science stack for a priority vertical, from problem framing to deployed models and live ROAS performance. You will work directly with stakeholders, develop and validate models, and hand off the ML engine last mile to an engineering partner while staying engaged through deployment, monitoring, and analysis.

Initial focus on Insurance and Advertiser Quality with a broadening scope over time, delivering models that

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience in digital marketing, performance marketing, or leadgen.
• Hands-on ML deployment in AWS with measurable business impact.
• 5+ years in applied data science delivering results.
• Expert Python and SQL skills.
• Experience with bandit, RL, and recommender systems.

Aufgaben

• Own the full data science engine from problem to deployed model to ROAS tracking.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to frame business problems and define success.
• Partner with ML engineers for last-mile deployment, monitoring, and performance review.
• Focus initially on Insurance and Advertiser Quality with scope to broaden.
• Drive revenue growth through model-driven improvements and output quality.

Kenntnisse

Digital marketing experience

Adtech algorithms

ML modeling for ROAS

Reinforcement learning

LTV modeling

Tools

Python

SQL

AWS

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

• Own the full data science engine for a priority vertical, from business problem to deployed model to live ROAS performance, driving measurable revenue and media efficiency.
• This is a hands-on, in-the-weeds role: you are heavily immersed in the data and the modeling, framing the business problem directly with stakeholders, building and validating the model, handing the ML-engineering last mile to your ML engineering partner, and staying engaged through deployment, monitoring, and performance analysis.
• You will start focusing on Insurance and Advertiser Quality, with scope that broadens over time.
• Your primary metric is ROAS.
• Deliver buying models that maintain positive ROAS and quality.
• Drive lead quality improvements across our portfolio of brands: Messaging, Funnels, Content/Listicles, and more resulting in measurable impact to revenue growth.
• Establish trusted, direct partnership with vertical business stakeholders.
• Produce trusted output: validated, documented, low correction burden.
• Identify and leverage net-new modeling opportunities the business has not flagged.

Requirements

• Proven experience in digital marketing, performance marketing, or the leadgen industry
• Building adtech algorithms and supporting user acquisition or paid media modeling (highly desired)
• Strong modeling fundamentals: the ability to build effective models that drive business impact
• Multi-year, hands-on experience building and deploying ML solutions in the AWS cloud
• Hands-on experience across core technique areas: multi-armed bandit / reinforcement learning, recommendation and ranking systems (content-based, collaborative filtering, hybrid), funnel and monetization optimization, LTV modeling
• Expert Python and SQL
• 5+ years in a hands-on, in-the-weeds applied data science role delivering measurable business impact.

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Hard Skills

• Modeling Fundamentals
• Adtech Algorithms
• Lead Generation Modeling
• Reinforcement Learning
• Recommendation Systems
• Funnel Optimization
• LTV Modeling

Soft Skills

• Stakeholder Engagement
• Partnership Building
• Communication