Data Scientist II, Marketing Analytics

Expedia Group, Inc.; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success.

Why Join Us?

To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win.

We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a global hybrid work setup (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We're building a more open world. Join us.

The Traveler Business Team builds and drives growth for our global consumer businesses - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo. This division creates compelling and differentiated traveler value for each brand by setting the strategic vision, operating strategy, and plan. Responsibilities include investment allocation and prioritization, P&L accountability, and leading cross-functional teams across Expedia Group, who are all held accountable to a single scorecard.

The Supply Marketing team is a marketing powerhouse known for effective strategies and exceptional talent. We use insights to create impactful stories and influence partner behavior, driving measurable success and a deeper connection to Expedia Group. Through collaboration and valuable propositions, we drive the growth of both our partners and Expedia Group.

Growing Supply depth and quality is core to Expedia Group's strategy - we want travellers to trust they'll find the perfect fit at a competitive rate. As a member of the Hotel & Sales Analytics team, you will leverage data and analytics to help drive decisions related to both acquisition of new partners and engagement of existing partners. You will ultimately impact millions of travellers around the world.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Data Scientist to provide valuable insights and decision-making support to Expedia's Supply Marketing leadership while partnering with Analytics, Engineering, Brands and Strategy & Transformation colleagues.

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate closely with stakeholders to define relevant KPIs and initiatives driving supply growth; translate business needs into analytical solutions, and align on project priorities.
• Build a comprehensive marketing data ecosystem in collaboration with data engineering teams; build robust and actionable self-service capabilities to be used by stakeholders, peers and Expedia Group Leadership; build advanced analytics solutions and models to help define and measure causality.
• Advise stakeholders through clear communication and relevant insights, acting as a data-driven advisor to the business.
• Display a proactive mindset, strive for continuous process and structural improvement, and use critical thinking to propose innovative solutions.

Experience and qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in a data-focused company environment (analytics, data science, consulting, etc.) and have an academic background in a quantitative or business discipline.
• 3+ years SQL and Python (or similar) coding experience, incl. applied experience on advanced statistical/predictive modelling projects; Marketing analytics projects a plus (MMM, MTA, Channel Incrementality, Segmentation, ...).
• 2+ years experience with data visualization tools; Tableau a plus.
• Knowledge on Marketing pixels and conversion APIs a plus; Knowledge on Digital Analytics/Web analytics a plus.
• Excellent business acumen, problem-solving, intellectual curiosity and self-motivation skills.
• You thrive in a collaborative environment, have a passion for driving business impact and execution, and are a team player.

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