Senior Data Scientist

Havas Media; Lima Metropolitana; Remote; PEN 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Food benefit card

Remote work model

Health insurance

Job summary

Havas Media Group is seeking a Senior Data Scientist focused on marketing analytics and advanced measurement. You will drive MMM, attribution, and incremental testing, collaborating with consultants, analysts, and product leads across regions.

You will translate business needs into scalable analytical solutions, contribute to model deployment, and promote privacy-first approaches while mentoring junior team members in a distributed, remote environment.

Qualifications

• Strong background in statistics/econometrics/marketing analytics or media measurement.
• 3–5 years of analytics or measurement experience with MMM, attribution, or experimentation.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Experience with media, CRM, or ecommerce datasets.
• Excellent English communication; able to work in distributed teams.
• Nice to have MMM libraries (Robyn, Meridian, LightweightMMM).
• Cloud exposure (GCP, BigQuery).
• Understanding Martech ecosystem.
• Bayesian background.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical referent for marketing measurement projects across global markets.
• Translate business needs into robust analytical solutions with consultants and product teams.
• Support design, execution, and interpretation of models such as MMM, attribution, and geo-lift tests.
• Contribute to model deployment and integration into web platforms with product and data engineering teams.
• Ensure consistency and quality across deliverables, promoting privacy-first methodologies.
• Represent technical capabilities in internal conversations and client discussions.
• Help maintain a knowledge-sharing culture and mentor junior team members.

Skills

MMM

Attribution modeling

Experimentation

Causal inference

Time series

Bayesian methods

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Agency: Havas Media Group

We're seeking a Senior Data Scientist focused on marketing analytics and advanced measurement—including methodologies like Marketing Mix Modeling, Attribution Models, and incrementality testing. Will be part of a global team, support markets across all regions, collaborating with consultants, analysts, and product leads.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the technical referent for marketing measurement projects across global markets, guiding implementation within established frameworks.
• Translate business needs into robust analytical solutions in collaboration with consultants and product teams.
• Support the technical design, execution, and interpretation of models such as MMM, Advance digital Attribution models, and geo-lift tests.
• Contribute to model deployment and integration into web-based platforms, in collaboration with product and data engineering teams.
• Ensure consistency and quality across deliverables, promoting repeatable and privacy-first methodologies.
• Represent technical capabilities in internal conversations and client-facing discussions.
• Help maintain a knowledge-sharing culture across the team, and mentor junior team members when appropriate.

Requirements

• A strong technical background, ideally with experience in statistics, econometrics, marketing analytics, or media measurement.
• 3-5 years of experience working on analytics or measurement projects, with hands-on work in MMM, attribution, or experimentation.
• Proficiency in Python (e.g., pandas, scikit-learn, statsmodels); SQL is required.
• Familiarity with causal inference, time-series modeling, and regression analysis.
• Experience working with media, CRM, or e-commerce datasets.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• Comfortable working in distributed, remote, and cross-functional teams.
• Nice to Have Experience with MMM libraries (e.g., Robyn, Meridian, LightweightMMM).
• Exposure to cloud environments (e.g., GCP, BigQuery).
• Understanding Martech ecosystem.
• Bayesian background.

What We Offer

• Global Exposure: Work with international teams and global brands.
• Long-Term Contract: Stability and the opportunity to grow within a global network.
• Remote Work Model: Virtual work environment with a healthy work-life balance.
• Health & Wellness: EPS 100% health insurance and wellness initiatives.
• Culture & Community: Inclusive, collaborative, and purpose-driven workplace.
• Competitive Compensation: Full time contract monthly salary + food benefit card

Contract Type: Permanent

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.

About Us

Founded in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas, Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications groups, with more than 23,000 people in over 100 countries sharing one single mission: to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people. Havas has developed a fully integrated model covering all communications activities. The teams of the three business units, Creative, Media and Health & You, work together with agility and in perfect synergy to offer clients tailor‑made, meaningful, innovative and entertainment‑oriented solutions that support them in their positive transformation.

Life at Havas

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Havas Media Network

We create the best media experience, capitalizing on the most meaningful media to build more meaningful brands. We know how to connect a client with their target audience in the context of where they are, through the content they pay attention to. We deliver this expertise through the Mx System, our global operating methodology and strategic planning process, that creates value for our clients by turning consumer intelligence into clear growth targets, aligning stakeholders and KPIs, and measuring the impact of media experiences.

Havas Creative Network

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Havas Health

Driven by human purpose and focused on the betterment of humanity through health, Havas Health & You leverages a global collection of experts and individuals to help people everywhere live healthier lives. With a spirit rooted in innovation, creativity, and education, we are dedicated to delivering consistent excellence and groundbreaking work.