AI Analytics & Optimization Lead

Disney; Celebration (FL); On-site; USD 114,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Medical benefits

Long-term incentives

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company is seeking an Analytics & Optimization Manager for Disney Experiences Intelligence in Celebration, FL. You will lead advanced modeling projects, build scalable forecasting and causal inference models, and translate complex results into actionable business guidance.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensure reproducible practices, and stay at the cutting edge of ML methods and AI tools to drive decisions across DXi and Disney Experiences.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Economics, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, CS, OR or related field with 3+ years of modeling experience.
• Expertise in time-series forecasting and probabilistic modeling; knowledge of ML methods.
• Strong causal inference knowledge for attribution and driver analysis.
• Proficient in Python and SQL; experience with Snowflake.
• Ability to communicate complex methods clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own the methodology for modeling projects and design scalable validation.
• Build scalable forecasting models with hybrid/enensemble approaches.
• Develop causal inference/attribution models and reusable frameworks.
• Conduct conditional forecasts and counterfactual analyses with uncertainty.
• Model guest behavior over time using survival analysis and related methods.
• Adapt methods for sparse data, short histories, or bias.
• Apply rigorous modeling practices: validation, back testing, calibration.
• Promote reproducible practices, experiment tracking, and clean code.
• Evaluate new ML methods and share findings with the team.
• Scope business questions into well-posed problems and recommend approaches.
• Translate results into clear recommendations and communicate limits.

Skills

Time-series forecasting

Probabilistic modeling

Causal inference

Python

SQL

Communication

Education

Master’s degree in quantitative field with 3+ years of data science experience

Tools

Snowflake

CI/CD

Experiment tracking

Job description

The Walt Disney Company is seeking an Analytics & Optimization Manager for Disney Experiences Intelligence in Celebration, FL. You will lead advanced modeling projects, build scalable forecasting and causal inference models, and translate complex results into actionable business guidance.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensure reproducible practices, and stay at the cutting edge of ML methods and AI tools to drive decisions across DXi and Disney Experiences.