Data Scientist - Ad Inventory Forecasting (Contract)

ManpowerGroup Global, Inc.; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ManpowerGroup in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Data Scientist for a contract role focused on advertising inventory modeling and capacity forecasting. You will work with first-party and third-party data in a fully cloud-based environment to deliver actionable insights and forecast capacity.

The role combines modeling with light data engineering tasks and collaboration within CI/CD governed workflows. The ideal candidate provides practical DS experience, can work independently, and contribute to team

Qualifications

• Solid, practical data science experience.
• Ability to work independently on modeling problems.
• Experience in a team with CI/CD exposure.
• Willingness to perform light data engineering tasks.
• Finance background candidates not a strong fit.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain models aligning advertising inventory with subscriber viewing profiles.
• Forecast advertising capacity: sold vs unsold airtime, acquired vs owned inventory.
• Work with first- and third-party data sources.
• Incorporate newly integrated first-party data into existing models.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team following CI/CD practices.
• Take on light data engineering tasks to support modeling.

Skills

Practical data science

Independence

Team collaboration

CI/CD familiarity

Light data engineering

Tools

Python

SQL

Snowflake

AWS

SageMaker

Airflow

PySpark

Job description

ManpowerGroup in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Data Scientist for a contract role focused on advertising inventory modeling and capacity forecasting. You will work with first-party and third-party data in a fully cloud-based environment to deliver actionable insights and forecast capacity.

The role combines modeling with light data engineering tasks and collaboration within CI/CD governed workflows. The ideal candidate provides practical DS experience, can work independently, and contribute to team