Forecasting & ML Decision Scientist - Remote

Eliassen Group; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 76,000 - 85,000; Part time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Decision Scientist for remote contract work to develop forecasting, econometric, and ML solutions that support audience, viewership, advertising, and revenue decisions. You will build production-ready models and data pipelines, partnering with stakeholders to translate analytical needs into scalable solutions.

The role requires strong Python and SQL skills, experience with cloud environments, CI/CD, Docker, and relational databases, and may prefer a PhD plus

Qualifications

• Advanced expertise in statistics, forecasting, econometrics, and ML.
• Strong programming experience with Python and SQL.
• Experience with production data pipelines, cloud environments, CI/CD, Docker, GitHub and/or GitLab, and relational databases.
• Expertise in time series forecasting, Bayesian statistics, GLMs, econometric modeling, ML algorithms, optimization, and simulation.
• PhD preferred with Snowflake, media/entertainment or related analytics experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain forecasting, statistical, econometric, and machine learning models.
• Analyze audience, viewership, advertising impressions, and demographic performance data.
• Support revenue management, pricing, and business decision-making initiatives.
• Build, deploy, and maintain production-ready data science solutions.
• Create and support automated data pipelines and model deployment processes.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate analytical needs into scalable solutions.
• Present findings and recommendations to business leaders and clients.

Skills

Statistics

Forecasting

Econometrics

Machine learning

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

Cloud environments

CI/CD

Docker

GitHub

GitLab

Relational databases

Time series

Bayesian stats

GLMs

Optimization

Simulation

PhD

Snowflake

Media industry

Audience forecasting

Advertising analytics

Revenue analytics

Streaming analytics

Education

Master's or PhD in Statistics, Econometrics, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Mathematics, Machine Learning, or related quantitative field

Tools

Snowflake

Docker

GitHub

GitLab

Python

SQL

CI/CD tools

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Decision Scientist for remote contract work to develop forecasting, econometric, and ML solutions that support audience, viewership, advertising, and revenue decisions. You will build production-ready models and data pipelines, partnering with stakeholders to translate analytical needs into scalable solutions.

The role requires strong Python and SQL skills, experience with cloud environments, CI/CD, Docker, and relational databases, and may prefer a PhD plus