Senior Data Scientist, CDP Analytics & Strategy

Expedia; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Expedia Group is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for the Customer Data Platform to shape analytics, define success, and translate insights into practical actions. You will work with product, engineering, analytics, and business stakeholders to frame opportunities and drive high‑value problem statements.

In this cross‑functional role, you will design measurement approaches, build scalable data science solutions, and mentor teammates to raise analytic standards across the team.

Qualifications

• You have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Data Science, or related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience
• You have 8+ years of relevant professional experience
• You have substantial experience applying advanced analytics, experimentation, statistical methods, and data storytelling to business or product problems
• You have experience structuring complex business issues and partnering cross‑functionally to turn them into scalable analytical or data science solutions
• You are proficient in SQL and at least one analytical programming language such as Python or R, and you are comfortable working with large‑scale structured and semi‑structured data
• You are effective at communicating insight, tradeoffs, and recommendations to technical and non‑technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Partner with product, engineering, analytics, and business stakeholders to frame ambiguous opportunities, define success measures, and shape high‑value problem statements before solutions are built
• Lead high‑impact analysis that uncovers trends, diagnoses root causes, and generates actionable insight to improve product, operational, or customer outcomes
• Design and maintain robust measurement approaches, KPI frameworks, and governance practices that improve decision quality and create alignment across stakeholders
• Translate large, complex, and sometimes messy datasets into clear narratives, recommendations, and tradeoffs that influence prioritization and investment decisions
• Build scalable analytical assets, methodologies, or data science solutions that can be used repeatedly across the team or domain
• Mentor other team members by raising the bar on analytical thinking, structured problem solving, and data‑informed decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Data Science, or related technical field

Tools

SQL

Python or R

Job description

Expedia Group is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for the Customer Data Platform to shape analytics, define success, and translate insights into practical actions. You will work with product, engineering, analytics, and business stakeholders to frame opportunities and drive high‑value problem statements.

In this cross‑functional role, you will design measurement approaches, build scalable data science solutions, and mentor teammates to raise analytic standards across the team.