Senior Marketing Data Scientist - Causal Analytics for Growth

FlixBus; Warsaw (IN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from (M)Anywhere

Hybrid work model

Wellbeing support

Learning & Development

Mentoring Program

Job summary

Flix is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to own causal measurement practices within the Commercial & Marketing Intelligence team. You will design and run experiments that influence how we allocate our global marketing budget, collaborating with Marketing & Sales, Revenue Management, Reporting, and Engineering.

You will develop geo-based, time-based, and synthetic control frameworks, applying difference-in-differences, synthetic control, and Bayesian structural time series to quantify marketing

Qualifications

• Holds a Master’s or PhD in Statistics, Econometrics, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.
• 5+ years of experience in a data science or quantitative research role, with hands-on experience designing and evaluating causal experiments.
• Demonstrate strong command of causal inference methods including difference-in-differences, synthetic control, Bayesian structural time series, or matched market testing.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, execution, and continuous improvement of geo-based, time-based, and synthetic control experiment frameworks across global markets and channels.
• Apply econometric and causal inference techniques (difference-in-differences, synthetic control, Bayesian structural time series) to measure marketing impact on bookings and revenue.
• Build and manage a structured test-and-learn programme across paid channels, identifying measurement gaps and prioritising experiments by business value.
• Contribute to attribution models (CLV-MTA and MMM) and provide reliable benchmarks that reduce reliance on self-reported data.
• Translate complex causal findings into clear, actionable recommendations for marketing teams, finance, and senior management.
• Review experiment designs, document thoroughly, and help shape internal standards for marketing effectiveness.

Skills

Causal inference

Experiment design

Python

SQL

Power BI

Data storytelling

Git/reproducible workflows

Education

Master's or PhD in Statistics/Econometrics/Applied Math/Data Science

Tools

statsmodels

PyMC

CausalImpact

BigQuery

Snowflake

Job description

Flix is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to own causal measurement practices within the Commercial & Marketing Intelligence team. You will design and run experiments that influence how we allocate our global marketing budget, collaborating with Marketing & Sales, Revenue Management, Reporting, and Engineering.

You will develop geo-based, time-based, and synthetic control frameworks, applying difference-in-differences, synthetic control, and Bayesian structural time series to quantify marketing