Senior Media Intelligence & AI Innovation Lead

Samba; California; On-site; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness offerings

Retirement savings plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Samba is seeking a data-savvy professional to pair deep data and statistical expertise with strong business sense, developing new media intelligence solutions across targeting, planning, measurement, and optimization. You will craft personalized, interactive applications that move beyond one-size-fits-all interfaces and incorporate AI workflows.

You will collaborate with Sales to translate business needs into analytics concepts, monitor industry trends for leadership opportunities, and deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years in data science or analytics, building data-driven apps and presenting results to customers.
• Media, advertising, or measurement experience, ideally cross-channel with CTV focus.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, descriptive/inferential/predictive statistics with solid model selection, and BI/data visualization tools.
• Experience building interactive applications in JavaScript and React.

Responsibilities

• Build Media Intelligence: design and build new media intelligence solutions using Samba data and external data sourced through licensing and partnerships.
• Discover With Sales: partner with Sales on customer discovery and solutions development, translating business needs into analytic concepts.
• Lead the Market: monitor industry trends and competitive landscape to identify leadership opportunities and support research.
• Apply Statistics: select and apply descriptive, inferential, and predictive methods with rigorous model selection and tuning.
• Build Interactive Deliverables: develop personalized, interactive client deliverables such as browser-based dashboards in JavaScript and React.
• Add Agentic Workflows: incorporate AI and agentic workflows into internal and external solutions, including embeddings, vector databases, and multimodal models.
• Prototype and Scale: prototype quickly, validate with customers, and scale proven solutions across the team.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistics

Data Visualization

Storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Advanced degree a plus

Tools

Python

SQL

JavaScript

React

Tableau

Looker

Power BI

Job description

Samba is seeking a data-savvy professional to pair deep data and statistical expertise with strong business sense, developing new media intelligence solutions across targeting, planning, measurement, and optimization. You will craft personalized, interactive applications that move beyond one-size-fits-all interfaces and incorporate AI workflows.

You will collaborate with Sales to translate business needs into analytics concepts, monitor industry trends for leadership opportunities, and deliver