Remote Data Science Manager – Media Analytics

Jellyfish; Durban; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Remote work up to 60%

Flexible working hours 8:00–18:30

Paid leave: 14 weeks primary, 4 weeks?

Job summary

Jellyfish in Durban is seeking a data analytics professional to join the Investment Analytics practice under the Director of Data Science. You will lead complex data science initiatives, develop predictive models, and apply measurement techniques to improve paid media performance for clients.

You'll collaborate across teams, document workflows for replication, and leverage open-source and in-house code. This role emphasizes skills and behaviour over degrees, with flexible remote work up to 60%

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in a data role.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Experience visualising data with Tableau, Looker or Matplotlib.
• Knowledge of marketing analytics and measurement frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Analyse data to uncover trends and provide actionable insights.
• Explain and promote data science methodologies and testing approaches.
• Develop and implement predictive models to improve media performance and revenue.
• Collaborate with platform partners to expand analytics techniques.
• Document projects to enable replication and scaling.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data analysis

Visualization tools

Collaboration

Machine learning concepts

Problem solving

Tools

Tableau

Looker

Matplotlib

Job description

Jellyfish in Durban is seeking a data analytics professional to join the Investment Analytics practice under the Director of Data Science. You will lead complex data science initiatives, develop predictive models, and apply measurement techniques to improve paid media performance for clients.

You'll collaborate across teams, document workflows for replication, and leverage open-source and in-house code. This role emphasizes skills and behaviour over degrees, with flexible remote work up to 60%