Senior Data Scientist
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Our DirecttoConsumer (DTC) portfolio is a powerhouse collection of consumerfirst brands supported by media industry leaders Comcast NBCUniversal and Sky. When you join our team youll work across our dynamic portfolio including Peacock NOW Fandango SkyShowtime Showmax and TV Everywhere powering streaming across more than 70 countries globally. And the evolution doesnt stop there. With unequalled scale our teams make the most out of every opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another. Were always looking for ways to innovate faster accelerate our growth and consistently offer the very best in consumer experience. But most of all were backed by a culture of respect. We embrace authenticity and inspire people to thrive.
The Decision Sciences division at NBCUniversal Media Group helps drive advanced analytics by building and integrating pragmatic data science principles and products throughout the Company. The division focuses primarily on decision science analyses to support and inform strategy and key business decisions and building advanced data products to help enable more dataenhanced decision making.
This Senior Data Scientist role is dedicated to advancing content value forecasting for Peacock through robust machine learning models and close collaboration with stakeholders. The position plays a pivotal role in aligning NBCUniversals approach to content valuation across platforms ensuring consistency and insightdriven decisionmaking.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement stateoftheart models to forecast content value for Peacock with high accuracy and reliability.
- Maintain and optimize data pipelines for seamless delivery and integration of content value forecasts.
- Build trust with stakeholders by understanding their needs and designing solutions that are customized to meet both their immediate priorities and longterm goals
- Support the unification of NBCUniversals content valuation by aligning and integrating forecasting methodologies across platforms.
- Leverage predictive analytics to provide actionable insights that guide strategic contentrelated decisions.
- Communicate findings effectively to stakeholders and crossfunctional teams to drive business initiatives.
Qualifications :
- PhD strongly preferred in Statistics Computer Science Mathematics or a related quantitative field (or a Masters degree with significant industry experience).
- 3 years of relevant industry experience in data science forecasting or analytics in addition to a PhD with a strong focus on machine learning deep learning timeseries modeling and predictive analytics.
- Expert proficiency in SQL and Python
- Strong understanding of machine learning and deep learning models especially in the context of data analysis and forecasting
- Proven experience synthesizing complex data including forecasting outcomes and presenting clear actionable insights to senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal guidance and take ownership of highquality solutions.
Desired Qualifications
- Strategic thinker capable of linking data science solutions to overarching business objectives particularly in the context of content value.
- Selfstarter with a strong sense of ownership and accountability in delivering forecasting solutions.
- Excellent communication skills for engaging with crossfunctional teams and executives with an ability to translate forecasting and data science insights into business terms.
- Collaborative teamoriented mindset with a demonstrated aptitude for learning new methods and tools.
- Experience working with content forecasting in television or streaming services is a plus.
Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.
This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits including medical dental and vision insurance 401(k) paid leave tuition reimbursement and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $120000$150000
Additional Information :
As part of our selection process external candidates may be required to attend an inperson interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversals policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity or expression age national origin or ancestry citizenship disability sexual orientation marital status pregnancy veteran status membership in the uniformed services genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to .
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
