Data Scientist, Impact Navigator

Job Description

Description

Skai’s Data Science team is hiring!

The role of the Data Science team is to empower customers to leverage Skai’s suite of algorithmic products to optimize their marketing programs. This role will support one of Skai’s newest products - Impact Navigator.

The ideal candidate should have strong data analysis and programming skills as well as a good understanding of statistics and hypothesis testing.

The ideal candidate will show an intuitive understanding of digital marketing, a strong grasp of statistics, excellent analytical and problem solving skills and the ability to coherently describe complex mathematical concepts to a lay audience.

The candidate should also demonstrate a consultative approach to addressing client needs.

This role will report to the Data Science Team Lead and will be positioned in one of Skai’s North America Offices (San Francisco, Chicago).

Responsibilities:

• Have a high-level understanding of Skai’s Impact Navigator and other relevant products, for customers’ and internal support.
• Represent Skai Research in conversations with clients and partners. Advocate for our algorithmic solutions, data driven approaches and provide consultation on how to best set up and leverage Skai’s products.
• Be part of our research team to provide both client feedback and analysis to help guide data driven decisions to improve our products.
• Perform analysis of customer data using statistical methods to provide clients with an understanding of how to read A/B test results, compare attribution strategies and more.
• Help build internal tools that allow the automation of data analysis to provide both proactive and reactive support for Skai’s products.
• Build POCs (proofs of concept) that will be tested in production to solve for clients needs using python and statistical tools.

Skills/Attributes Required:

• Good working knowledge of statistics and modeling.
• Strong analytical and problem solving capabilities.
• Experience with a scripting language - preferably Python.
• SQL capabilities - experience querying data from relational DB engines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills - be able to take complex math and analytical concepts and explain to working teams and client executives.
• Strong teamwork - internally with our teams as well as with clients.
• Prior experience in the internet marketing industry is a plus.
• Knowledge and experience in A/B testing would be a plus.

Education/Experience:

• BS/BA required, ideally in a relevant field to analytics (finance, business, engineering, information systems, math, science, etc).
• 1+ years in consulting/data science/marketing analytics roles.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Skai is an Equal Opportunity Employer. At Skai, we believe ensuring a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace is not just an ideal to strive for; it is right, necessary, and our responsibility as humans. Our full DE&I commitment and global framework can be viewed on our company website and are aligned to our core values . We strongly encourage and seek applications from women, people of color, and bilingual and bicultural individuals, as well as members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, medical condition including acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related conditions, or any other protected status. Also pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we encourage and will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Applicants with Disabilities

Reasonable accommodation will be made so that qualified disabled applicants may participate in the application process. Please advise in writing of special needs at the time of application.

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