Marketing Data Scientist, Measurement & Experimentation

Sunnyvale, CA (Hybrid)

$117K/yr – $193K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 10 days ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end incrementality studies and serve as the testing and measurement expert across cross‑functional partners, from hypothesis and design to analysis and final recommendations.

  • Design and analyze experiments (A/B, geo, matched-market, synthetic control, DiD)
  • Communicate complex analytics clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders and manage multiple workstreams

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead incrementality studies end to end, from defining the business question and assessing feasibility through test design, execution, analysis, and final recommendation
  • Serve as a testing and measurement subject matter expert, advising Product Marketing, Finance, Data Science, and activation partners on hypotheses, KPI selection, sample requirements, test design, and interpretation
  • Design and analyze experiments using methods such as randomized A/B tests, geo experiments, matched-market studies, synthetic controls, and Difference-in-differences
  • Geo-Based Measurement: Develop and analyze geo-experiments to measure marketing incrementality and validate MMM outputs
  • Communicate complex analytical concepts clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior business stakeholders
  • Prioritize, project-manage, and drive multiple analytics and testing workstreams forward under tight timelines, while proactively communicating progress, risks, tradeoffs, and decisions needed
  • Manage a portfolio of measurement projects independently, ensuring strong stakeholder alignment, clear documentation, and high-quality execution from intake through final recommendation
  • Develop and improve scalable processes, data standards, dashboards, automation tools, and analytical techniques that increase marketing effectiveness, measurement quality, and team efficiency
  • Stay current on the digital advertising and measurement ecosystem and creatively apply measurement solutions in ways that improve advertiser, member, and business outcomes

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in statistics, economics, applied mathematics, business analytics etc.
  • 5+ years of relevant industry or academic experience in data science, marketing science, experimentation, causal inference, econometrics, or a related analytical field
  • Working knowledge of causal inference methods, including geo-experimentation and observational approaches
  • Experience designing and analyzing experiments, such as A/B tests, geo experiments, or matched-market studies
  • Experience in SQL
  • Background in at least one programming language (e.g., R, Python, Scala)
  • Experience in applied statistics and statistical modeling in at least one statistical software package
  • Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to stakeholders at varying technical levels

Preferred

  • MS or PhD in a quantitative discipline: statistics, operations research, computer science, informatics, engineering, applied mathematics, economics, etc.
  • Hands-on experience with geo-based experimentation, synthetic-control methods, difference-in-differences, Bayesian structural time-series models, or other approaches used to measure marketing incrementality
  • Experience with Marketing Mix Modeling, modeled attribution, conversion lift, brand lift, ROI analysis, or the validation and calibration of marketing measurement models
  • Experience with manipulating massive-scale structured and unstructured data
  • Familiarity with Bayesian modeling and its applications in marketing
  • Familiarity with AI-assisted coding and analytical tools used to accelerate prototyping, analysis, documentation, or workflow automation
  • Passion for marketing and consumer science, with a desire to stay informed about the latest advances in the field
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