Senior Data Scientist

USA (Remote)

$141K/yr – $165K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 3 days ago

Job Summary

Own the measurement strategy from test design to actionable media optimization, guiding advanced analytics and mentoring junior data scientists.

  • Translate business questions into clear measurement plans
  • Design and analyze incrementality tests and causal models
  • Build MMMs and cross-channel insights for upper- and lower-funnel impact

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partnering with Data Strategy, media, and client teams to translate business questions into clear, testable measurement plans
  • Designing and analyzing incrementality tests, including geo-based experiments, holdouts, matched-market tests, and other causal inference approaches
  • Building, validating, and interpreting media mix models to estimate channel contribution, efficiency, saturation, and diminishing returns
  • Developing measurement approaches for upper-funnel and brand media, including its direct impact and influence on lower-funnel outcomes
  • Conducting power analyses, test feasibility assessments, sensitivity analyses, and model diagnostics to ensure findings are statistically credible
  • Working with large, multi-source marketing datasets; identifying data quality issues, measurement gaps, and implications for analysis
  • Turning analytical findings into practical recommendations for media planning, optimization, and future testing
  • Applying complementary advanced analytics methods - including predictive modeling, propensity modeling, segmentation, and forecasting - to solve broader client and media strategy questions
  • Guiding and mentoring junior data scientists and contributing to shared measurement standards, code, and best practices

Requirements

  • Education: Master’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or another quantitative discipline preferred or B.S. + 5 years of relevant experience
  • Strong programming skills in Python, R, & SQL
  • Hands-on experience designing and analyzing incrementality tests, such as geo holdouts, matched-market tests, synthetic controls or holdouts, or randomized experiments
  • Hands-on experience building, validating, and interpreting media mix models
  • A deep understanding of statistical modeling, causal inference, experimental design, and time-series methods
  • Ability to evaluate methodological tradeoffs, challenge weak assumptions, and select approaches appropriate to the available data and business decision
  • Ability to work independently on ambiguous problems while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams

Preferred

  • Experience with Bayesian modeling frameworks such as PyMC or similar tools
  • Experience calibrating or validating MMM results with incrementality tests, or integrating multiple measurement methods into a unified recommendation
  • Experience with brand measurement, awareness studies, retail or offline sales data, or multi-outcome/funnel modeling

Benefits

  • Remote-first culture
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Extended Holiday break (Winter)
  • Flexible schedules
  • Work from anywhere options*
  • 100% paid parental leave
  • 401(k) matching
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Pet Insurance
  • Sponsored life insurance
  • Short Term Disability insurance and additional voluntary insurance
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Wpromote is a top independent marketing agency that challenges convention to accelerate growth for brands. We believe every client, including legacy enterprise brands like Whirlpool, category leaders like Spanx, and fast-growing DTCs like Vuori, can maximize the business impact of media with the right outcomes-driven partner. Our holistic total commerce approach drives transformative results for retail brands across channels and purchase points, powered by our Challenger culture, deep business intelligence, and predictive Polaris platform. To stay ahead of the rapid evolution of commerce and consumer behavior, we put data-driven testing and experimentation at the heart of our organization and delivery model so our clients can outsmart instead of outspend the competition and move fast to capitalize on opportunities in an ever-changing media ecosystem

Founded in 2001
El Segundo, CA, US
694 employees (281 in marketing)

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$141K/yr – $165K/yr

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