Director, Data Science
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Job description
- Provide leadership and guidance to a small team of Data Scientists, mentoring and developing team members to enhance their knowledge and capabilities.
- Work with the VP Data Science in collaborating with the Sales team on new business opportunities. This would include scoping and pricing of projects, ensuring alignment with client requirements and company goals.
- Actively work on client projects and oversee the successful delivery of client projects that are being worked on by your team. You will be responsible for ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
- Monitor project progress, identify potential risks or issues, and implement appropriate mitigations, escalating to the VP when required.
- Stay up to date with the latest trends and advancements in Data Science methodologies, tools, and technologies. Provide technical guidance and expertise to the team, ensuring the use of best practices and innovative approaches in project execution.
- Collaborate with clients to understand their business needs and translate them into actionable Data Science solutions.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement, innovation, and growth and work with Data Science Leadership to implement.
- Work with our India based Data Engineering team and our Sales and Market Research Teams in the US and UK.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience working within the Data Science domain, and 2+ years of experience managing projects independently.
- A Bachelor's degree in a subject such as Statistics, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Physics, Mathematics, etc. A Master's Degree or higher is a plus.
- Proven experience in Data Science, including hands-on experience in statistical modelling, Machine Learning, data wrangling, and data visualization.
- A track record of successfully managing & mentoring a team of Data Scientists.
- 2+ years' experience working with clients (either internal or external); previous experience of working with Sales teams is a plus.
- Ability to prioritise tasks, manage resources, and meet deadlines, and being able to alert early when deadlines are at risk.
- Solid Data Analytics skills, with proven proficiency in SQL and Python plus the usual libraries.
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- A desire to understand the why, and dig into data to understand what makes people tick.
- The ability to understand business problems, draw conclusions from data and recommend actions on how best to solve these problems, and coach others in how to do so.
- Strong communication skills, and an ability to document requirements and work with other team members.
- Experience with TV viewing data, the TV industry and/or Media Industry experience. This is not a pre-requisite, but a genuine interest in this kind of data, as well as developing new applications for it, is.
Benefits & conditions
- 29 days annual leave, PLUS Bank Holidays
- Flexi-time with core hours between 10am and 3pm
- A suite of benefits including food allowance for in office days
- 2 days' work from home, per week
- 4% match pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Regular social events in both of our UK locations
- Professional growth and career development
Our Purpose:
Fandom connects people with shared passions and builds communities around them. It offers them space to express their joy and love, whether that's for superheroes, sports teams, or even small batch whiskeys. At MarketCast, we believe in the power of fandom. It's as important for brands as it is for action heroes and we do fandom research, data science and analytics better than anyone on the planet. This obsessive focus on fans helps the world's top creators, media platforms, and sports leagues transform followers into fanatics and investments into impact.
Our Core Values:
Curiosity Makes Us Tick
Our love of learning manifests in everything we do - from the surveys we field and the datasets we analyse to the technology we develop. Where others pause, we push forward, uncovering hidden meaning and answers. Always learning, always looking for more.
We Celebrate Wins
Whether its wowing clients with research or solving everyday challenges, we pause to honour great work and everyone who plays a role in it. We acknowledge and recognize great work and hustle that helps deliver the very best outcomes.
Trust is Always Trending
Trust means everything to us. It's lending a hand when deadlines loom, always delivering on the promises we make, and calling out behaviour that harms our culture. And our client's trust is what makes all this possible, something we never take for granted.
We Roll with Change
We embrace change as an opportunity to learn, grow, and further develop. We do this by challenging our biases and rethinking how things have always been done in the past. This fresh, open-minded approach keeps us agile, innovating, and adapting in the face of uncertainty.
Diversity is Our Superpower
Our differences make us stronger. As researchers and data scientists, we have a responsibility to reflect the diverse audiences and communities all around us. Understanding people, opinions and life experiences fuels our insights and deepens our perspectives.
