Director, Data Science and Analytics

Job Description

Hiring Salary Range: $159,000.00 - 220,000.00

BET Networks, a subsidiary of Paramount Global, is the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news, and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 90 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture and news; BET HER, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the African-American Woman; BET Music Networks - BET Jams, BET Soul and BET Gospel; BET Home Entertainment; BET Live, BET's growing festival business; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET around the globe.

As Director, Data Science & Analytics you will craft how the company uses Data Science to inform decisions across our key business functions within a subscription based, digital streaming business. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to: identifying key data science tactics & approaches with the ability to communicate their pros/cons, strengths/weaknesses, where they do and don't work, owning the development and execution of data analyses to support business decisions, establishing analysis standard methodologies in statistical methods/data mining/modeling techniques, designing complex algorithms and statistical predictive models.

Responsibilities:
• Provide academic and professional expertise in the evaluation and usage of data science models
• Quickly develop extensive expertise and proactively uncover trends using advanced data science methods that will lead to practical strategies!
• Develop and test statistical and predictive models to be incorporated in tools used throughout the company!
• Build positive relationships and lines of communication with key internal team members at all levels, including analytics/data/product teams, and senior management, to ensure we are delivering analyses that are innovative and relevant.
• Process and verify the integrity of data used for analysis
• Implement processes and standardizations to existing data analysis methods
• Ongoing research on innovations in the data science industry to continuously grow and develop the SME data science function

Basic Qualifications:
• 10+ years of experience in data science and a Master's degree in a related field (PhD is a plus)
• 5+ years of Data Mining, Machine Learning, Python/R, Spark, SQL, Predictive Analytics, Data Visualization, Statistics, Data Engineering, Cloud Computing.

Additional Qualifications:
• Strong academic background and knowledge of how data science can translate business needs, especially with regards to where things will and will not work
• Have the ability to communicate technical ideas to non-technical audiences both verbally and visually and can effectively present to and influence people at all levels
• We need someone that can work autonomously and is a self-starter.

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Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York City, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable, as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-ro5obp-18-118-9-7-42 in your application.