Sr. Lead Data Scientist

Job Description

Responsibilities
Welcome to Peacock, the dynamic new streaming service from NBCUniversal. Here you'll find more than a job. You'll find a fast-paced, high-flying team for unique birds that want to be at the epicenter of technology, sports, news, tv, movies and more. Our flock works hard to connect people to what they love, each other and the world around them by creating shared experiences through culture-defining entertainment.

As a company, we embrace the power of difference. Our team is committed to creating an organization that champions diversity and inclusivity for all by curating content and a workforce that represents the world around us. We continue to challenge ourselves and the industry by being customer-centric, data-driven creatures of innovation. At Peacock, we are determined to forge the next frontier of streaming through creativity, teamwork, and talent.

Here you can fly to new heights!

NBCUniversal, the global media company that brought you some of the world's most iconic television and film franchises, including: The Tonight Show, Saturday Night Live, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, The Real Housewives, Mr. Robot, The Voice, This Is Us, The Fast & The Furious, Jurassic Park, Minions, and more - is launching an all-new video streaming service. It will seamlessly bring together the breadth and depth of NBCU's broadcast and cable television series, movie titles, premier sporting events, and renowned news reporting... all in one destination… all in one app.

Are you ready to go beyond classic predictive analytics to the new areas like deep learning and reinforcement learning? Do you want to be a part of the team that builds an advanced recommender engine, an active leaning platform, personalized solutions for marketing and advertisement? Join the world-class international team of smart, hungry and fearless professionals who are working at the cutting edge of technology and science at the epicenter of content, technology and culture.

Position Overview:

As part of the Peacock Data Science team, Sr. Lead Data Scientist, Data Science, will be responsible for creating analytical solutions for one or more verticals of Peacock Video Streaming Service including, but not limited to recommender systems, automated marketing, personalized advertisement, commerce and revenue optimization systems, customer journey and CRM solutions.

In this role, the Sr. Lead Data Scientist, Data Science, will serve as a team expert in advanced statistical and machine learning methodologies and lead a team of data scientists to create analytical solutions for multiple business verticals.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Lead a team of data scientists in the development of analytical models using statistical, machine learning and data mining methodologies.
• Serve as the team expert in statistical inference, advanced statistical learning, Bayesian analysis, and other areas of mathematical statistics
• Drive the collection and manipulation of new data and the refinement of existing data sources.
• A strong understanding of the differences between inferential and predictive models and experience applying methods in both areas
• Work with business stakeholders to define priorities, approaches and business requirements for data science solutions.
• Translate complex problems and solutions to all levels of the organization.
• Drive innovation of the statistical and machine learning methodologies and tools used by the team.

Qualifications/Requirements
• Advanced (Master or PhD) degree with specialization in Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, Economics, Mathematics, Operations Research or another quantitative field or equivalent.
• 6+ years of combined experience in advanced analytics in industry or research.
• Experience in leading a team of data scientists or/and being a lead data scientist on large commercial projects.
• Expert level knowledge of statistical methods and machine learning. Ability to define the direction for a project and select appropriate methods and tools. Up to date knowledge of recent advancements
• Experience implementing scalable, distributed, and highly available systems using Cloud Platforms.
• Experience with using data visualization tools and techniques to deliver business insights and value.
• Proficient in multiple analytics and programming languages such as R, Python, SAS, Julia, Java, Scala or similar
• Experience in data processing using SQL and PySpark.

Desired Characteristics
• Working experience with commercial recommender systems or a lead role in research recommender system project.
• Working experience with deep learning, particularly in the areas different form the computer vision.
• Experience with reinforcement learning based systems.
• Experience with multi-billion record datasets and leading projects that span the disciplines of data science and data engineering
• Experience with commercial recommender systems.
• Knowledge of enterprise-level digital analytics platforms (e.g. Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics, etc.)
• Experience with television ratings and digital measurement tools (Nielsen, Rentrak, ComScore etc.)
• Experience building streaming data pipelines.
• Experience with large-scale video assets
• Team oriented and collaborative approach with a demonstrated aptitude and willingness to learn new methods and tools
• Pride and ownership in your work and confident representation of your team to other parts of NBCUniversal

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gw9y0p-3-22-248-208-42 in your application.