Data Scientist I, Growth Analytics

Spotify AB
London
1 week ago
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We are looking for a Data Scientist to join the Business Analytics team at Spotify. You will work with the Growth Analytics Lead to evaluate and influence our global growth strategy. You will collaborate with a distributed team of world-class analysts, data scientists, business leaders, marketers, and engineers. Learning and improving is part of our daily routine, and you will get a platform to develop your data skills and carve out efficient ways of working. The Business Analytics team is part of Spotify’s core business strategy organization. You’ll play a crucial role in the growth and direction of Spotify as we grow to 670M+ users around the globe. At your fingertips, you’ll have access to all of the data Spotify has to offer, and the opportunity to be creative with how you use it to derive insights and strategies. Above all, your work will impact the way the world experiences audio!

Location:

  • London

Job type:

Permanent

What You'll Do:

  • Develop data driven strategies to drive the growth of Spotify users and subscribers.
  • Identify new user growth levers and use experimentation to help drive that growth.
  • Create and communicate impactful recommendations and models that improve our product offering, user messaging, and channel optimization.
  • Build scalable data pipelines and dashboards to facilitate business performance tracking.
  • Work closely with business partners to understand the change they are driving and help them discover new opportunities for growth.
  • Design and implement comprehensive tests, making sure that we track all relevant metrics and that we’re learning at every step along the way.
  • Present your findings to senior collaborators, influencing the course of our business.

Who You Are:

  • 2+ years experience synthesizing insights from data using tools such as Python/R, SQL and experience with distributed systems.
  • Intellectually curious, creative, and diligent - you enjoy thinking about the business as much as about the data.
  • Have experience collaborating with partners to measure the impact of business/marketing initiatives and presenting those findings in coherent recommendations.
  • Have a background in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering or other relevant field.
  • Comfortable working on a globally distributed team (with occasional international travel).
  • Relevant experience in a consumer tech/product company is a plus.

Where You'll Be:

  • This role is based in London.
  • We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in-person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home. We ask that you come in 2-3 times per week.

Benefits:

  • Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.
  • Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success.
  • Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents.
  • All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.
  • Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs.

About Spotify:

Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with a community of more than 500 million users.

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