Senior Data Scientist, London

Aristocrat
London
2 months ago
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Senior Data ScientistYou will join us as our new Senior Data Scientist who will help us optimise our user acquisition efforts within the mobile gaming space. Your primary focus will be in doing statistical analysis, building time-series models and using causal inference. You will be working closely with our User Acquisition team to advise them on optimal budget allocation. What Youll Do An opportunity for you to work with large and complex data sets, with the autonomy to make a huge impact on the success of our hit mobile games. You will work as part of an experienced and highly skilled team of 20+ data scientists globally with opportunities to learn and develop. What Will You Be Doing? Use simple analytics, causal inference, machine learning or any other techniques to understand our user behaviour and assess effectiveness of multiple marketing channels Build or improve existing forecasting models. Based on your analysis/forecasting models, make recommendations for optimal allocation of user acquisition budget Through dialogue with the UA team and data analysis, formulate questions and projects that lead to improved marketing effectiveness What Were Looking For Degree in a quantitative field required Strong SQL Experience coding in Python or R Experience in building forecasting models and/or doing causal inference Ability to explain ideas and present results to non-technical audiences Strong stakeholder management skills Experience with marketing mix models and/or Bayesian time series would be a big plus Strong theoretical understanding and experience with key classification and regression models is a plusBy joining Product Madness you will have the ability to really enhance your career whilst developing your skills and experience. You will also be entitled to a generous benefits package that includes Highly competitive salary Yearly bonus up to 8 matched pension Private Medical 25 Days Annual leave + Birthday off + Special occasion day + Bank Holidays Christmas closure on top of your holiday allowancePlease note we work a hybrid work schedule with a minimum of 2 days a week in the office Why Product Madness ? As part of the Aristocrat family, we share their mission of bringing joy to life through the power of play, with a world-class team who creates top-grossing, leading titles in the social casino genre, including Heart of Vegas, Lightning Link, Cashman Casino. With 800 team members across the globe, Product Madness is headquartered in London, with offices in Barcelona, Gda sk, Lviv, Montreal and a remote team spanning the USA, making us a truly global powerhouse.We live by our People First principle. Regardless of where, when, or how they work, our team members have opportunities to elevate their careers, and grow alongside us. We take pride in fostering an inclusive culture, where our people are encouraged to be their very best, every day.But don t just take our word for it. In 2024, we made the Global Inspiring Workplace Awards list, and won a bronze award at the Stevies for Great Employers in the Employer of the Year - Media and Entertainment category.So, what s stopping you? Our Values People First We have the deepest respect for our people and their well being. We know they are exceptionally talented and will always have a choice. We want them to re-choose us every day. We are committed to building a culture where each persons voice will always be heard and addressed. MAD for More Always improving, innovating and never settling for the existing. We push all boundaries with courage and ambition to become the world s best games company. Champion Together We excel at what we do but yet remain humble and helpful to our teammates. We champion one another and hold each other to high standards without any egos. Globally Inclusive We are all Equal - regardless of the language we speak, where we live, our gender, religion or culture we come from. We want to build a global home, where everyone has the equal opportunity to make an impact. Customer Focused We always think from the customers perspective - be it players or internal customers.Improving their experience and joy is what drives us. Every clients success is our big win! Travel Expectations None Python, R, SQL

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