Urgent Search: Senior Data Scientist

Aristocrat Leisure
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You will join us as our new Senior Data Scientist whowill help us optimise our user acquisition efforts within themobile gaming space. Your primary focus will be in doingstatistical analysis, building time-series models and using causalinference. You will be working closely with our User Acquisitionteam to advise them on optimal budget allocation. What You'll Do Anopportunity for you to work with large and complex data sets, withthe autonomy to make a huge impact on the success of our hit mobilegames. You will work as part of an experienced and highly skilledteam of 20+ data scientists globally with opportunities to learnand develop. What Will You Be Doing? 1. Use simple analytics,causal inference, machine learning or any other techniques tounderstand our user behaviour and assess effectiveness of multiplemarketing channels. 2. Build or improve existing forecastingmodels. Based on your analysis/forecasting models, makerecommendations for optimal allocation of user acquisition budget.3. Through dialogue with the UA team and data analysis, formulatequestions and projects that lead to improved marketingeffectiveness. What We're Looking For 1. Degree in a quantitativefield required. 2. Strong SQL. 3. Experience coding in Python or R.4. Experience in building forecasting models and/or doing causalinference. 5. Ability to explain ideas and present results tonon-technical audiences. 6. Strong stakeholder management skills.7. Experience with marketing mix models and/or Bayesian time serieswould be a big plus. 8. Strong theoretical understanding andexperience with key classification and regression models is a plus.By joining Product Madness you will have the ability to reallyenhance your career whilst developing your skills and experience.You will also be entitled to a generous benefits package thatincludes: - Highly competitive salary. - Yearly bonus. - Up to 8%matched pension. - Private Medical. - 25 Days Annual leave +Birthday off + Special occasion day + Bank Holidays. - Christmasclosure on top of your holiday allowance. Please note we work ahybrid work schedule with a minimum of 2 days a week in the office.Why Product Madness? As part of the Aristocrat family, we sharetheir mission of bringing joy to life through the power of play,with a world-class team who creates top-grossing, leading titles inthe social casino genre, including Heart of Vegas, Lightning Link,Cashman Casino. With 800 team members across the globe, ProductMadness is headquartered in London, with offices in Barcelona,Gdańsk, Lviv, Montreal and a remote team spanning the USA, makingus a truly global powerhouse. We live by our People Firstprinciple. Regardless of where, when, or how they work, our teammembers have opportunities to elevate their careers, and growalongside 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 GlobalInspiring Workplace Awards list, and won a bronze award at theStevies for Great Employers in the ‘Employer of the Year - Mediaand Entertainment’ category. So, what’s stopping you? Our Values -People First: We have the deepest respect for our people and theirwell-being. We know they are exceptionally talented and will alwayshave a choice. We want them to re-choose us every day. We arecommitted to building a culture where each person's voice willalways be heard and addressed. - MAD for More: Always improving,innovating and never settling for the existing. We push allboundaries with courage and ambition to become the world’s bestgames company. - Champion Together: We excel at what we do but yetremain humble and helpful to our teammates. We champion one anotherand hold each other to high standards without any egos. - GloballyInclusive: We are all Equal - regardless of the language we speak,where we live, our gender, religion or culture we come from. Wewant to build a global home, where everyone has the equalopportunity to make an impact. - Customer Focused: We always thinkfrom the customer's perspective - be it players or internalcustomers. Improving their experience and joy is what drives us.Every client's success is our big win! Travel Expectations None.About Aristocrat Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL) is a leadinggaming content creation company powered by technology to deliverindustry-leading casino games together with mobile games and onlinereal money games, collectively entertaining millions of playersworldwide, every day. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia,Aristocrat has three operating business units, spanning regulatedland-based gaming (Aristocrat Gaming), mobile games publishing(Pixel United) and regulated online real money (AristocratInteractive). Our team of over 8,500 people across the globe areunited by our company mission to bring joy to life through thepower of play. Aristocrat Leisure Limited or its affiliatesworldwide provides equal employment opportunities to all employeesand applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination andharassment of any type without regard to any protectedcharacteristic, such as race, color, sex, religion, nationalorigin, physical or mental disability, genetic characteristic,pregnancy, breastfeeding or related medical condition, sexualorientation, gender identity, gender expression, ancestry,citizenship, age, marital, military and veteran status, or anyother characteristic prohibited by local, state/provincial orfederal law. At Aristocrat sustainability is embedded in ourstrategy, operations and the values and culture of our teams acrossthe globe. Our FY24 Sustainability Disclosures provide a detailedupdate on our progress on the issues that matter most to ourbusiness and our stakeholders. Across responsible gaming, diversityand inclusion, supply chain ethics and climate action we’ve takenmeaningful steps forward, as we strive to deepen our business’resilience and long-term sustainability. We invite you to readmore: #J-18808-Ljbffr

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