AdRoll, a division of NextRoll

Principal Data Scientist

AdRoll, a division of NextRoll

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: CaliforniaNew YorkUnited States

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Salary

💰 $190,757 - $282,450 per year

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About the role

  • Lead the design, development, and deployment of ML models that predict and influence customer behavior — including churn, retention, activation, lifetime value, and lifecycle transitions.
  • Build behavioral segmentation frameworks, uplift models, and propensity scoring used across product, lifecycle marketing, and account strategy.
  • Drive insights for core product areas (audience targeting, measurement, bidding, onboarding, campaign performance) using a mix of causal inference, predictive modeling, and experimentation.
  • Own end-to-end analytics for key initiatives: partner with Product to define success metrics, guide instrumentation, design experiments, and quantify impact.
  • Design, build and deploy rigorous and statistically sound models and systems that help customers understand causal effects of their marketing strategies.
  • Influence product roadmaps using quantified opportunity sizing, behavioral funnel analysis, and deep dives into customer usage patterns.
  • Collaborate with Data Engineering and ML Platform teams to build scalable pipelines, datasets, and model operationalization workflows.
  • Act as a technical mentor for the broader analytics and data science team; elevate scientific rigor, model quality, and best practices.

Requirements

  • 9+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, or advanced analytics roles, ideally in a SaaS, AdTech, or MarTech environment.
  • Knowledge of and experience in implementing marketing data science models such as predictive models (churn, retention, LTV), advanced segmentation and behavioral clustering.
  • Skilled in causal inference techniques (e.g., synthetic controls, DiD, uplift modeling, geo-experiments, CUPED) and experimentation frameworks.
  • Knowledge of ad ecosystems (RTB, attribution, identity graphs, bidding strategies, pixel events, campaign optimization, incrementality).
  • Strong fluency in SQL and Python, with hands-on experience building and shipping production-grade ML models.
  • Proven track record partnering with Product to define metrics, run experiments, and shape product strategy.
  • Excellent data storytelling abilities — able to translate complex patterns into clear, action-oriented recommendations for cross-functional partners.
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguous problem spaces and driving long-term analytical strategy.
Benefits
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • We cover 100% of the employee-only premium for our HSA medical plan, and 95% of the employee-only premium for our PPO, HMO, dental, and vision plans.
  • We contribute 75% toward dependent premiums across all medical, dental, and vision plans.
  • We offer access to Multiply Mortgage, a concierge homebuying service that provides free personalized guidance and below market mortgage rates.
  • Short and long term disability benefits at no cost to the employee
  • Basic life and AD&D insurance at no cost to the employee
  • 401K Plan (Pre-tax, Roth and After-tax)
  • 4 weeks of paid time off and work/life balance
  • Up to 6 weeks of paid disability leave (up to 12 weeks for pregnancy disability leave)
  • Up to 12 weeks of paid family leave for birthing parents (in addition to pregnancy disability leave)
  • Up to 16 weeks of paid family leave for non-birthing parents
  • Up to 12 weeks paid family leave to care for a family member
  • Join a community of fellow Rollers as a member of one of our Employee Resource Groups
  • Ample opportunities to volunteer with local organizations with NextRoll Gives Back
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Hard Skills & Tools
machine learningpredictive modelingcausal inferenceSQLPythonbehavioral segmentationuplift modelingexperimentation frameworksdata scienceadvanced analytics
Soft Skills
data storytellingcollaborationmentorshipproblem-solvingcommunicationanalytical strategyinfluencecross-functional partnershipquantitative analysisstrategic thinking