Senior Manager, Data Science
dentsu Austria
AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud Platform
Data Scientist – Contract
Happy Money
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $75 - $80 per hour
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AWSHadoopPythonSparkSQL
About the role
- Build machine learning models for prescreen direct mail campaign targeting; your models will directly impact customer acquisition and lending decisions
- Perform rigorous model calibration to ensure predicted probabilities accurately reflect actual outcomes and drive reliable business decisions
- Design, implement, and deploy innovative data science solutions to bring data-driven prescreen strategies to life at scale
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Risk Analytics, Product, and Engineering teams to translate analytical insights into executable strategies
- Monitor and optimize campaign performance metrics (response rates, conversion rates, approval rates, ROI) with continuous improvement
Requirements
- 4+ years of business experience working with and analyzing large datasets to solve marketing or risk problems, with demonstrated success in a similar role (prescreen campaigns, direct marketing analytics, or customer acquisition modeling)
- Advanced formal training in statistics — MS or PhD in a quantitative field (Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Natural Sciences, Operations Research) with rigorous statistical foundations
- Proven experience with model calibration techniques
- Expert knowledge of Python/R and SQL for data manipulation, statistical analysis, and machine learning
- Experience with AWS technical stack and data infrastructure (Spark, Hive, Hadoop, EMR, or similar distributed computing frameworks)
- Deep knowledge of statistics, machine learning (logistic regression, ensemble methods, clustering), and optimization techniques
- Ability to communicate complex quantitative analyses in a clear, precise, and actionable manner to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
machine learningmodel calibrationdata sciencestatistical analysisPythonRSQLstatisticsoptimization techniquescustomer acquisition modeling
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingcross-functional teamwork
Certifications
MS in StatisticsPhD in StatisticsMS in MathematicsPhD in MathematicsMS in EconomicsPhD in EconomicsMS in EngineeringPhD in EngineeringMS in Natural SciencesPhD in Natural Sciences
