The Walt Disney Company

Lead Data Scientist, Ad Research

The Walt Disney Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: SeattleCaliforniaWashingtonUnited States

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Salary

💰 $155,700 - $218,700 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Drive innovation and apply data science and statistical analysis in a variety of areas to enhance every aspect of advertising serving, including inventory forecasting, ad experience, ad pacing, pricing, targeting, advertising creation and enhancement, and efficient ad delivery
  • Translate business questions into data science framework; develop data analysis and data models for complex ad challenges with fast turnaround
  • Develop rigorous evaluation pipelines for generative AI technologies, including visual generations (image, video) and/or LLM-based agentic generations
  • Define and evaluate key metrics in various product areas
  • Partner closely with generative AI specialists to support the creation of datasets for generative AI modeling applications
  • Develop Standard Operating Procedures for human-driven evaluations or labeling
  • Deliver data insights and provide data-driven recommendations to cross-team stakeholders
  • Design and analyze A/B tests for machine learning algorithm iterations
  • Establish strong partnership with stakeholders, including product managers, engineers and program managers, in a collaborative environment
  • Mentor team members and support their technical growth

Requirements

  • Bachelor's in computer science, statistics or equivalent experience
  • At least 7 years of relevant industry experience in data science at leading internet or creative technology companies
  • Experience in the advertising domain is a strong bonus
  • Experience creating ML datasets and rigorous dataset labeling or evaluation processes for models
  • Strong interest to learn about generative mixed media, generative video, and diffusion-based technology
  • Solid knowledge of data science and statistics
  • Strong communication skills and business acumen
  • Proficient in SQL, Python, Java, or R
  • Familiar with Tableau, and/or other visualization tools
  • Experience designing and building machine learning models
  • Passionate about understanding the ad business, applying data science to relevant business scenarios, and seeking innovation opportunities to enhance business effectiveness
  • Interested in supporting rapid prototyping, generative AI, and creative technologies, including applications to advertisement creation and enhancement
  • Experienced building data-driven services and applications for production
  • A proven track record of thriving in a fast-paced, data-driven, and collaborative work environment is required.
Benefits
  • A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
  • Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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