Data Scientist II, Marketing Analytics

Key Skills

Java Programming, Python Programming, SQL, API, Data science techniques, Tableau, Data Manipulation

Job Description

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Are you excited about the intersection of marketing, technology and travel and our mission to build the world’s travel platform? We are currently looking for a Data Scientist II, Marketing Analytics to join the team here at Expedia Group.

We are building a world-class growth team that combines a passion for travel, deep marketing expertise together with cutting-edge technology and data science to connect more travellers with our platform and help them find the perfect place to stay. We are hiring a Senior Analyst in the SEM team to drive initiatives that accelerate our global Search Engine Marketing growth specifically around improving users’ landing and mobile app experience. In this role, you will work closely with functional leads in the Product, Mobile, Analytics, Strategy and Marketing technology teams to inform our strategic agenda and continuously test and learn to improve our execution.

What you will do

• Support landing page testing efforts for Expedia Group portfolio of brands in SEM
• Building landing page variants for testing
• Manipulate data sets using Python / SQL to identify and prioritize optimization opportunities
• Create critical reporting dashboards in Tableau
• Partner with Google, Bing and other search engines to ensure Expedia Group is an early adopter of all product alphas and betas
• Deliver impactful analysis regarding key market forces and apply analytics to present tangible business problems/actions
• Communicate complex analytical topics in a clean & simple way to team
• Automate and/or streamline repetitive processes with the help of Product to improve individual and team productivity 
• Document processes used across various projects
• Maintain internal/external relationships with partners (Google/Bing), Product, Analytics, Data science and SEO teams on strategic initiatives.

Skills and Experiences

• Bachelor’s degree with strong analytical focus (Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, etc)
• Minimum 2 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified
• Strong analytical skills, including data manipulation, financial analysis and processing large amounts of data to understand trends
• Strong communications skills (written and oral)
• Excellence in implementation, attention to detail and strong organizational skills
• Experience in quantitative, mathematics, statistics, science or other fields is preferred
• Familiarity with Google datasets and cloud platform is a plus
• Familiarity with Google Ads / Bing Ads API a plus
• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services a plus
• Experience in SEM, online advertising, paid search or e-commerce is a plus but not required