Sr. Data Scientist, Product Analytics and Experimentation (Yahoo! Finance)

Key Skills

Apache Hadoop, Apache Hive, Big Data Technology, Data science techniques, ETL frameworks, Logistic Regression, Machine learning techniques, MapReduce, Optimization, Product Analytics, Python Programming, SPARK Programming, SQL, Statistics

Job Description

The Role

The Senior Data Scientist for Yahoo Finance will partner with Business Intelligence and Product leads by focusing on driving user growth by delivering actionable business and audience insights through experimentation design and analyses.

About Yahoo Finance

Yahoo Finance is the largest business and financial information and tools app/site in the world, with unrivaled access to data, insights, tools and original editorial content. Under a new leadership team, we have recommitted to building and revitalizing this essential, trusted resource for investors and savers. With 100 million unique users each month, Yahoo Finance presents amazing opportunities for brands to tell their stories and connect with consumers.

A Lot About You

You get data. You have a thirst for knowledge and insight and have the technical and analytical skills to navigate large and complex data sets. You strive and thrive upon communicating data in ways that marketing, communications, media, product, and executive teams understand. Your data is 100% accurate and credible. Your reports are always clear and actionable.

You get growth. You are a consumer-focused, data-driven, and growth-enabling analyst who has supported Growth strategies across the analytics/insights, acquisition/referrals, activation/onboarding, and adoption/retention loop.

You get people. You effectively communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams across all levels of the organization. You influence without official authority and build relationships to become a trusted advisor. You can empathize with various perspectives and identify opportunities to add value to diverse stakeholders. 

You get mobile/digital. You have significant industry experience – and a strong understanding of the mobile/digital ecosystem – from apps to advertising and analytics. You have successfully applied the latest mobile/digital tools to help track, measure, monitor, report, analyze and optimize marketing campaigns. You get it done. 

Responsibilities:

• Analyze user needs and identify/prioritize the problems, pain points, and pleasure points (via analytics, behaviors, clicks/conversions, funnels, etc.)
• Build models to gain insights on what drives performance in terms of reach, retention, referral, and revenue growth
• Create dashboards and reports that provide analysis and commentary, explaining the product, marketing, and business trends for Executive reporting
• Inform and update executives and stakeholders on product performance, plans, and progress towards metrics
• Define data testing plans and create methodologies that help teams to iterate fast and release new features for testing and, if successful, rollout to all users globally
• Focus the product roadmap on achieving the metrics that matter and making ruthless decisions about what to do (and almost as importantly what not to do)
• Generate and go deep on consumer insights and competitive intelligence to help teams drive product innovation and iteration
• Help teams understand/internalize consumer insights, choices, and preferences – and how these influence the product/testing roadmap to drive growth
• Build strong partnerships with a product, design, engineering, and marketing teams and enable them to launch new Growth initiatives for testing/iteration
• Provide feedback to product and engineering teams on impact of product launches: target launch metrics, A|B testing, post-launch metrics
• Distill all metrics from statistically significant deviations that will impact reach, retention, referral, and/or revenue metrics
• Investigate data and monitor data quality – partner closely with and provide requirements to the Data Engineering teams that can be acted upon
• Frame business problems into questions that can be answered through data analysis, and translate business needs into requirements
• Design and lead time-sensitive strategic research projects involving methodology development, analysis, strategic recommendations, and presentation of findings to Senior Management

Requirements:

• Expertise in Python and SQL
• BS/MS in the highly-quantitative field (Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science)
• Experience working in financial domain
• Data analysis, generating insights for consumer-focused companies
• Familiarity with query optimization and data ETL
• Experience with big data technologies such as Hive, Hadoop, MapReduce, Spark, etc.
• Machine Learning skills, including cluster analysis, neural networks, predictive modeling
• Experience using Statistical techniques including correlation analysis, design of experiments, linear and nonlinear regressions, logistic regression, sampling and resampling methods, time series, and longitudinal analysis
• Significant experience, proficiency in, and passion for Mobile and/or Web products
• Track record of proactively establishing and following through on commitments
• Blend of consumer insights, competitive intelligence, and technical knowledge
• Demonstrated use of analytics, metrics, and benchmarking to drive decisions
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, creative, and communications skills
• Team player in driving growth results combined with a positive attitude
• Strong work ethic and strong core values (honesty, integrity, creativity)
• Problem solver who never stops thinking about ways to improve
• Self-motivated, results-driven, and team-oriented leader
• Killer consumer instincts and data sensibilities
• Demonstrated success in previous roles
• Passion for Yahoo and cool products

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

At Yahoo, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion (www.yahooinc.com/diversity/) page to learn more.

The compensation for this position ranges from $128,250.00 - $266,875.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.