Senior Data Scientist, Growth Analytics

About Moloco: 

Moloco is a machine learning company empowering organizations of all sizes to grow and unlock the full value of their unique first-party data, elevating the traditional path to performance advertising. While the largest technology companies have proven the speed and scale of ad targeting using data, that same robust performance powered by machine learning has previously been unavailable beyond their platforms. 

That's where Moloco steps in. With Moloco's powerful combination of cutting-edge machine learning technologies, we play a unique and visible role in shaping the digital economy, all while enabling companies to stay independent and scale.

An industry leader at the nexus of machine learning, performance marketing, and visionary product infrastructure, Moloco is advancing the advertising technology industry. We ranked in the top 10% of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies for 2023. We were recognized as one of 46 leading Cloud Computing companies, receiving the Stratus Award for 2023. That same year, we also received Google’s Cloud DevOps Dreamers Award, given to companies implementing DevOps practices to drive organizational success and high performance. Lastly, Moloco is a 2024-certified Great Place to Work! 

Moloco is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, London, Berlin, Seoul, Singapore, Beijing, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Tel Aviv, and Tokyo.

Creating a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion and belonging is core to our existence. To reach our goals, diversity of talent and thought is a critical component of how we operate as an organization. Our workforce is our superpower, and we know that fostering a culture of inclusion, authenticity, and belonging gives us the greatest opportunity to carry out our mission, to empower businesses of all sizes to grow through operational machine learning.

Moloco is a truly rewarding place to work and in an exciting period of growth, which you could be a part of. Join us today and apply now!

The Impact You'll Be Contributing to Moloco:

Growth Data Science is a global team of data scientists who work with internal and external stakeholders to improve the effectiveness of Moloco Ads and help advertisers achieve their business goals. As a Senior Data Scientist you will act as a leader within the team, working across a portfolio of top strategic advertisers and taking ownership of high impact product initiatives.

The Opportunity:

This is a critical and highly cross-functional role with diverse responsibilities:

• Advertiser engagement; engaging with advertisers to understand their business objectives, measurement strategies and identifying opportunities for Moloco to better meet their needs.
• Measurement consultation; consulting with advertisers on measurement methodologies, helping them to understand nuances between different measurement solutions (MMP attribution, incrementality, MMM) and supporting the activation of Moloco incrementality solutions.
• Insights generation; data collection, analysis and effective communication of learnings and recommendations to multiple levels of stakeholder up to C-Level.
• Campaign optimization; partnering with internal and external teams on analysis and testing to identify opportunities to improve Moloco campaign effectiveness.
• Product development; collaborating with key stakeholders across Moloco product and engineering teams to help improve our products and services based on market insights and advertiser feedback.
• Product activation; collaborating with Moloco product specialist and sales teams to develop activation strategies to unlock product performance and drive adoption across advertiser groups.

How Do I Know if the Role is Right For Me? 

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field with 7+ years work experience in data analytics using statistical packages (e.g., SQL, Python, R, SAS, Stata, MATLAB).
• OR a Master’s degree in a quantitative field with 5+ years data analytics work experience using statistical packages.
• OR a PhD in a quantitative field with 3+ data analytics work experience using statistical packages.
• Programming: working knowledge of SQL and Python (or R) is required.
• Statistics: must have strong knowledge and experience in experimental design, hypothesis testing, and various statistical analysis such as regression or time-series analysis.
• Professional experience in marketing science, ideally within the ad-tech sector.
• Comfortable balancing multiple projects simultaneously and effectively prioritizing work based on business needs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to present information and analysis results effectively to technical and less technical stakeholders.
• Ability to build positive relationships within the data science & analytics community, as well as with our business stakeholders and clients.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional and cross-cultural partners.
• An interest in data, metrics, analysis, and trends from the mindset of helping a customer-centric business. Know when to apply statistical measurement vs 80-20 analysis for business growth.

Preferred:

• Master's degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Data Sciences).
• Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time while paying attention to detail.
• Distinctive problem-solving skills, good at articulating product questions, pulling data from large datasets and using statistics to arrive at a recommendation.
• Proven ability to own projects end-to-end, even when you have to get creative: you do more than completing delegated tasks.
• Demonstrated leadership and self-direction. Willingness to both teach others and learn new techniques.
• Ability to seek out new business questions and effectively scope projects to support client growth, reengagement and overall campaign strategy and performance.

Moloco Thrive: Benefits and Well-Being:  

We take care of you and create the conditions for you to do the best work of your career. Through a lens of inclusion, we offer innovative benefits that empower our employees to take care of themselves and their families so they can do the best work of their lives.

Moloco Values: 

• Lead with Humility: Everyone’s voice is respected, valued, and heard. With humility, we become more open and accessible to each other. We win, lose, and learn together. Accountability and feedback are essential to our success. 
• Uncapped Growth Mindset: We see all situations as opportunities to learn, grow, and improve as individuals and as an organization. We seek diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and promote experimentation to push the boundaries of what’s possible. 
• Create Real Value: We pursue the most impactful opportunities with rigor and integrity. We take intelligent risks and make disciplined trade-offs to maintain deep focus. We help our customers win by delivering durable value. 
• Go Further Together: We’re one team working towards one mission and vision. We collaborate proactively and inclusively, involving the right people at the right time and in the right way. We strive to create a more equitable workplace. We won’t let each other fail. 

Additional Resources: 

• Moloco Company Blog 
• Moloco Leadership
• Moloco Newsroom 

Equal Opportunity: 

Moloco is an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, sex and gender, gender expression and identity, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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