Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group

Data Scientist

Ontario · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedCAD 105k-CAD 140kDetected 186 days ago
PythonMachine LearningData EngineeringData ScienceData VisualizationMLOpsStatisticsA/B TestingForecastingLeadershipCollaboration

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Lottery odds (Level III)83
Fits your clock70

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About the role

  • Music is driven by fans, and our data tells their story.
  • We're looking for a passionate Data Scientist to dive into the massive cultural waves happening across major streaming platforms.
  • In this role you'll be translating billions of signals into the heartbeat of our listeners.

Responsibilities

  • Advanced Forecasting & Modeling: Build robust forecasting models across streaming, audience growth, and commercial performance. Support comprehensive forecasting efforts across deal risk, merchandise, and demand planning.
  • Develop new hypothesis testing frameworks and decision-making tools for the real-time assessment of audience viewing patterns and music delivery streams.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with local affiliates, labels, international teams, and Global Technology. You will also collaborate closely with our merchandising teams and business stakeholders to deliver critical reporting and inference.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Proven ability to bridge the gap between technical complexity and business logic, serving as a strategic partner who empowers non-technical teams and leadership to make data-driven decisions.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of hands-on DS experience post-BS, or 3+ years of post-Graduate Degree hands-on DS experience
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience working with R, Python, and SQL.
  • At least 5 years of experience using advertising data to build marketing mix models (measuring the incremental impact of ads/campaigns using techniques like multi-linear regression and Hierarchical Bayes).
  • At least 5 years of experience building targeting models, including propensity scoring and look-alike modeling, to develop actionable insights into audience behavior.
  • Data Engineering Integration: Interact directly with data engineering teams to identify, define, and secure the data needs required for your mathematical models.
  • Targeting & Behavior: At least 5 years of experience building targeting models, including propensity scoring and look-alike modeling, to develop actionable insights into audience behavior.

Skills

  • Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity.
  • It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
  • Collaboration:
  • Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork.
  • A great idea, like a great song, travels globally.
  • Technology is one of the most important parts of our business.
  • WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success.

Compensation

  • CAD 105k-CAD 140k

Benefits

  • Education: Master's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, or a highly related quantitative field.
  • Production ML: At least 5 years of experience successfully deploying machine learning models into a production environment.

Company info

  • At Warner Music Group, we're a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members.
  • We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses: • Curiosity: We do our best work when we're immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers.
  • That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone.
  • And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide.
  • Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds.
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