Staff Data Scientist Lonely Planet at Red Ventures

As a Staff Data Scientist on the Red Ventures Travel team, you will create innovative solutions to solve business problems by using advanced machine learning, statistical modeling and optimization techniques and turning them into real world solutions for decision making online or offline. You will solve business critical problems inside a company that has a strong culture of measurement, testing, and optimization across all facets of its marketing and customer acquisition activities. You will see your contributions make a material impact to the business bottom line. This role specifically focuses on several highly visible travel brands including The Points Guy, Lonely Planet and Elsewhere. This position can be hybrid in Charlotte, NC, New York, NY, or can sit remotely for those in Eastern or Central time zones.
 What You'll Do:

Lead our site and mobile personalization model implementation.
Understand business strategy and identify innovative data science opportunities that can lead to significant business impact in a rapidly growing business
Set the strategy and drive the execution plan for large data science initiatives, projects and programs to drive the business into its next evolution
Bring relevant state-of-the-art data science technologies to the team and lead by example to establish best practices

What We're Looking For:

5+ years experience as a Data Scientist or PhD degree in STEM with specialization in machine learning, statistical modeling and optimization
Expert knowledge of machine learning, predictive modeling, statistics and data science in general. Knowledge and experience in marketing channel optimization, customer behavior/journey modeling and prediction, product recommendation systems, online testing is highly desired
Proficiency in one or multiple data science programming languages such as R, Python and Spark
Experience deploying end-to-end data science solutions and capable of engaging at all stages of the ML solution life cycle, from ideation to production.
Capability of communicating effectively with business and data science leaders on project status, timeline and technical results
Proficient at collecting and mining data from disparate data sources, and willing to dig deeper and understand the process that creates the data
Capable of translating business opportunities into data science problems and defining the right project scope and performance metric to measure success
Must be comfortable with unstructured, fast moving and constantly evolving high-growth environment
Applied experience with machine learning on large datasets

Compensation: 


Cash Compensation Range: $150,000 - $220,000 *Note actual salary is based on geographic location, qualifications, and experience.   


Additionally, the following benefits are provided by Red Ventures, subject to eligibility requirements.

Health Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
Life Insurance
Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time Off
Holiday Pay
401(k) with match
Employee Assistance Program
Paid Parental Bonding Benefit Program

Who We Are
Founded in 2000, Red Ventures is a portfolio of growing digital businesses that bring consumers and brands together through integrated e-commerce, strategic partnerships and many proprietary brands including Bankrate, AllConnect.com and Reviews.com. Headquartered south of Charlotte, NC, Red Ventures has over 3000 employees in offices across the US, as well as London and Sao Paulo. For more information, visit https://redventures.com and follow @RedVentures on social platforms.
We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits program for full-time employees, including medical, dental and vision coverage, paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, 401(k) plan and a paid parental leave program.
Red Ventures is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or any other basis protected by law. Employment at Red Ventures is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications. 
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities. This includes providing reasonable accommodation where appropriate. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to apply or participate in the job application or interview process, please contact accommodation@redventures.com. 
 
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