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Manager, Data Science

1 Hour ago • 6-8 Years • Data Analyst • $159,800 PA - $246,500 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Manager, Data Science leads a team responsible for Disney Advertising's addressable business data-driven initiatives. Responsibilities include managing and developing a team of data scientists, overseeing evergreen audience workstreams (domestically and internationally), supporting ML operations, and developing MVP solutions. The role requires strong leadership, technical expertise (SQL, Python, cloud platforms), and exceptional communication skills. The team creates and optimizes audience classification models, integrates diverse datasets, publishes audience attributes across ad-serving endpoints, and works cross-functionally to align data products with business goals.
Must have:
  • Lead data science team
  • Develop audience models
  • Manage projects & resources
  • 8+ years experience
  • SQL, Python, Cloud expertise
  • Excellent communication

Job Details

Job Summary:

Supporting the Disney Advertising Sales organization within our Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (DMED) segment, the Audience Modeling and Data Science team are subject matter experts in each of the following areas:

  • Creating and optimizing audience classification models that enable us to predict and target strategic audience attributes, including brand affinity, purchase behavior, and psychographics
  • Integrating a broad suite of complex datasets, from digital event logs to sporting event metadata, into carefully curated and reusable data models
  • Publishing audience attributes across an array of ad-serving endpoints
  • Working cross-functionally to ensure our data product is aligned with the goals of each strategic sales vertical and the business as a whole

Job Summary:

This role reports into the Sr. Manager of Data Science and will be focused on leading all data-driven initiatives related to Disney Advertising’s addressable business. The individual that fills this role will be responsible for managing a team that maintains and develops Disney Advertising’s advanced capabilities. Working collaboratively with cross-functional teams, you will develop, drive, and oversee new strategies to ensure the growth of the business and the overall bottom line.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

  • Lead a team of Data Scientists, helping to grow and develop individuals’ technical and strategic capabilities, providing hands-on coaching and code review.
  • Maintain the team Kanban boards, leading team standups, tracking project progress, and providing executive updates.
  • Scope projects, including story development and technical documentation, working with the Data Strategy team to scope and track cross-team initiatives.
  • Oversee our evergreen audience, workstreams domestically and internationally, including delivery of business objectives through cross-team partnership, documentation, and solution development.
  • Support the ML operations, identity, and interoperability workstream, providing expert guidance on solution design.
  • Be the team center of excellence of MVP solutioning, stepping up to prepare stop-gap solutions for quick wins.

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

  • 8+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree in data science, data engineering or closely related field of study, or 6 years experience with a master’s degree in a closely related field of study
  • Strong experience in giving requirements to data scientists.
  • Technical experience in the following areas: SQL, Python, Google Cloud, AWS, Snowflake and Airflow.
  • Demonstrated sense of ownership and accountability for projects.
  • Exceptional communication, storytelling and visualization skills.
  • Transform complex data relationships into a consumable and intuitive data model.
  • Implement cutting-edge authoring, orchestration, and monitoring tools.
  • Innovative thinker capable of operating both in a strategic capacity (big-picture perspective, asks "why") and a hands-on/execution capacity (detail-oriented, conscientious).
  • Self-motivated with the ability to work and learn independently.

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The hiring range for this remote position is $159,800 - $246,500 per year , which factors in various geographic regions. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

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