Senior Data Scientist, Marketing Mix Models

About Fanduel Group

FanDuel Group is a world-class team of brands and products all built with one goal in mind — to give fans new and innovative ways to interact with their favorite games, sports, teams, and leagues. That’s no easy task, which is why we’re so dedicated to building a winning team. And make no mistake, we are here to win, but we believe in winning right. That means we’ll never compromise when it comes to looking out for our teammates. From our many opportunities for professional development to our generous insurance and paid leave policies, we’re committed to making sure our employees get as much out of FanDuel as we ask them to give.

Our brands include:

• FanDuel — A game-changing real-money fantasy sports app
• FanDuel Sportsbook — America’s #1 sports betting app
• FanDuel TV — The Bettor Sports Network bringing live sports and interactive content to the games fans care about most
• FanDuel Racing — A horse racing app built for the average sports fan
• FanDuel Casino & Betfair Casino — Fan-favorite online casino apps
• FOXBet — A world-class betting platform and affiliate of FanDuel Group
• PokerStars — The premier online poker product and affiliate of FanDuel Group
  
  

THE POSITION:

Our roster has an opening with your name on it

We are looking for a person to lead a team developing and evolving our internal Marketing Mix Model. You will help create a roadmap and evolve our current models and help deliver actionable insights driving business KPIs. You will work alongside a group of data scientists and analysts to continually evolve the various tools, models, and data visualizations used to drive the FanDuel Group business.

THE GAME PLAN:

Everyone on our team has a part to play

• Lead the technical side of Marketing Mix Modeling team including the infrastructure and roadmap to ensure the models and outputs are evolving with our business.
• Work with the MMM team to produce specific insights around the impact of past and future media investment impact on the FanDuel Group business
• Help create, modify and evolve time series models and forecast to quantify the real word impact of marketing tactics on commercial KPIs
• Lead a project from start to finish maintaining and evolving a suite of Marketing Mix Model tools to enable better decision making within marketing
• Create and maintain automated reporting processes visible to the marketing and group-wide teams
• Drive presentations focused on using analysis, simulations, and forecast to drive marketing investment decisions
  
  

THE STATS:

What We're Looking For In Our Next Teammate

• Minimum 5 years' experience in an MMM role preferred
• Bachelor's Degree in a highly numerate major (Math, Stats, Econ, etc.) or relevant experience in data and/or business analysis
• Hands on experience working with MMMs with an understanding of the technical elements required in building and maintaining forecasts and advanced models preferred
• Experience using simulations for scenario analysis and recommendations
• Experience delivering model result to business users and have recommendation implemented
• Proficiency in Python or R and SQL required
• Can write production level code, understand principles of programming preferred
• Experience with techstacks such as MLFlow, Spark, Databricks, Sagemaker preferred
• Experience working in groups and being part of smaller intra year projects
• Interest in Sports and/or Sports Gaming preferred
  
  

THE CONTRACT:

We treat our team right

Competitive compensation is just the beginning. As part of our team, you can expect:

• An exciting and fun environment committed to driving real growth
• Opportunities to build really cool products that fans love
• Mentorship and professional development resources to help you refine your game
• Flexible vacation allowance to let you refuel
• Hall of Fame benefit programs and platforms
  
  

The applicable salary range for this position is $130,000 to $160,000 which is dependent on a variety of factors including relevant experience, location, business needs and market demand. This role may also be eligible for short-term or long-term incentive compensation.

FanDuel Group is an equal opportunities employer. Diversity and inclusion in FanDuel means that we respect and value everyone as individuals. We don't tolerate bias, judgement or harassment. Our focus is on developing employees so that they reach their full potential.