Senior Marketing Scientist

Snap Snap · Consumer · Los Angeles, CA +2

This role focuses on improving advertiser ROI on Snap's ad platform through advanced measurement, analytics, experimental design, and causal analytics. It involves leading measurement strategies, developing insights product roadmaps, and prototyping new solutions in collaboration with Product and R&D teams. The role requires expertise in ads measurement, statistical fundamentals, and analytical tools like SQL and R.

What you'd actually do

  1. Be the primary driver of performance improvement across some of our top advertisers through a mix of learning-agenda strategies, experimental design, causal analytics, and ads efficacy solution prototyping
  2. Lead measurement, research, and learning plans for key clients in support of their media objectives and the long-term growth of the partnership
  3. Develop a strategy, prioritization, and roadmap for ads measurement and insights product for your industry or verticals.
  4. Work closely with Product and R&D teams to identify, prototype and scale new solutions or capabilities for the broader Marketing Science team
  5. Lead the scoping and development of custom multi-study meta analysis in partnership with Data Science and R&D to understand the relative impact of different marketing strategies across digital platforms and media
  6. Build measurement capability and advocacy across your vertical and with cross-functional partners

Skills

Required

  • Ability to structure and conduct analyses to generate insight and recommendations
  • Clear and concise communication; comfortable with presenting insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders
  • Understanding of measurement concepts, solutions, and underlying statistical fundamentals leveraged in the ads efficacy and measurement ecosystem
  • Subject matter expertise in at least one of the following areas; conversion lift, brand lift, or econometrics modeling
  • Understanding of applied statistics including sampling approaches, causal modeling, time series analysis, and data-mining techniques
  • Proficiency with advanced analytical tools (e.g. SQL, R, SAS)
  • Access, analyze, interpret, and communicate ads performance insights using a wide range of standard data science tooling
  • Understanding of the vertical needs and ability to creatively apply measurement solutions and insights in a way that improves advertiser performance and the value-proposition of Snap
  • A strong understanding of Snapchat and the digital advertising and measurement ecosystem
  • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or business field or equivalent years of experience
  • 5+ years of advanced analytics and measurement experience within a technology company, media agency, consulting firm, advertiser, or research company
  • Experience with ads measurement

Nice to have

  • Advanced degree in business, math, economics, engineering or a related field
  • Direct work experience with top performance or brand advertisers
  • Experience with ads measurement for one or more of the following verticals: technology, entertainment, travel, telco, or finance
  • Experience building and influencing client or partner relationships
  • Experience with team or peer leadership and development