Manager, Buyer Science

Summary

Join Known's Media Science team as a Manager, Buyer Science and lead the data science efforts for media campaigns. You will be the primary client contact for optimization and data, delighting clients with insightful analyses and compelling presentations. Collaborate with data analysts and scientists to ensure rigorous measurement and consistent campaign performance. Develop new techniques to improve Known's IP and productionalize workflows. This client-facing role requires strong communication skills and experience working with executive stakeholders. The ideal candidate possesses a STEM degree (Masters or PhD preferred), extensive experience in quantitative analysis, modeling, and optimization, and a proven ability to translate business challenges into quantitative problems. Experience in advertising or advertising technology is a plus.

Requirements

• A degree from a well-regarded college or university, preferably a Masters or PhD.  STEM degrees are also preferred
• 3+ years of hands-on experience doing quantitative analysis, modeling, optimization and/or statistics. Experience utilizing Python (or similar language) and SQL
• 2+ years of experience directly communicating with senior stakeholders, managing relationships, and presenting decks to a variety of audiences, all on technical subjects related to the analytics, science, and application of data
• A desire to work on advertising challenges that require flexibility in approach -- everything from data strategy, on-the-fly analytics, statistics, machine learning, and algorithms
• An ability to strategically translate business challenges into quantitative problems, and solve them by whatever means are most appropriate and effective, which may not always be strict machine learning
• A willingness to learn foundational knowledge and skills rapidly
• A commitment to managing the quality & accuracy of analytics, ensuring high standards with your and others’ work

Responsibilities

• Owning analytics, science, and optimization for our media campaigns
• Serving as the primary client point of contact on campaign optimization and data
• Delighting our clients with meaningful analyses, compelling stories, and beautiful slides
• Working with other data analysts & scientists to deliver rigorous measurement, consistent campaign performance, and insightful reporting
• Developing new techniques (e.g., ML models, novel analytics, optimization algorithms, and automation) to improve Known IP
• Productionalizing workflows and contributing your code to our Known repos

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in advertising or advertising technology is a plus
• Experience multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment is a plus

Benefits

• Unlimited paid time off
• 401k with company matching and no vesting period
• Annual bonuses
• Generous medical plan
• Paid parental leave