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NBCUniversal · 3 days ago
Director, Data Science
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Director
$200K/yr - $250K/yr
6+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Build and manage a high-performance team of data scientists.
Lead the team in the development of a recommendation system modeling and experimentation framework.
Work with business stakeholders to define priorities, approaches and business requirements for the analytical solutions.
Manage multiple priorities across business verticals and machine learning lifecycle projects.
Lead work with engineering teams to define data science driven requirement and solutions for major initiatives and opportunities of the streaming service functionality.
Drive innovation of the statistical and machine learning methodologies and tools used by the team. Lead improvements in machine learning lifecycle infrastructure.
Drive a data science culture that inspires and motivates the team to succeed.
Qualification
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Required
Advanced (Master or PhD) degree with specialization in Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, Economics, Mathematics, Operations Research or another quantitative field or equivalent.
6+ years of combined experience in software development or data science
Experience with commercial recommender systems or a lead role in an advanced research recommender system project.
Cloud certification (with exam) in either solutions architecture or Machine Learning from AWS, Google, Microsoft, or other major cloud software provider
Working experience with deep learning, including computer vision, computational linguistics/conversational AI, or recommender systems. Strong experience with deep learning using TensorFlow.
Experience with Google AI Platform/Vertex AI, Kubeflow and Airflow.
Proficiency in Python. Go, Scala, or Java is a plus.
Experience in data processing using SQL and PySpark, and extensive experience with NoSQL and Feature Store production interactions
Good understanding of algorithmic complexity of model training and testing, particularly for real-time and near real-time models.
Preferred
Experience in content streaming or commerce as a senior contributor to AI/ML-powered product features and user experiences
Experience with reinforcement learning based systems.
Knowledge of enterprise-level digital analytics platforms (e.g. Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics, etc.)
Experience with large-scale video assets
Ability to build trust across the organization and socialize solutions and identified data insights
Pride and ownership in your work and confident representation of your team to other parts of NBCUniversal.
Benefits
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)
Paid leave
Tuition reimbursement
Other discounts and perks
Company
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal is a media company that provides entertainment and news development, production, distribution, and marketing services. It is a sub-organization of Comcast.
10,001+ employees
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Funding
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unknown2011-01-29Acquired· by Comcast
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CEO
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Chief executive officer
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