Activision Blizzard Media · 1 week ago
Associate Principal Data Scientist (Remote)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$143K/yr - $265K/yr
14+ years expActivision Blizzard Media is the gateway for brands to the #1 cross-platform gaming company in the western world, with hundreds of millions of players across over 190 countries. They are seeking an Associate Principal Data Scientist to lead high-impact initiatives and drive scientific excellence across experimentation and modeling, while partnering with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems.
Marketing & Advertising
Responsibilities
Lead the design and execution of large-scale data science initiatives, shaping the roadmap for experimentation and modeling across teams
Apply advanced statistical, optimization, and machine learning techniques (e.g., time-series, regression/classification, recommendation engines, reinforcement learning, and genAI) to drive system understanding and develop data-powered solutions across the organization
Own design and evaluation of experimentation for optimization systems
Provide technical direction, mentor senior data scientists, and set high standards for scientific rigor, communication, and reproducibility
Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Game Studios to frame ambiguous problems, scope solutions, and influence strategy
Champion innovation by evaluating new methodologies and tools, and by raising the bar for scalable, interpretable, and actionable data science
Qualification
Required
Master's degree or PhD in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Operations Research)
14+ years of industry experience (or equivalent post-graduate experience) in data science, experimentation, statistical modeling, and machine learning, including work with large-scale systems
Proficient in Python and SQL; familiarity with big data tools (e.g., Spark, Hive) and cloud computing platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS)
Strong systems thinking—able to zoom out and define strategy while also diving deep into code and analysis
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with demonstrated experience partnering across Product, Engineering and Business teams
Demonstrated experience mentoring, influencing, and elevating the technical bar across a data science organization
Relevant experience with one or more advertising solutions (i.e. Real-Time Bidding, Ad Exchange, etc.)
Preferred
Prior work with mobile gaming studios or player behavior modeling
Experience in developing or maintaining experimentation platforms
Familiarity with modern data orchestration and versioning (e.g., Airflow, dbt, MLflow)
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance
401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching
Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave
Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others
If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance
Company
Activision Blizzard Media
Activision Blizzard Media is the gateway for brands to the #1 cross-platform gaming company in the western world, with hundreds of millions of players across over 190 countries.
51-200 employees
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Funding
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Brian Mulcahy
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Brian Pomper
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