Spotify · 14 hours ago
Data Scientist - Growth Analytics (Performance Marketing)
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$110K/yr - $157K/yr
3+ years expSpotify is seeking a Data Scientist to join the Business Analytics team, where you will help shape the performance marketing and growth strategy. Your role involves developing models, designing experiments, and measuring the impact of marketing investments to drive user growth and optimize marketing spend.
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Responsibilities
Develop data-driven strategies to drive the growth of Spotify users and subscribers, with a focus on performance marketing
Refine attribution practices and define robust, data-backed methods to measure the incremental impact of marketing spend
Partner with third-party advertising platforms and agencies to design and implement comprehensive experiments and lift studies
Contribute to annual and quarterly planning through impact forecasting, budget allocation and scenario modelling
Build scalable data pipelines and dashboards to track marketing efficiency and Global business performance
Collaborate closely with business partners to understand growth drivers and guide strategic marketing decisions
Present insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders, influencing the course of our business
Qualification
Required
3+ years synthesizing insights from data using tools such as Python/R and SQL
Hands-on experience supporting marketing organizations with their paid media strategy, including running and analyzing incrementality tests on platforms like Meta, Google and TikTok
Proven experience building advanced models to understand and optimise paid media campaigns
Skilled at collaborating with business partners to measure the impact of marketing initiatives and presenting those findings in coherent recommendations
Intellectually curious, creative, and diligent - you enjoy thinking about the business as much as about the data
Have a background in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering or other relevant field
Comfortable working on a globally distributed team (with occasional international travel)
Benefits
Health insurance
Six month paid parental leave
401(k) retirement plan
Monthly meal allowance
23 paid days off
Paid flexible holidays
Paid sick leave
Company
Spotify
Spotify is a commercial music streaming service that provides restricted digital content from a range of record labels and artists.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.09BKey Investors
ValueAct CapitalManhattan Venture Partners (MVP)Goldman Sachs Investment Partners
2023-02-10Post Ipo Equity
2021-02-25Post Ipo Debt
2018-04-03IPO
Leadership Team
Alex Norstrom
Co-CEO
Daniel Ek
Chairman & CEO
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