Optimum Sports · 13 hours ago
Associate Director, Data Science
Chicago
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$90K/yr - $145K/yr
5+ years expOmnicom Media Group (OMG) is a media services division of Omnicom Group Inc. that delivers transformational experiences for consumers, clients, and talent. The Associate Director of Data Science will collaborate with various teams to create solutions that shape client marketing plans, utilizing advanced analytical techniques and managing data science projects.
AdvertisingBrand MarketingMarketingPublic RelationsSports
Responsibilities
Design and deploy practical data science solutions using rich person level and household level data, including online behavior, transaction history, media exposure, demographics, and financial attributes
Apply advanced analytical techniques such as customer segmentation, clustering, and predictive modeling to translate client first party data and Omnicom Omni+ data assets into analytical frameworks that support planning, targeting, and measurement use cases
Develop, evaluate, and maintain machine learning models including tree based methods such as XGBoost and random forests for audience definition and performance prediction
Perform exploratory data analysis and feature engineering to assess new data sources and model readiness
Manage projects end to end, from data acquisition and modeling through to validation, documentation, and stakeholder delivery, while operating with limited supervision
Represent data science capabilities and methodologies to internal teams and client partners in clear, business oriented terms
Work with very large data sets across cloud based compute and database environments, with an emphasis on scalability and reproducibility
Leverage modern clean room technologies to enable privacy safe modeling and data collaboration
Qualification
Required
5-7 years of relevant experience
Bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, economics, engineering, information management, social sciences or business/marketing related fields
Proven expertise in SQL and Python
Preferred
Advanced quantitative degree is preferred
R is optional
Demonstrable experience in AWS computing environments much preferred
Benefits
Health insurance
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
401(k)
Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
Vacation days
Sick days
Personal days
Paid parental leave
Paid medical leave
STD/LTD insurance benefits
Company
Optimum Sports
Optimum Sports is a sports marketing agency for sports that has expertise in branding, investments, client relationships, PR and strategy.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Dale Song
Chief Partnerships & Consulting Officer
Jeremy Carey
Chief Investment Officer
Recent News
Sports Business Journal
2026-01-17
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