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Staff Data Scientist, Marketing

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Job Summary

Lead the strategy and technical execution of Reddit’s Marketing Intelligence to measure and optimize marketing spend. Build MMM/MTA systems, advance causal inference, and bridge B2B and B2C growth while mentoring a team of scientists in a high-autonomy, high-impact setting.

Location: Ontario, San Francisco

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning

Key Responsibilities

•Set Long-Term Marketing Strategy: Define the 2–3 year technical roadmap for marketing measurement and establish the North Star metrics and frameworks for budget allocation.
•Optimize Marketing ROI: Build and refine Media Mix Models (MMM) and Multi-Touch Attribution (MTA) systems to quantify incremental impact of marketing spend.
•Bridge B2B & B2C Growth: Design unified frameworks to optimize marketing for advertisers and new users, identifying synergies between brand and growth.
•Advance Causal Inference & Experimentation: Lead always-on incrementality testing and geo-holdout experiments; measure halo effects on organic growth.
•Lead Through Influence: Collaborate with Marketing, Growth, and Finance to translate insights into actionable budget shifts and mentor junior scientists.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Medical BenefitsRetirementParental LeaveHealth Insurance

Key Requirements

•Advanced degree (Master’s or Ph.D.) in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
•10+ years of industry experience in marketing science, growth data science, or econometrics (MS holders).
•6+ years of industry experience (Ph.D. holders).
•Deep understanding of MMM, Incrementality Testing, and Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) prediction.
•Advanced proficiency in Python or R and SQL; experience building production-grade data pipelines and using ML for predictive modeling (e.g., churn prediction, lead scoring).

Experience:10+ yearsMarketingData scienceEconometricsAdvertising

Education:Master's

Skills:LeadershipInfluencingCommunicationProblem-solvingMentoring

Languages:English

Tech Stack:PythonSQLRMarketing Mix ModelingMTAMMMCausal inference

Company Brief

Operates Reddit, a large online community and discussion platform where users submit content, comment, and vote across topic-based communities (subreddits); monetizes via advertising, premium subscriptions, and awards.

Industry: Digital Media

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States

Founded: 2005

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