Data Scientist 5 - Media Science DSE

Netflix
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 372,000 - 600,000 annuallyFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Strategic thinking","Stakeholder management"]

Build and lead an embedded data science capability for Netflix Animation Studios by designing measurement frameworks, models, and data products that connect finance, production, and people data. Own the end-to-end measurement and forecasting agenda, including scenario planning for schedule impacts across the production slate. Develop dashboards and scorecards to monitor show status and risks, and translate complex analysis into decisions for studio leadership.

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Data Scientist 5 - Media Science DSE

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Job Summary

Build and lead an embedded data science capability for Netflix Animation Studios by designing measurement frameworks, models, and data products that connect finance, production, and people data. Own the end-to-end measurement and forecasting agenda, including scenario planning for schedule impacts across the production slate. Develop dashboards and scorecards to monitor show status and risks, and translate complex analysis into decisions for studio leadership.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Serve as the embedded/founding data scientist for NAS, partnering with leadership to define and prioritize the studio’s metrics and science agenda.
  • •Own the end-to-end measurement agenda with data engineering, including data model design, new metric development, analysis, forecasting, and interpretation.
  • •Conduct slate analysis to surface drivers of show efficiency and preserve creative optionality across shows.
  • •Develop scenario planning models that quantify how schedule changes affect the production slate, workforce allocation, and production timelines.
  • •Build dashboards and scorecards, and present metrics, models, and insights clearly to a leadership audience.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 372,000 - 600,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health Insurance401kEquityDisability ProgramsFlexible SpendingPaid LeaveLife Insurance

Key Requirements

  • •Advanced degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Operations Research, or a related quantitative field (or equivalent practical experience).
  • •8+ years of experience as a data scientist building and executing measurement frameworks, models, and visualization products for business decisions.
  • •Experience building scenario planning, forecasting, or optimization models in operationally complex, resource-constrained environments.
  • •Strong quantitative and statistical intuition with the ability to move between exploratory analysis, new metric construction, model development, and applied problem solving.
  • •Ability to translate ambiguous business questions into structured analytical workstreams and communicate results clearly to leadership.
Experience:8+ years
Education:Master's in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Operations Research, or a related quantitative field
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingStrategic thinkingStakeholder management

Company Brief

Netflix
Global subscription streaming service that produces and distributes movies, TV series, and games across multiple devices, operating worldwide with extensive original content and localized offerings.
Industry: Streaming Platforms
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Gatos, United States
Founded: 1997
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