Data Scientist, Content Analytics - Music Partnerships

About the position Responsibilities • Perform analyses on large sets of data to extract actionable insights that will drive decisions, with a particular focus on artist and release performances • Engineer novel data sets, features and reports that shed a new light on the dynamics of music listening • Communicate data-driven insights and recommendations to non-technical audiences, through clear visualizations and data storytelling • Craft high impact presentations for senior management on the Music Partnerships teams • Evaluate Spotify's value exchange with music partners and build compelling data visualization tools to move it forward • Model statistical predictions to surface growing artists, genres and music trends, so as to inform resource allocation in and around Spotify's Music organization Requirements • You have a degree in a quantitative field, such as Computer Science/Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics; advanced degree is desirable • 2+ years of relevant experience analyzing complex data with SQL, Python, and/or R • You are passionate about music and popular culture in general. Previous experience in music is a preference. Other media, entertainment, or technology experience is also highly valued • You are a natural communicator. You focus just as much on how you deliver your findings, as you do on the technical craft of uncovering new insights • Experience building data visualizations and dashboards (e.g., Tableau or similar BI solution) • Modeling and statistical knowledge, such as forecasting, AB-testing, or feature engineering for machine learning is a plus • A curiosity for, and investigative approach towards the ways in which AI reshapes data science and analysis is also valued • Experience creating and scheduling datasets is highly valued • Knowledge of Google's BigQuery, or DBT is a plus Benefits • health insurance • six month paid parental leave • 401(k) retirement plan • monthly meal allowance • 23 paid days off • 13 paid flexible holidays • paid sick leave Apply tot his job Apply To this Job