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Data Scientist - Music Promotion

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What You’ll Do: Work closely with cross-functional teams of data scientists, researchers, product owners, engineers, designers, marketers, and others across the company to develop the next generation of promotion tools for artists. Identify the most impactful opportunities for product development based on user needs, and execute on them diligently and resourcefully. Define metrics and build the dashboards we use to measure the health and success of our products. Partner closely with other data scientists to inform, build and test hypotheses that deliver actionable insights to improve and expand our products. Contribute to a community of data scientists by evolving best practices and learning new skills. Maintain a culture of rigor and data-informed decision-making to drive tangible business impact. Who You Are: Demonstrated ability in a similar Data Science role. Degree in data science, computer science, statistics, economics, mathematics, or a similar quantitative field. You have experience with product analytics, including crafting success metrics, performing exploratory analysis and presenting findings with clear product recommendations or implications. You have experience as a Data Scientist using experimentation to drive product development. You have hands-on experience synthesizing insights from data using tools such as Python, DBT, BigQuery, SQL, Tableau. Strong communication skills and value building strong relationships with colleagues and partners as well as the ability to explain sophisticated topics in straightforward terms. You’re a compelling storyteller who can communicate in succinct and inspiring ways to audiences with varied data science experience to influence product or feature decisions. Bonus if you have experience with advertising. Where You’ll Be: This role is based in our New York office. This team operates within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration.

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Listed on lever · posted 2026-09-10. ApplySarthi collects openings and links to application pages; the role is advertised by Spotify, not by us.