Lead Data Scientist - Testing & Measurement
Target - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Data Scientist
In this role your work will shape the strategic roadmap and innovation priorities for digital products at Target by making data, analytics, and A/B testing a key part of the digital product development lifecycle.
As a Data Scientist, you will be responsible for the following:
- Define success metrics for products by partnering with product managers to ensure metrics are aligned across products and platforms
- Provide reliable and uniform set of evaluation metrics; support light engineering work to automate and/or pull data from multiple sources
- Provide complete A/B test support to products including test design, success metrics, analysis, and test result delivery
- Provide forward-looking statistical analysis to assess future investment opportunities, communicate insights clearly, and partner with product teams to translate insights to action.
- Develop an in-depth understanding of products (architecture, features, UX, roadmap)
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education Expectations: 4 year degree or equivalent (Masters or Ph.D. a plus)
Degree: Math or Stats degree is preferred, other majors could include Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Psychology, or technology-related field or commensurate work experience
Job Related Experience: A minimum of 5 years’ experience
Education Expectations: 4 year degree or equivalent (Masters or Ph.D. a plus)
Degree: Math or Stats degree is preferred, other majors could include Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Psychology, or technology-related field or commensurate work experience
Job Related Experience: A minimum of 5 years’ experience
Role Specific Experience:
- Extensive knowledge of Web Analytics platform- Adobe/Site Catalyst, Google Analytics, Core Metrics
- HTML, JavaScript, SQL, Adobe (formerly Omniture) implementation knowledge required
- 2 years of hand-on experience in one or more areas- A/B Testing/Data Science/BI Engineering
- 2 years of experience with programming languages such as Java, Python, Perl, Ruby, R, Hive, etc.
- Experience with Big Data Technologies and Machine Learning-Hadoop, Kafka, RESTful APIs, Ozzie, Cassandra a plus
- e-commerce domain experience a plus
Posted: 30+ days ago
