Applied Scientist II

About The Role

We're looking for an Applied Scientist to join our Brand Science team and provide strategic insights, measurement, and optimization for a large brand marketing budget. In the role, you'll be part of and collaborate with a cross-functional team consisting of marketing, research, media and creative.

Responsibilities

• Design measurement and optimization for a large brand marketing budget, using a toolset ranging from experimentation to survey-based methods and causal inference
• Work closely with our media, research and marketing teams to develop actionable customer insights and recommendations to guide high level marketing strategy and inform improvements through the course of the campaign lifecycle
• Leverage rich internal databases to mine patterns on winning marketing tactics and understand customer behavior to inform marketing briefs
• Leverage causal inference models for advanced campaign measurement and optimization
• Tackle open-ended questions about marketing effectiveness, interaction effects, incrementality & related topics
• Regularly present insights and learnings to executive leadership

Requirements

• Ph.D., M.S. or Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Operations Research, or other quantitative fields
• Experience with data analysis and visualization tools, such as Python, R
• In-depth understanding of and experience with experimental design
• Familiarity with causal inference and econometrics techniques to measure incrementality

Qualifications

• Intellectual curiosity and a demonstrated ability to provide thought partnership to executive stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills to understand stakeholder needs, set expectations around feasibility, translate business challenges into research questions, and present findings to non-technical audiences
• Ability to translate data science findings into strategy
• Experience identifying and adapting to imperfect data
• Understanding of capabilities offered by publishers including ad products, brand lift and measurement solutions
• The ability to balance attention to detail with swift execution, including the ability to deliver on tight timelines

Preferred Qualifications

• Skilled in experimentation and inference knowledge
• Outstanding stakeholder management skills and strong business acumen to help align learning agendas with strategic priorities

Benefits

You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits. Offices remain key to collaboration and Uber's culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in-office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full-time in-office presence. Ask your Recruiter for details about this role's requirements.

Pay

For New York City, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $161,000 per year - USD $179,000 per year. For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $161,000 per year - USD $179,000 per year. For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.

Schedule

Ready to Ride? This isn't the kind of place where you follow a playbook - it's where you help write one. If you're driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves - we'd love to hear from you. You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits. Offices remain key to collaboration and Uber's culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in-office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full-time in-office presence. Ask your Recruiter for details about this role's requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.