Chicago, United States; Los Angeles, United States; New York, US; San Francisco, United States
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The Principal, Insights & Innovation role at Samba involves developing advanced media intelligence solutions using Samba's data and external data sources. Responsibilities include designing behavioral and contextual targeting, media planning, measurement, and optimization solutions; collaborating with sales for customer discovery and ideation; monitoring industry trends; applying statistical methods rigorously; building interactive client deliverables with JavaScript and React; incorporating AI and agentic workflows; supporting thought leadership; and partnering with cross-functional teams to integrate solutions into the product roadmap. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in a quantitative field or equivalent experience, 4-6 years in data science or related fields, media or advertising industry knowledge, strong communication and storytelling skills, and proficiency in Python, SQL, BI tools, and JavaScript/React. Preferred skills include developing agents, data embeddings, vector databases, and multimodal models. The position offers a base salary range of $120,000 to $150,000 depending on location and experience, plus bonuses, health insurance, retirement plans, and other benefits. Locations include New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
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Full-time
Design and build new media intelligence solutions using internal and external data
Partner with sales team for customer discovery, ideation, and solutions development
Monitor industry trends and competitive landscape
Select and apply appropriate statistical methods with rigor
Develop personalized, interactive client deliverables (e.g., dashboards using JavaScript and React)
Incorporate AI and agentic workflows into solutions
Support thought leadership and conduct partnership-based research
Partner with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Marketing to pitch solutions for product roadmap
Prototype quickly, validate with customers, and prepare solutions for scaling
Apply Samba methodology to billions of raw data signals to help customers make data-driven media decisions
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (analytics, statistics, data science, computer science, or mathematics) or equivalent practical experience; advanced degree is a plus
4 to 6 years in data science, analytics, computer science or applied research
Experience building and shipping data-driven applications
Experience presenting results to stakeholders or customers
Media, advertising, or measurement experience (focus on CTV, addressable audiences, contextual targeting, attribution, causal inference)
Curiosity and strong bias to build
Ownership and independence within a self-directed function
Customer obsession
Forward-looking mindset prioritizing future industry trends
Cross-functional collaboration
Comfort operating amid ambiguity and rapid iteration
Exceptional storytelling and presentation skills for non-technical audiences
Consultative and skilled at customer discovery
Credible and poised with customers and sellers
Ability to influence without authority and evangelize new ideas internally
Hard skills: Python, SQL, descriptive/inferential/predictive statistics with sound model selection and tuning, BI and data visualization tools, building interactive applications with JavaScript and React
Preferred skills: developing agents and agentic workflows, data embeddings and vector databases, applications built on multimodal models
Base salary between $120,000 - $150,000 per year (depending on location, experience, performance)BonusesShort-term incentivesLong-term incentivesHealth insuranceWellness offeringsLife and disability insuranceRetirement savings planPaid holidaysPaid time off (PTO)Other employee benefits
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