Chicago, United States; Los Angeles, United States; New York, US; San Francisco, United States
Full job description
The Principal, Insights & Innovation role at Samba involves developing advanced media intelligence solutions using Samba's data and external licensed data. Responsibilities include designing behavioral and contextual targeting, media planning, insights, measurement, and optimization solutions; partnering with sales for customer discovery and ideation; monitoring industry trends; applying statistical methods; building interactive client dashboards with JavaScript and React; incorporating AI and agentic workflows; supporting thought leadership; collaborating cross-functionally; prototyping and scaling solutions; and applying Samba methodology to large data signals. Requirements include a bachelor's degree in a quantitative field or equivalent experience, 4-6 years in data science or related fields, media and advertising industry knowledge, strong statistical and programming skills (Python, SQL, JavaScript, React), experience with BI tools (Tableau, Looker, Power BI), and preferred skills in AI workflows and multimodal models. The position offers a salary range of $120,000 to $150,000 depending on location and experience, plus bonuses, health and wellness benefits, insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. Locations include Chicago, IL; San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; and New York City, NY.
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Chicago, United States; Los Angeles, United States; New York, US; San Francisco, United States
Full-time
Design and build new media intelligence solutions using internal Samba data and external licensed data
Develop solutions including behavioral and contextual targeting, media planning and insights, measurement, and optimization
Partner with sales team for customer discovery, ideation, and solutions development
Translate business needs into well-scoped analytic and product concepts
Monitor industry trends and competitive landscape to identify market direction
Select and apply appropriate statistical methods including descriptive, inferential, and predictive techniques
Develop personalized, interactive client deliverables such as browser-based dashboards using JavaScript and React
Incorporate AI and agentic workflows including data embeddings, vector databases, and multimodal models
Support thought leadership and conduct partnership-based research
Collaborate with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Marketing to pitch solutions for product roadmap adoption
Prototype quickly, validate with customers, and prepare solutions for templating and scaling
Apply Samba methodology to large 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; an 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 and presenting results to stakeholders or customers
Media, advertising, or measurement experience (cross-channel focus on CTV, addressable audiences, contextual targeting, attribution, and causal inference)
Curiosity paired with a strong bias to build
Ownership and independence within a self-directed function
Customer obsession
Forward-looking mindset prioritizing 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 (Tableau, Looker, Power BI or similar), 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 (location dependent)Bonuses, short-term incentives, and long-term incentivesHealth insuranceWellness offeringsLife and disability insuranceRetirement savings planPaid holidays and paid time off (PTO)Other employee benefits
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