Senior Scientist, Ads & Offers

Uber

New York, NY

Full Time

Senior

183k-203k

about 1 month ago

Job Description

About the Role

The Senior Scientist, Ads & Offers role at Uber involves guiding how ads are integrated into various surfaces across Uber Rides and Eats. The position requires a thought leader with strong analytical skills to influence Uber's ads strategy through experimentation, data analysis, and cross-functional collaboration. The team builds consumer products that connect users with relevant businesses and develops tools to help merchants generate demand via Ads and Offers.

Key Responsibilities

Lead analytical initiatives for the Mobility Ads business, collaborating with cross-functional teams across disciplines such as product, engineering, and marketing to drive strategy and priorities.
Design, implement, and analyze experiments within the Uber Eats and Uber Rides apps.
Perform analytical deep dives to understand product performance and identify improvement opportunities.
Contribute to the development and refinement of scalable data science tools and methodologies.
Communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical leaders to influence decisions and product direction.

Requirements

A degree in Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, or a related quantitative field.
4+ years of relevant industry experience as a Data Scientist, Applied Scientist, or equivalent (2+ years if holding a Ph.D.).
Experience in experimental design and analysis.
Strong analytical skills, with experience extracting user behavior insights from large datasets.
Knowledge of the underlying mathematical foundations of statistics, optimization, economics, and analytics.
Proficiency with tools such as Python or R for exploratory data analysis and modeling.

Nice to Have

5+ years of relevant industry experience as a Data Scientist, Applied Scientist, or equivalent.
Prior experience working on Ads.
Proficiency in SQL.
Experience in algorithm prototyping and development.
Exceptional communication skills across technical, non-technical, and executive audiences.

Qualifications

Educational background in Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, or a related field.

Benefits & Perks

Eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program.
May be offered an equity award and other types of compensation.
Eligibility for various benefits.

Working at Uber

Uber values collaboration and maintains a strong cultural identity centered around office presence, with expectations for employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office unless fully remote work is approved. The company is committed to equal opportunity employment and considers qualified applicants regardless of characteristics protected by law, including disability and criminal history.

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