Data Scientist
FanDuel is looking for a Data Scientist to drive Sportsbook customer generosity distribution and bonus spend optimisation. In this role, the Data Scientist will be responsible for customer segmentation, modelling, automation, reporting, and data analysis across all areas of Sportsbook generosity distribution.
Using numerical and technology capabilities, the Data Scientist will play a key role in bonus spend research, optimisation, and communication of results to CRM and Commercial senior management. This is a great opportunity for somebody who wants to work in an environment where curiosity is rewarded, and people are empowered to make decisions. The ideal candidate will have a passion for continual learning and developing innovative solutions to business problems.
- Take on data science projects from start to finish, including working with stakeholders to agree project KPIs, and reporting on progress and outcomes throughout projects at agreed cadence.
- Deliver high-quality analysis, customer segmentation and predictive models which help drive incremental revenue through optimal automated bonus spend distribution.
- Improve understanding of customer behaviours, efficiency of promotions, and effectiveness of bonus spend.
- Leverage AI to accelerate and enhance work, taking care to ensure high integrity, managing AI risk of error, and maintaining excellent understanding of AI output to avoid blind trust.
- Through idea generation and exploratory analysis, develop new and innovative ways to turn behaviours into features for use in analysis, segmentation and predictive modelling.
- Create, modify, and evolve models which solve business problems, and show demonstrable improvements to department KPIs.
- Demonstrate accurate insights and predictions using easy to interpret visualisations and clear explanations of results, recommendations, methods, biases and limitations.
- Work with Data Engineering and Analytics Engineer to optimise data quality and data modelling pipelines.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to help in identifying areas for improvement, and support their strategic objectives.
- Minimum of 1+ years of previous Data Science Experience (required)
- Minimum 1+ years building and deploying complex machine learning models with real world applications (required)
- Have a developed technical skill set which facilitates high-quality, efficient & comprehensive quantitative analysis (required)
- Proficient in SQL and experience of manipulating large datasets in Microsoft Excel (required)
- Proficient in statistical or programming software and techniques (e.g. in Python, R, C#, VBA, etc.) (required)
- Experienced in explaining technical projects to non-technical stakeholders (required)
- Experience working with data visualization tools like Tableau (nice-to-have)
- Undergraduate degree in a numerate or technical discipline (required)
- Interest in sports is a plus (nice-to-have)
- Interest or experience in the Sports betting industry is an advantage (nice-to-have)
- Health plans to choose from (some as low as $0 per paycheck) that include programs for fertility and family planning, mental health support, and fitness benefits.
- Generous paid time off (PTO & sick leave).
- Annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities (based on performance).
- 401k with up to a 5% match.
- Commuter benefits.
- Pet insurance.
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Disability insurance.
- 14 paid company holidays.
FanDuel Group is an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. The premier gaming destination in the North America, FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media, including FanDuel, Stardust Casino and TVG. The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia. FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).