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To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win.

We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a global hybrid work setup (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We’re building a more open world. Join us.

Staff Data Scientist

Are you passionate about data and analytics? Do you want to be at the forefront of a truly customer-centric organization?

We are looking for a Staff Data Scientist to join our team. As a core member of our team, you will be working with data and applying advanced data science techniques in a fun and stimulating environment. There are a variety of exciting projects that you will work on to drive business strategy. Your insights will be used to enhance our customer value proposition, improve customer acquisition and engagement, drive customer lifetime value, deliver an amazing customer experience and better understand the customer behavior across multiple brands own by Expedia Group. This is an exciting opportunity for a team-player who wants to be a central part of a truly customer focused team.

The successful individual will be able to work with minimal instruction and oversight, enjoy working on multiple tasks and projects at the same time and own projects end to end. Critical to your success in this role is a love of data (we love data!) - developing insightful analysis that you communicate in a clear and compelling way.

What you'll do:

Apply advanced analytical techniques, statistical knowledge, machine learning, and big data handling skills to support our commercial stakeholders’ decision-makingUse your creativity and commercial acumen to translate business problems into structured analytical questions, and choose the most appropriate methodologies to answer these questionsOwn the relationships with our stakeholders, and work autonomously to prioritize and execute on the most impactful analytics projectsInfluence partners and senior leaders through communicating across various levels of the organization using clear and compelling storytelling and presentationsPrioritize multiple tasks and workstreams simultaneously and own projects end to end

Who you are:

Bachelor's, Master’s, PhD; Mathematics, Science, Statistics, Economics degree; or equivalent related professional experience is applicable5+ years experience in a similar analytical roleStrong SQL skills; demonstrated experience of using R/PySpark to structure, transform and visualize big data, and a willingness to learn new frameworks and languages required for the taskDisplay a true passion for data and analytics as well as possessing a strong commercial awarenessA high performing individual contributor who consistently applies – and often enhances – the analytical capabilities, principles and playbooks to solve complex business issues and opportunitiesDevelops and drives significant and sustained change and performance improvement from data driven insights in a number of different areas or contexts Experience partnering with senior management and collaborating with other teams (e.g. Product, Engineering, Strategy) to deliver projectsExperience of developing, and delivering, presentations that help people understand the insight from sophisticated analyticsAbility to perform in a high-pressure, dynamic environment and be comfortable with a high level of ambiguity.

The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $137,500.00 to $192,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $220,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.

Accommodation requests

If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request.

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