Data Scientist Marketing Effectiveness

Job Description

Can you apply data science within the LEGO Group across a variety of areas to better understand our customers and help develop the builders of tomorrow?

Bring your data science expertise to the table and help shape the way LEGO uses Data Science to provide key actions to the wider business!

Core Responsibilities:

As part of the Data Office, the LEGO Group needs data science capabilities to discover deeper insights, make predictions, and generate recommendations in a rapidly growing Big Data reality. Using data insights to drive business decisions and understand customer behavior is a key strategic focus for LEGO.

The data science function provides the LEGO Group with these insights, using data science approaches and techniques to perform predictive, prescriptive, and diagnostic analytics.

Play your part in our team succeeding:

• Cleaning and interrogating large data sets to understand trends and pull-out general insights.
• Developing advanced machine learning models – both for planning scenarios and description.
• Interpreting and delivering the insights and recommendations to stakeholders within the business.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure that data science work is delivering real value.
• Staying up to date with all the latest ground-breaking technologies such as computer science fundamentals and programming.

Do you have what it takes?

Ideally, you come a background with emphasis on one or more of the following: big data, data science, computer science, statistics, mathematics, or equivalent quantitative subject area. A PhD is a bonus. You are comfortable using SQL/HQL (Hadoop, Hive) also have exposure of R or Python.

As this role sits within the Marketing Effectiveness team in Data Science, previous experience in a media agency or consultancy is an advantage. Basic knowledge of both offline and digital media channels, CRM platforms and social platforms is welcome. You are:

• Able to translate technical content to business audiences in a way that delivers the most value.
• Track record in completing complex data science projects from end to end.
• Practical experience in data science, including implementation of Machine Learning models (predictive or descriptive).
• Familiar with the world of Media and Marketing effectiveness.
• Willing to travel occasionally (less than 20% overall).
• Fluent in English both written and spoken.

Join the global LEGO® team

What’s in it for you? Here are some of what to expect:

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are
  covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programmes run by local teams where you are based.
• Colleague
  Discount – We know you’ll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached, you’ll be rewarded through our global bonus scheme.
• Your workplace – Our offices will be your primary workplace with flexibility to work from home during your working week. Your People Leader will discuss the principles of our hybrid work model, role eligibility and frequency with you.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay regardless of e.g. race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

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