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Data Scientist III, Analytics

A high performing individual contributor who consistently applies and enhances the analytics capabilities, best practices and processes to solve complex business issues and identify opportunities. Operates largely independently and shows ability to mentor more junior colleagues. Will be part of the Analytics team supporting Revenue Optimisation initiatives in PLS (B2B side of Expedia Group).

Who you are:

Education:

• •PhD, Masters or Bachelors in a quantitative field

Experience:

• 2-4 years' work experience
• Demonstrable experience of delivering data-driven insights and recommendations that drove change or performance improvement for stakeholders through multiple projects using different analytics techniques.
• Demonstrable advanced level experience of using SQL and Tableau for data analysis, structuring, transforming and visualizing big data.
• Experience with python/pyspark
• Experience delivering analytics projects to different business areas and displaying strong business acumen.

Functional/ Technical Skills

• Critical thinking and showing an inquisitive mind
• Problem solving
• Probability and Statistics
• Statistics and probability
• High level of SQL
• Python (R also welcome)
• Tableau
• Data visualization skills for communicating results to stakeholders of different technical levels
• Business acumen
• Basic machine learning concepts / approaches

What you'll do:

• Intermediate level ability to extract data from multiple data sources independently and combine into the required datasets for model building or analytics.
• Ability to comprehend probability and statistics, and how to apply to business problems (e.g. AB testing, causal inference). Understands difference between statistically significant test readout vs exploratory analysis.
• Uses business acumen in combination with knowledge to appropriately select the correct technique/design to answer business questions (e.g. AB testing, Pre/post, counterfactual inference, etc.)
• Understands and can explain the tradeoffs for selecting simpler vs more complex methods.
• Creates clear visualizations that support the data story and deepen the audience's understanding. presentations, executive summaries, and shares them in appropriate forums depending on the project and audience.
• Has experience working with big data and understands potential challenges and solutions and can explain this to both technical and non-technical partners with minimal guidance from manager / senior peers.
• Is able to quickly adopt and critically evaluate new querying tools and datasets and work with the relevant teams to ensure the Analytics team have what they require to do their job.
• Demonstrates capability of framing a complex business problem as an analytics problem and concrete set of analytical tasks broken down into manageable chunks.
• Works with stakeholders and analytics peers to identify the right objective and propose solutions appropriate for the task and timeframe. Demonstrates iterative thinking and ability to identify next steps based on findings.
• Picks analytically valid approaches, appropriate in terms of level of effort, favoring iterative delivery that solves for the objective, not the ask (i.e. not just order-taking). Uses strong understanding of the business problem space to inform the design of the solution.
   

About Expedia Group 

Expedia Group (NASDAQ: EXPE) powers travel for everyone, everywhere through our global platform. Driven by the core belief that travel is a force for good, we help people experience the world in new ways and build lasting connections. We provide industry-leading technology solutions to fuel partner growth and success, while facilitating memorable experiences for travelers. Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, trivago®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™.  

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