Data Scientist

About Ovative Group: Ovative Group is the premier independent media and measurement firm in the United States. We help trailblazers in fast-growing, customer-centric organizations across industries reinvent their marketing and measurement programs. Leveraging our media, measurement, and consulting capabilities, we assist brands like Domino’s, Facebook, The Home Depot, CVS, Disney, and UnitedHealth Group in transforming their media and marketing strategies. Our proprietary approach to measuring and optimizing marketing investments, Enterprise Marketing Return (EMR), disrupts the industry by setting the gold standard for customer and marketing strategy, activation, and measurement. Recognized eight consecutive years on Star Tribune’s list of Top 150 Workplaces and five years on Inc. 5000’s list of the fastest-growing private companies in America, we pride ourselves in always overdelivering for our clients, teams, and communities.

About the Role: The Ovative Group Data Scientist position is an opportunity to take your next career step at a fast-growing company that has the highest standards for talent, fun, and client success. The ideal candidate demonstrates great critical thinking, a sophisticated understanding of the data science landscape, familiarity with the marketing ecosystem, and phenomenal communication skills. They will play a pivotal role in helping Ovative measure and optimize the true enterprise impact of marketing dollars, ultimately unlocking powerful business results for our clients.

As the Data Scientist, you will be key in:

• Developing and advancing marketing measurement capabilities that align with our vision to transform how marketing success is measured in the industry.
• Delivering differentiated marketing data science and measurement solutions to maximize profitable enterprise revenue and customer value for clients.
• Collaborating with driven experts, business leaders, analysts, and other data scientists to define approaches for business problem solutions.
• Working with technology leaders, product owners, and engineers to convert novel solutions into scalable services and products.
• Contributing to an inclusive culture that inspires and attracts diverse technical talent.

Role Responsibilities:

• Acting as a technical contributor in a high-performance, multi-disciplinary team of data scientists, data engineers, and product managers, ensuring executional excellence.
• Driving value across multiple business verticals by contributing to impactful algorithms related to Media Mix Models and Forecasting.
• Communicating results of your data science work to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, serving as a trusted data science consultant to internal teams.

Requirements:

• 2-5 years of data science/analytics experience.
• Robust programming experience with languages such as R (preferred), Python, and SQL.
• Experience deploying machine learning models, understanding Frequentist and Bayesian paradigms, and principles of model building and interpretability.
• Strong understanding of mathematical principles and statistics.
• Familiarity with Data Science tech stack tools (Code versioning with Git, Containerization with Docker, Cloud services like Google Cloud Platform).
• Effective communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• An entrepreneurial mindset that fosters problem-solving with speed and collaboration.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior focus on digital marketing analytics.

Pay Transparency: At Ovative, we offer a transparent view into three components of your total compensation package: Base Salary, Annual Bonus, and Benefits. The salary range for this position is inclusive of an annual bonus. Actual offers are based on relevant experience and anticipated impact, with our compensation for Sr. Analyst positions ranging from $62,000 to $93,000 (inclusive of a 15% bonus).

Benefits Of Working At Ovative Group: We provide strong, competitive, holistic benefits that acknowledge the importance of your life inside and outside work.

• Culture: Recognized as a Top Workplace for eight years, we value trust and transparency, promoting open communication across all levels. Our flat organizational structure fosters an environment where everyone can support each other.
• Compensation and Insurance: We strive to hire and retain top talent with fair, competitive compensation, large bonus incentives, and excellent health insurance plans.
• Tangible Amenities: Access to office spaces in MSP, NYC, and CHI, frequent paid travel to our Minneapolis headquarters, flexible paid vacation policy, 401k match program, top-notch health insurance, mobile phone stipend, sabbatical program, and charitable giving opportunities.

Working at Ovative won’t be easy, but if you thrive on challenges and seek to drive results while collaborating with top talent, this could be the most rewarding job you'll ever have. If you think you can contribute to our success, we want to hear from you!