Senior Data Scientist

Role Overview

We are hiring a Data Scientist with proven industry experience in media, advertising, or adtech — particularly in:

• Forecasting models for inventory planning
• Impressions, reach and campaign performance prediction
• Supply-demand modelling in TV and OTT environments

You will design and deploy forecasting and optimisation models that directly impact revenue, inventory management and campaign planning for media owners and advertisers.

This is not an academic role — we are looking for someone who has built and shipped production models in a commercial media environment.

What you'll do:

• Build and improve forecasting models for inventory, impressions, reach and campaign delivery
• Develop predictive models using census and/or panel data
• Translate business problems (pricing, allocation, yield optimisation) into scalable data science solutions
• Work closely with product and engineering to productionise models
• Apply statistical and ML techniques to large-scale audience datasets (TV, OTT, CTV)
• Contribute to AI-driven feature development across planning and measurement

What we're looking for

Required:

• 5+ years of experience in the media industry (research company, broadcaster, media company, agency, or audience measurement/analytics platforms), working in the capacity of research or data analysis/science
• Hands-on experience building forecasting models for inventory or media planning or deduplication
• Strong Python / SQL and production ML experience
• Experience with time-series modelling, regression, probabilistic forecasting, or optimisation
• Understanding of impressions, reach, GRPs/TVR, digital ad metrics

Nice to Have:

1. Experience working with audience measurement or cross-media data
2. Knowledge of supply forecasting in linear TV or streaming
3. Experience deploying models in cloud environments

Why join [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk]?

• Work on real media datasets at scale and see your ideas come to life
• Influence product direction in a fast-growing international company
• Entrepreneurial culture with global exposure
• Opportunity to build foundational AI / modelling capabilities in next-generation media measurement

The Package

• Competitive salary
• Part-time position
• Immense learning working with open, diverse, and experienced colleagues in an entrepreneurial team culture.
• Flexible hybrid working with 2-3 days at office as needed
• 28 days holiday including public holidays
• Health insurance and pension cover

Thank you for your interest in [Employer hidden]!

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