Data Scientist, Freemium Analytics

New York City

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Spotify

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Do you want to help guide the core business of Spotify using insights from analyses and data?
The Freemium Analytics team is part of the business strategy organization for the Spotify subscription business. You’ll be an essential part of the growth and direction of Spotify as we grow to 190M+ subscribers around the globe. You'll be an essential partner in guiding decisions for shaping the Premium of the future.
You will work with a global team of data scientists, business managers, marketers, and engineers. We are all passionate about what we do and move forward with high impact projects at a fast pace. Learning and improving is part of our daily routine, and you will be free to develop your skills and ways of working. At your fingertips, you’ll have access to all of the data Spotify has to offer and will get the opportunity to be creative with how you drive insights and strategies from that. Above all, your work will impact the way the world experiences music.

What you'll do

  • Drive business decisions and help tailor our offerings, by analyzing troves of data
  • Work with business managers & developers to understand the change they are driving, help them discover new opportunities, and forecast the impact of new business initiatives
  • Design custom analyses to answer strategic business questions. Very little of what you do will be standard, out-of-the-box analysis
  • Be an experienced sounding board to our business managers and partners
  • Define important metrics and build scalable data pipelines and dashboards to track them

Who you are

  • You have 3+ years of professional experience in data science, analytics, research, consulting or other related fields
  • You are comfortable analyzing large datasets with statistical rigor using tools such as SQL, Python, R, SAS, Stata, or other programming languages
  • You are comfortable with Excel / Google Sheets
  • You are an ambitious person who enjoys tackling loosely defined problems
  • You bias toward delivering actionable insights quickly rather than constructing the most technically complex model
  • You have great communication skills and value building positive relationships with colleagues and stakeholders
  • You have the ability to explain complex topics in simple terms to a variety of audiences
  • You are interested in or have experience with business strategy or management consulting
Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with a community of more than 381 million users.
This role is not eligible for hire in Colorado, USA.
Global COVID and Vaccination DisclosureSpotify is committed to safety and well-being of our employees, vendors and clients. We are following regional guidelines mandating vaccination and testing requirements, including those requiring vaccinations and testing for in-person roles and event attendance. For NYC, we have mandated that all employees and contractors be fully vaccinated in order to work in our offices and externally with any third-parties.For all other locations, we strongly encourage our employees to get vaccinated and also follow local COVID and safety protocols.

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Perks/benefits: Career development

Region: North America
Country: United States
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