Senior Data Scientist, Growth & Measurement

Role Responsibilities

As a Senior Data Scientist youll help shape some of Western Unions most important growth and investment decisions by uncovering what truly drives customer growth profitability and long-term value. Partnering across Marketing Product Pricing and Risk youll design experiments build measurement frameworks and apply causal analysis to influence business decisions and investment priorities.

• Design and analyse A/B tests holdouts geo experiments and other experimental frameworks to evaluate initiatives and establish causality.
• Build robust measurement approaches for marketing product pricing and risk initiatives including incrementality ROAS CAC retention conversion and customer lifetime value.
• Apply statistical and causal inference techniques including regression analysis seasonality adjustment interrupted time series and causal impact frameworks to determine business impact.
• Analyse customer behaviour identify growth opportunities and uncover root causes behind performance trends.
• Translate complex analytical findings into clear recommendations that help teams decide what to stop start or scale.
• Partner cross-functionally with stakeholders and help raise analytical measurement and experimentation standards across the business.

Role Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Statistics Mathematics Economics Computer Science Data Science or a related quantitative discipline.
• 46 years of experience in Data Science Product Analytics Marketing Analytics Growth Analytics or a similar analytical role.
• Advanced SQL and Python or R skills.
• Strong foundation in statistics experimentation and causal inference methodologies.
• Experience designing and analysing A/B tests controlled experiments holdouts and geo experiments.
• Experience measuring incrementality and evaluating business initiatives using data-driven approaches.
• Strong understanding of growth and performance metrics including ROAS CAC conversion retention and customer lifetime value.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex analysis into clear business recommendations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within fintech financial services marketplaces or other digital businesses.
• Experience with Snowflake Power BI Tableau or similar analytics tools.
• Exposure to attribution modelling marketing mix modelling (MMM) Bayesian methods or advanced experimentation frameworks.

Work Shift

Western Union values in-person collaboration problem solving and ideation whenever possible. We believe this fosters common ways of working and supports how we execute initiatives for our customers. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.

BENEFITS AND OTHER DETAILS

Benefits and Other Details

You will also have access to short-term incentives multiple health insurance options accident and life insurance and access to best-in-class development platforms to name a few. Please see the benefits below specific to your country. If applicable additional role-specific benefits will be mentioned during your interview process or in an offer of employment.

Your UK specific benefits include:

• Competitive compensation including performance-based incentives
• Defined Contribution pension plan
• Global Travel Policy
• Global Employee Assistance Programme

Other Details

We are passionate about honoring our employees identity and fostering a feeling of belonging. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams while reflecting the communities we serve.

We do not discriminate based on race color national origin religion political affiliation sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation gender identity age disability marital status or veteran status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants including those with disabilities during the recruitment process following applicable laws.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1