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booking.com, City Centre, Manchester
- Onsite working
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Posted today, 31 May
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Full Job Description
The successful candidate will collaborate with Rides product, engineering, and commercial teams, helping steer decision making through relevant and actionable data insights & innovative new ways of looking at our business. You will be closely collaborating with other data scientists, analysts & machine learning scientists to develop strategic insights, uncover growth opportunities, and identify key drivers of booking trends. In particular this candidate will assume ownership of several key aspects of the Rides product including experimentation, pricing, promotion models, partner selection etc.
Join us to solve critical business challenges and help travellers plan and book their perfect trip with ease and confidence.
Key Job Responsibilities and Duties:
Leading the design and delivery of entire Data Science solutions based on business requirements, bringing them from ideation to implementation independently.
Working autonomously to consume and prepare data for analysis, translating business challenges into actionable data stories, and applying appropriate statistical methods to solve them.
Designing and interpreting quantitative experiments to objectively guide key business decision making.
Owning the definition and development of key product and business metrics, such as ROI and customer lifetime value (CLTV).
Developing expertise in Rides economics and understanding the strategy behind pricing, ranking, and promotional activities. Create data science roadmaps to support these strategies.
Continuously monitor product engagement and performance, generate insights, and propose iterative experimentation hypotheses to drive product growth.
Responsible for acting as a force multiplier for junior peers in the team by actively helping them with their craft through means of coaching, mentoring and setting a good example.
Proven experience working in Data Science roles; advanced degree preferred (Statistics, Econometrics, Applied Mathematics, or similar)(Mandatory)
Demonstrated ability to solve real-world problems using data mining techniques with statistical rigor, and to translate business challenges into data problems.
Strong technical skills in data analysis, statistics, and programming with SQL and Python/PySpark; hands-on experience with version control systems (Mandatory)
Strong background in causal inference/analysis including experimentation (e.g. A/B testing) and other advanced statistical methods. (Mandatory)
Clear understanding of the capabilities and limitations of various data analysis and modeling techniques.
Proven ability to work collaboratively, drive impact as a team player, and build strong relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with strong business acumen.
Analytical, strategic thinker with an entrepreneurial mindset, humble, curious, and data-driven.
The following skills are assets for this role:
Hands-on experience in pricing, promotion optimisation, ranking domains
Working knowledge of data management (engineering, data pipelines, workflows) with Pyspark / Snowflake
Experience working cross-functionally with developers, UX designers, product managers, and other stakeholders to build data science solutions.
Applied knowledge of statistical methods (e.g. GLM, Inference), Statistical/Machine Learning (e.g. Dimension Reduction, Clustering, Regularisation, Bagged/Boosted methods), Time Series, etc
Applied knowledge of developing ML and GenerativeAI models at scale.
About Us: At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We're the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you encounter. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the memories you make. Through our products, partners and people, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world.
About the Rides Business Unit
From our hubs in Manchester, London & Amsterdam our Trips Business Unit helps people get where they want to go anywhere in the world. Whether customers want the freedom of a car, the convenience of a flight, the ease of a taxi, the economy of public transport or an endless variety of exciting activities, we make it all possible. Our team is passionate about helping people travel. They see challenges as opportunities. And they're always ready for change.
Booking.com's Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive , as well unique-to-Booking.com benefits which include:
Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave
Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)
Industry leading product discounts - up to 1400 per year - for yourself, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Booking.com:
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have been a core part of our company culture since day one. This starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations.
Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: "At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn't just build an outstanding workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. It's a place where you can make your mark and have a real impact in travel and tech."
We ensure that colleagues with disabilities are provided the adjustments and tools they need to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
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