Senior Data Scientist

Job Description

Who We Are 

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, trademark licensing, and philanthropy.  Distinguished by its culture of collaboration and exceptional client service, CAA’s diverse workforce identifies, innovates, and amplifies opportunities for the people and organizations that shape culture and inspire the world.  The trailblazer of the agency business, CAA was the first to build a sports business, create an investment bank, launch a venture fund, found technology start-up companies, establish a philanthropic arm, build a business in China, and form a brand marketing services division, among other innovations. Named Most Valuable Sports Agency by Forbes for eight consecutive years, CAA represents more than 2,000 of the world’s top athletes in football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, in addition to coaches, on-air broadcasters, and sports personalities and works in the areas of broadcast rights, corporate marketing initiatives, social impact, and sports properties for sales and sponsorship opportunities.  Founded in 1975, CAA is headquartered in Los Angeles, and has offices in New York, Nashville, Memphis, Chicago, Miami, London, Munich, Geneva, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Beijing, among other locations globally. 

 

Summary:

The Senior Data Scientist (Executive) is a member of the CAA Data team, responsible for accelerating the creation of opportunity through the strategic use of data across the organization. He does this by leading the development and implementation of cutting-edge Data Science solutions to solve complex business problems. The Senior Data Scientist will be a strategic partner to stakeholders across the organization, able to: 

• Identify a methodology to answer a business question, 

• Gather relevant data from multiple sources and evaluate its quality,  

• Perform exploratory data analysis and visualization,  

• Apply statistical methods to reach a reproducible answer, and  

• Present results that are usable in the context of CAA’s business.  

The Senior Data Scientist will also be directly involved in developing the strategy and technology roadmap for the Data Science capability in CAA, building relationships across the business to ensure that the strategy meets the organization’s future needs.  

The Senior Data Scientist leads the testing and development of the technology infrastructure to turn Data Science experiments into usable products, as well as continuously evaluating Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) solutions and methodologies emerging from academia to determine if they can add value to our business. 

The position will report to the Head of Data Science. 

Responsibilities:

• Data Collection: 

• Exploring new data sources that can potentially be helpful to the business 

• Evaluating data vendors based on utility to the business, quality of data, and data delivery (API, flat files...etc.) 

• Building robust and scalable data pipelines to ingest new data sources 

• Ability to convey ETL requirements to data engineers and collaborate on solutions to data issues. 

• Data Analysis & Modeling (AI/ML): 

• Identifying which Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) methods are best suited to solve business problems.  

• Research and implement machine learning and AI methods that can be deployed in production. 

• Analyze diverse datasets for errors and insights. 

• Build and maintain modeling pipelines. 

• Explain modeling methods and insights to non-technical stakeholders. 

• Provide advice to the business on strengths and limitations of model results, to avoid misuse. 

• Project Management: 

• Building relationships with stakeholders in the business. 

• Understanding business needs and translating them into requirements for projects. 

• Building and maintaining project timelines. 

• Coordinating team resources to achieve project goals.  

• Managing deliverables from team members. 

• Setting project priorities aligned with the department’s strategy. 

• Visualization: 

• Building and maintaining dashboard and UI prototypes for model interactions. 

• Work closely with Data Analytics developers to visualize model outputs effectively. 

 

Requirements:

• 7+ years of overall work experience 

• 5+ years of experience in Data Science 

• Master’s degree in quantitative discipline (Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering or similar) 

• Experience using Python and SQL on a daily basis. 

• Ability to apply supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques. 

• Ability to integrate LLMs into data workflows, and evaluate quality of results. 

• Experience working with large datasets and cloud computing tools (Spark, Databricks, Azure) 

• Experience with Recommendation Systems, Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning. 

• Ability to design, construct, test and maintain robust, reliable, and scalable data pipeline infrastructure. 

• Ability to extract, clean and validate data. 

• Experience with dashboarding and visualization tools (PowerBI, Tableau). 

• Ability to translate business problems requirements for data science projects. 

• Ability to extract clear actionable insights from data and present findings to non-technical stakeholders. 

• Collaborate with Data Engineers and Solution Analysts to understand the business problems and proactively design solutions. 

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.  

• Exceptional oral and written communications skills. 

• Demonstrate initiative and ownership of tasks and projects. 

• Ability to prioritize, coordinate and complete tasks to meet deadlines. 

• Ability to work effectively both independently and in team environments. 

• Ability to mentor junior Data Scientists and interns.  

Location: This is an hybrid based out of our Los Angeles office.

Compensation The annual base salary for this position is in the range of $194,000 - $215,000 in Los Angeles. This position is also eligible for benefits and a discretionary bonus. Ultimately, the salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in the role, business sector, and geographic location, among other criteria. Please talk with a CAA Recruiter to learn more.

 

Creative Artists Agency, LLC (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate on the basis of race (inclusive of traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, creed, gender or sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, family and medical care leave status, military or veteran status, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, political affiliation, an employee’s or their dependent’s reproductive health decision making (e.g., the decision to use or access a particular drug, device or medical service), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

The Company also complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws with regard to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.

CAA does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless they were contractually engaged by CAA to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any such employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the acknowledgement and agreement that CAA will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.