Senior Data Scientist

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Overview

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will lead the advancement of our experimentation capabilities, driving innovation and research in data science methods that fuel impactful business decisions in SIE. Your primary responsibility will be to push the boundaries of experimentation methodologies and frameworks, influencing the company’s overall strategy and empowering teams to run experiments more efficiently and accurately. You will contribute to advancing our experimentation culture, continuously innovating and refining techniques to optimise decision-making, platform engagement, and product features for our first-party games.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Drive innovation in experimentation research by developing new methodologies and frameworks that improve the quality, speed, and scalability of experiments.
• Lead efforts to advance our experimentation infrastructure, including implementing new statistical and machine learning methods to refine experimentation analysis.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and business leaders to identify high-impact experimentation opportunities, ensure alignment with strategic goals, and promote data-driven decision-making across the company.
• Act as a thought leader in the field of experimentation and causal inference, mentoring and educating cross-functional teams on best practices, emerging trends, and new research.
• Research and prototype novel techniques for handling experimentation challenges in complex, real-world environments, including dealing with constraints in data, user behaviour, and product usage.
• Work with stakeholders to shape experimentation strategies and foster a data-driven culture, while guiding teams on industry-standard methodologies for experiment design and execution.
• Champion the growth and development of analysts to strengthen the team's analytical capabilities.
• Promote and share the team's opinions and achievements in experimentation, data science, and causal inference across the broader organisation, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
• Stay up to date with the latest advancements in experimentation, causal inference, and machine learning, actively sharing new ideas to enhance our capabilities.

What We’re Looking For:

• Good understanding of the gaming industry and related gaming titles.
• Expertise in leading experimentation innovation, with a proven track record of advancing experimentation methods and infrastructure in a business environment.
• 5+ years of experience working with SQL and statistical packages (R or Python) for experimentation analysis, model development, and large-scale data analysis.
• Deep knowledge of causal inference methodologies and experience developing scalable solutions for A/B testing and quasi-experimental designs.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with partners to drive experimentation strategy, guiding high-impact business decisions through data.
• Good communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts effectively to non-technical collaborators, ensuring business alignment.
• An innovative approach to tackling intricate data challenges, demonstrating the use of brand new techniques in machine learning, causal inference, and experimentation.
• Master’s Degree or equivalent experience in Applied Math, Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field. Ph.D. or equivalent experience preferred.
• Familiarity with data engineering tools and practices (e.g., Airflow, Git), and experience with BI tools (Tableau, MicroStrategy) for data visualization.
• Demonstrated thought leadership in promoting experimentation culture and contributing to the development of standard methodologies and innovation.

Benefits:

• Discretionary bonus opportunity
• Hybrid Working (within Flexmodes)
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Scheme
• 25 days holiday per year
• On Site Gym
• Subsidised Café
• Free soft drinks
• On site bar
• Access to cycle garage and showers

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond. 

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.