Data Scientist 5 - Media Science DSE

Netflix•,

3d•$372,000 - $600,000

About The Position

Netflix Animation Studios (NAS) is Netflix's in-house feature animation studio, delivering the exceptional artistry behind big hits like Leo, KPop Demon Hunters, and The Sea Beast. Media Science DSE is hiring for an embedded role to stand up our data science capability within NAS. How well NAS plans for and manages its growing slate and workforce has a direct impact on the creative and financial success of its films. As a Data Scientist, you'll construct and execute the roadmap for analysis, models, and data products that connect finance, production, and people data into a single system empowering slate planning, operational forecasting, and strategic decision-making for the Studio. You'll work directly with NAS leadership across Studio Operations and Production to architect the robust data foundations NAS needs to scale its slate with confidence.

Requirements

Advanced degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Operations Research, or a related quantitative field (or equivalent practical experience)
8+ years of experience as a data scientist, with a track record of developing and executing measurement frameworks, models, and visualization products that directly inform business decisions
Experience building scenario planning, forecasting, or optimization models in operationally complex, resource-constrained environments
Strong quantitative and statistical intuition, comfortable moving fluidly between exploratory analysis, new metric construction, model development, and applied problem solving
Proven ability to translate ambiguous business questions into structured analytical workstreams
Skilled at building dashboards and visualizations that make complex data intuitive and actionable for a business leadership audience
Excellent verbal and written communicator who is adept at distilling complex analysis into clear, digestible narratives that broad audiences can understand and act on - influencing data-informed thinking across the organization
Comfortable operating with minimal oversight in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Energized by the opportunity to work within a film studio and build a new data science capability from the ground up
Netflix culture resonates with you

Responsibilities

Serve as NAS's founding data scientist, partnering with leadership to define and prioritize the studio's metrics & science agenda
Strategically thought partner to scope ambiguous, greenfield questions - proposing and delivering analysis and science that introduce and influence data-informed ways of thinking
Own the end-to-end measurement agenda in partnership with data engineering - spanning data model design; new metric development, analysis, and forecasting; and the interpretation and dissemination of results
Conduct slate analysis that surfaces drivers of show efficiency as a means to preserve creative optionality across shows
Develop scenario planning models that quantify how schedule changes ripple across the production slate - giving leadership the visibility they need to proactively manage production timelines and workforce allocation
Build dashboards and scorecards that allow leadership to continuously monitor show statuses and potential risks
Present your metrics, models, and analytical insights clearly to a leadership audience, translating complex analysis into decisions NAS can act on
Collaborate with data scientists, analytics engineers, and data engineers across Media Science DSE to apply existing metric and viz approaches to NAS, where appropriate