Sr. Data Scientist, Marketing

About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

We are looking for a Data Scientist to join our marketing org. As a Data Scientist you introduce greater scientific rigor into the marketing measurement and optimization processes to shape Pinterest’s revenue growth and marketing strategy. The results of your work will influence and drive strategic decisions for the company - identify investment opportunities for growth, understand revenue growth and behavior, and define metrics to grow and sustain our advertiser base. You will collaborate on a wide array of business problems with a diverse set of cross-functional partners across Marketing, Product, Engineering, Analytics and others.

This role sits within the Marketing team and supports business marketing efforts aimed at driving revenue growth for Pinterest.

What you’ll do:

• Analyze advertiser behavior across the end-to-end funnel to identify factors influencing acquisition, conversion, retention and churn.
• Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of advanced marketing measurement frameworks and statistical models to quantify marketing ROI. Marketing channels could be different paid media, email, in-product, organic social, webinars, elearning platform, in person events etc.
• Build and deploy statistical and machine learning models such as propensity, forecasting, and lifetime value (LTV) models—to optimize marketing strategies and enhance audience targeting.
• Develop and refine attribution methodologies to evaluate the effectiveness of marketing initiatives across multiple channels.
• Assess the incremental impact of marketing activities using causal inference techniques and testing/experiment frameworks.
• Conduct deep, strategic analyses to address key business questions, such as how to improve marketing ROI, how to improve marketing budget allocation to optimize the business impact, measuring the impact of marketing in both mature and new markets, identifying opportunities to increase advertiser growth and revenue through marketing initiatives
• Translate complex analytical findings into clear, actionable insights and strategic recommendations