Data Scientist, Spotify
Podcast
$86.7-123.8k
+ Equity
Commercial music streaming service
Posted today
Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Posted today
$86.7-123.8k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock the potential of human creativity—by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it
Role
Who you are
- Demonstrated ability in a similar Data Science role
- Degree in data science, computer science, statistics, economics, mathematics, or a similar quantitative field
- Deeply curious; and interested in the current and future creator ecosystem
- You have experience with product analytics, including crafting success metrics, performing exploratory analysis, and presenting findings with clear product recommendations or implications
- You have hands-on experience synthesizing insights from data using tools such as Python, DBT, BigQuery, SQL,and Tableau
- Strong communication skills and value building strong relationships with colleagues and partners as well as the ability to explain sophisticated topics in straightforward terms
- You’re a compelling storyteller who can communicate in succinct and inspiring ways to audiences with varied data science experience to influence product or feature decisions
What the job involves
- The Spotify Podcast R&D team consists of Data Scientists, Analytics Engineers, and User Researchers dedicated to improving the experience of podcasts for both creators and users of the platform
- This role will support our Product team in evaluating the performance of exciting features from Spotify for Creators like Podcast Comments, Creator Analytics, and the Spotify Partner Program (to name a few)
- Develop research questions and undertake data exploration to understand creators, how they get value out of Spotify, and where we can develop our product to bring greater value
- Work closely with cross-functional teams of data scientists, researchers, product owners, engineers, designers, marketers, and others across the company to develop and improve tools for creators
- Define, evaluate, dashboard, and monitor metrics, understanding the root causes of changes
- Communicate insights and recommendations to collaborators across Spotify to build out our product strategy
- Maintain a culture of rigor and data-informed decision-making to drive tangible business impact
- Contribute to the development of the Insights function and the wider analytics community at Spotify
Our take
Spotify was founded in an attempt to combat the rampant music piracy that was causing significant harm to the industry. The company has since taken music streaming mainstream and now has 180m+ paying subscribers across the world.
With features that include a highly accessible interface and a vast catalogue of artists, Spotify's strong brand has been able to maintain growth in spite of fierce competition from deep-pocketed rivals like Amazon and Apple. The company has achieved this by making smart acquisitions to move into other verticals to strengthen its offerings, especially podcasting, by acquiring Gimlet Media, Anchor and Parcast.
Spotify's future plans include rapid growth with a goal to become a one-stop destination for all digital sound, as well as AI and NFT integrations. However, high costs incurred from the acquisition of exclusive podcasts, increasing competitor strength, and weak bottom-line growth mean that the company must find a balance to maintain its position in the sector.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jan 2016
$1bn
CONVERTIBLE
Jun 2015
$526m
SERIES G
Total funding: $2.1bn
Company benefits
- Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse
- Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success
- Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents
- All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub
- Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs
Company values
- Innovative: We move fast and take big risks
- Sincere: We have no time for internal politics
- Passionate: We revel in what we do
- Collaborative: We recognise that we're all in this together
- Playful: We don't take ourselves too seriously
Company HQ
Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län
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Leadership
Daniel Ek
(CEO & Chairman)Founded Spotify in 2006. Previously worked as an executive at Tradera, an auction company that was sold to eBay and was briefly the CEO of uTorrent.
People progressing
Joined as a Conversion Manager in the Growth Team. Promoted three times over seven years to Senior Director - Head of Growth.
Joined as a Customer Advisor. Since then has had the role titles Senior Advisor, Content Associate, Team Coach, and Operations Manager - Primary Support. Hurst is now currently the Business Operations Manager of Music.
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