Senior Data Scientist, Vidyard
+ Stock options
Video tools for virtual sales & marketing teams
Job no longer available
Video tools for virtual sales & marketing teams
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
+ Stock options
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help businesses deliver exceptional buyer experiences.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience in data science with a strong background in statistical modelling, machine learning, and data analysis
- Master’s or PhD in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field
- You have statistical skills utilized in A/B testing, analyzing observational data, and statistical modelling
- You are comfortable working with large data sets and analyzing complex data with SQL and other tools such as AWS Redshift, DBT and Cube
- You have good business acumen on product innovations and excellent problem solving skills to translate business requirements to data science problems
- You have a strong bias to action, delivering results quickly with iteration instead of waiting for perfection
- You are a fast learner and are comfortable with ambiguous requests
- You have exceptional communication skills and can manage stakeholder priorities directly
What the job involves
- Data Science at Vidyard is aimed at using data, analytics, and sciences to improve various aspects of our business
- We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our Research and Development team, leading experimentation and advanced data science needs
- This role will be partnering closely with our Product, Go to Market and Finance stakeholders to drive data informed decisions by building predictive models, conducting statistical analysis and deriving business insights
- This is a unique opportunity to have a high level of impact by establishing the data science discipline at a growing company
- Lead the design, analysis, and interpretation of experiments that shape decision-making for the Vidyard strategy
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of advanced statistical models and machine learning algorithms
- Analyze large, complex datasets to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for growth and optimization
- Develop and maintain data pipelines, ensuring data quality and integrity
- Drive and implement high impact projects end to end
- Partner with our Vidyard stakeholders (Product, Finance, RevOps and Engineering) on advanced analytic initiatives (e.g., prediction modeling, causal inference, experimentation etc)
- Present your research and insights to executive stakeholders
- Work with business stakeholders to connect analysis to key decisions that affect the business to influence and drive impact
- Balance handling ad hoc requests while also driving larger projects forward
Our take
Vidyard is a leading video platform for business, offering a comprehensive suite of tools for video messaging and hosting to drive more effective engagement with customers and prospects across sales, marketing, and customer service. Empowering businesses to deliver personalized video communications that boost interaction and conversion rates.
In recent years, Vidyard has experienced rapid growth, benefiting from the surge in remote work. Its customer base expanded by over 300% annually, and the platform now sees more than 4,500 new user sign-ups every day, marking a 60% year-over-year increase in user acquisition.
It continues to solidify its position as a leader and recently secured new funding. This funding will support its expansion of AI-powered tools like its hyper-realistic AI avatars. Alongside this, the company's recent integration with Salesloft highlights its growing focus on enhancing sales engagement, while its continued innovation positions it for future growth, with the goal of becoming a billion-dollar business.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2024
$15m
LATE VC
Jan 2016
$35m
SERIES C
Total funding: $75.9m
Company benefits
- Collaboration Center: Our downtown Kitchener location is a converted historical building, close to public transit.
- Community Care: Community is a key stakeholder at Vidyard. We founded Plugin to host charitable events to support local groups and, as a company, we provide more than 2,000 volunteer hours in the community every year.
- Vidyardians: You’ll work alongside passionate team members and always have access to our leadership team. Together, we want to help our customers succeed.
- Working Well: We believe that people know what works best for them and should take the time they need to refresh, so we offer flexibility and wellness programs.
- Benefits: We offer RRSP matching, a health and wellness subsidy, professional development fund, access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and more.
- Stock Ownership: We want our people to be invested in our exciting future and benefit from their own hard work.
Company HQ
City Commercial Core, Kitchener, ON
Leadership
Michael Litt
(Co-Founder & CEO)Alongside Vidyard they are the co-founder and General Manager of Garage Capital as well as a Board Member at Quantum Valley Ideas Labs and an Advisor at Maropost.
Devon Galloway
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously co-founded Redwoods Media, and is currently General Partner at Garage Capital.
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