Senior Data Scientist, Roku
Ads Manager
$132-254k
Eligible for equity awards
More information about location
Office located in Manhattan, NY
Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
Job no longer available
Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$132-254k
Eligible for equity awards
More information about location
Office located in Manhattan, NY
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide its users with a more convenient and cost effective way of watching the programs they love.
Role
Who you are
- A bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of advanced analytics experience or a Masters/Ph.D. with 3+ years of experience
- Strong SQL skills, and experience with BI tools like Looker
- Experience in R or Python
- Deep knowledge of experimental design and causal inference methods & expertise in A/B testing
- Experience with forecasting models such as SARIMA, Prophet, TFT, etc
- Experience in data management, analytics, data science and reporting
- Highly independent and able to manage relationships with stakeholders
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with strong data visualization and action-oriented narrative for stakeholder and executive audiences
- A desire to proactively identify opportunities and propose solutions
- Have a bias towards action in resolving issues and identifying opportunities
What the job involves
- The Core Analytics Team is a centralized function to provide data-driven insights to business and products. We collaborate closely with our Product and Engineering teams to deliver the best experiences to our customers and maximize the value proposition for the business
- Roku is looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our Core Analytics team and focus on our Ads Manager business. With a focus on creating impact, you will collaborate with business partners, product managers, and engineers to solve challenging business/analytical problems
- This role will play an integral part in influencing business decisions by identifying trends, developing measurement frameworks through designing A/B tests or leveraging causal inference methods, and creating customer segmentation based on behaviors and CLV to provide actionable insights and recommendations for targeting strategies
- You will own problems end-to-end, delivering insights and models to drive customer conversions and building data pipelines, dashboards, and automated reports to support them
- The successful analyst will tell a compelling data story that reads beyond the numbers and provides strategic insights. Being a thought partner to our executive business leaders, good communication and presentation will be a crucial aspect of this role
- Build reporting data pipelines and dashboards to ensure stakeholders can access accurate, timely, and actionable insights
- Design and execute A/B tests
- Work directly with stakeholders to understand key business questions that will accelerate the Ads Manager business
- Analyze structured and unstructured data and communicate insights to help stakeholders solve business problems, identify trends and make data-driven decisions
- Develop analytics tools (models, alerts, testing frameworks, etc.) to understand what drive the success of the Ads Manager product
- Deliver presentations to clearly and effectively communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders
- Translate complex technical topics into clear business recommendations
- Provide feedback directly to leadership and stakeholders across the company on performance of various initiatives and untapped opportunities
Application process
- Roku will be accepting applications for this position until October 27, 2025 [or until the position filled]
Our take
According to Nielsen data, the average streamer spends over seven minutes searching for something to watch. Streaming services use customers' viewing history to make suggestions, but these are limited to programs licensed for that particular service.
Roku provides an integrated streaming service that offers TV channels, movies and third-party streaming services, resulting in an all-in-one streaming platform. The service can be accessed through a variety of customized subscription packages and fees.
Roku stands out in the streaming industry by bringing many competitors together in one package. The startup provides further innovative services such as a weekly TV series named 'Roku Recommends' which uses first-party data to recommend essential viewing to users.
Alongside funding filmmakers through its "Change Makers Program", Roku also acquired its own original library of shows through its acquisition of now-defunct Quibi's library. Then, after successful collaborations with TCL and Hisense, the first in-house "Roku Television" was released. In 2026, it was announced that media giant FOX would acquire Roku, which the companies say will create the third largest player in US TV by share of viewing.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2016
$45.5m
LATE VC
Nov 2015
$45.5m
SERIES H
Total funding: $247.8m
Company benefits
- Medical, wellness and financial benefits
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Free snacks and access to the company fitness center
Company HQ
Newhall, San Jose, CA
Leadership
Anthony Wood
(Founder & CEO)Studied Engineering at Texas A&M before founding their first company in 1986. They held VP roles at both Adobe and Netflix.
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