Uber Sr Scientist - Competitive Intelligence 

United States, West Virginia 

820244531

About the Role

- - - - What the Candidate Will Do ----

1. Use data to understand competitors’ performance and to identify improvement opportunities.
2. Conduct competitive intelligence deep dives and present findings to senior management to inform business decisions.
3. Build statistical, optimization, and machine learning models for applications to domains like pricing, targeting, and experimentation.
4. Collaborate with cross-functional teams across disciplines such as product, engineering, and operations to drive competitor intelligence development end-to-end from ideation to productionization.

- - - - Basic Qualifications ----

1. B.S or M.S. in Math, Economics, Bioinformatics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, or other quantitative field
2. 3+ years of industry experience as an Applied or Data Scientist or equivalent
3. Experience with exploratory data analysis, statistical analysis and testing, and model development.
4. Ability to use Python, SQL, R or similar technologies to work efficiently with large data sets
5. Coding and SQL proficiency and ability to develop statistical analysis and algorithm prototyping in Python
6. Strong communication skills across technical, non-technical, and executive audiences

- - - - Preferred Qualifications ----

1. 5+ years of industry experience in a similar role
2. Experience in competitive intelligence.
3. Experience in algorithm development and prototyping.
4. To be highly detailed-oriented.
5. Excellent judgment, critical-thinking, and decision-making skills.
6. Ability to translate data science findings into business strategy
7. Self-motivated with the ability to work independently.
8. Ability to work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to execute decisions.
9. Strong verbal and written communication, and presentation skills
10. Ambition and enthusiasm to seek opportunities to build value.

For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$183,000 per year - USD$203,000 per year.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$183,000 per year - USD$203,000 per year.

For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$183,000 per year - USD$203,000 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$183,000 per year - USD$203,000 per year.