Lead Data Scientist

JOB DESCRIPTION

This is your chance to be part of an in-house Commercial Strategy, Insights, and Analytics team of consultants to important functions across Hilton! The team consists of both embedded authorities who serve as strategic advisors to partners and technical specialists who are proficient in advanced analytics techniques and tools. As a Lead Data Scientist, you will support Hilton's Customers, Brands, Marketing, Digital, Revenue, and Sales organizations, with special support for the executive leadership team. On the Data Science team reporting to Director of Data Science, you will support projects including customer models and digital data.

HOW WE WILL SUPPORT YOU

Hilton is proud to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to programs and benefits such as:

• Go Hilton travel program: 100 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night
• Hilton Shares: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
• Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
• Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Learn more about the rest of our benefits

At Hilton, we believe every Team Member is a leader. We are committed to offering leadership development opportunities through every step of a Team Member’s career journey and at every level, both in our hotels and across corporate. Hilton’s leadership development framework focuses on developing skills and business insight through a range of programs and approaches to meet varying learning needs and preferences.

**Available benefits may vary depending upon terms and conditions of employment and are subject to the terms and conditions of the plans.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

Your role is important and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique.

What your day-to-day will be like:

• Develop data science models associated with structured and unstructured data in creative and novel ways and operate with autonomy.
• Design development code, and test models for deployment in the big-data environment.
• Provide technical advice to other team members and senior management.

How you will collaborate with others:

• Collaborate with data scientists, business stakeholders, and technical teams to understand business requirements, describe statistical and technical implementation strategy, and provide analysis and outcomes from data science models.
• Partner with other teams from different functions to access data elements and understand the business problem and data to be analyzed and solved.

What projects you will take ownership of:

You will focus on large datasets from multiple digital sources, including web traffic, social media, marketing and advertising campaigns, and customer engagement metrics. You will develop predictive models and algorithms using customer data; forecast digital and media performance metrics, such as customer acquisition, conversion rates, and return on investments.

WHY YOU'LL BE A GREAT FIT

You have these minimum qualifications:

• Five (5) years of work experience in modeling techniques, python, and SQL with production-quality code.
• Three (3) years of work experience in digital data, web analytics, media data and customer models.

It would be useful if you have:

• Advanced/post-graduate degree in computer science, Data Science, Statistics, or a related technical field.
• Five (5) years of experience with machine learning algorithms and tools, artificial intelligence, deep learning, and Cloud infrastructure preferably AWS.
• Three (3) years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization, or cross-business projects.
• Experience building large-scale models in production infrastructure.

WHAT IT IS LIKE WORKING FOR HILTON

The future of hospitality is bright at Hilton: a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands. Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more-than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture and we are consistently named among one of the World’s Best Workplaces. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it’s like to be on Team Hilton!

It is the policy of Hilton to employ qualified persons without regard to color, race, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medication conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service, status as a protected veteran, disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable law, genetic information, or any other protected group status as defined by and subject to applicable federal, state and local laws. Hilton’s commitment to equal employment opportunity supports the attraction and retention of a diverse workforce that will enhance our effectiveness in attracting Team Members, customers, corporate partners, and owners.

We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position and provide other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us if you require an accommodation during the application process.