Manager, Ads Experimentation

Company Description

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Job Description

Welcome to Peacock, the dynamic new streaming service from NBCUniversal. Here you’ll find more than a job. You’ll find a fast-paced, high-flying team for unique birds that want to be at the epicenter of technology, sports, news, tv, movies and more. Our flock works hard to connect people to what they love, each other and the world around them by creating shared experiences through culture-defining entertainment.

As a company, we embrace the power of difference. Our team is committed to creating an organization that champions diversity and inclusivity for all by curating content and a workforce that represents the world around us. We continue to challenge ourselves and the industry by being customer-centric, data-driven creatures of innovation. At Peacock, we are determined to forge the next frontier of streaming through creativity, teamwork, and talent.

Here you can fly to new heights!

Data is part of the DNA at Peacock. The product analytics and experimentation team at peacock is responsible for making an impact using data, track progress towards goals and to continuously inform product development through high quality analysis and experiments at scale.

The Manager Ads Experimentation will be the Experimentation leader for Peacock Ads. They will focus on the experimentation practice and platform. They will partner with Ads, product, engineering and other experts to shape a shared experimentation playbook to enable trustworthy experiments at scale.

The Manager will also partner with other data and decision science teams to share best practices and improve capabilities around statistics, causal inference, data modeling, testing, personalization, and visualization

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To

• Work with Ads, Product, Decision Science, UX and Engineering to lay out a comprehensive experimentation playbook and roadmap
• Lead an small team of experimentation professionals focused on Ads experience and innovation
• Manage an experimentation platform roadmap that supports stakeholder goals and advanced the experimentation practice
• Develop end to end experimentation process that is deeply integrated with Ads, product and engineering development lifecycle
• Translate insights into Ads and product strategy to empower execution in a data-informed manner
• Deeply understand the peacock ecosystem, defining and analyzing metrics that evaluate our trajectory and inform the success of our products
• Communicate insights, vision and strategy with executive leadership and key stakeholders
• Present research on statistics, experimentation, revenue impact, ads impact, user behavior, product enhancements, and metrics development / methodology to all levels of the company ensuring transparency and partnership
• Foster a culture of execution excellence and analytical rigor

Qualifications

• 4+ years of applied experience in Ads experimentation at an eCommerce, social network, direct to consumer, media entertainment company or similar tech company
• 1+ years of people management / history of elevating a team
• BA/BS in technical or quantitative disciple or significant relevant work experience
• Experience with experiment design and platforms (i.e. in house built, Optimizely, split.io, etc.)
• Extensive knowledge of statistics and analytical concepts
• Coding skills for analytics and data analysis (Python, R, SQL, etc.)
• Experience in using data to drive product decisions and change opinions
• Must submit an attestation disclosing your COVID-19 vaccination status and, if partially or fully vaccinated, submitting your vaccination record no later than 7 days following commencement of employment.
• Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at the commencement of employment or adhere to enhanced protocols in select work settings or where jurisdictionally mandated.
• Must be willing to adhere to all Company COVID-19 workplace safety policies and protocols.

Desired Characteristics

• A great storyteller and communicator, and can build relationships with a diverse set of stakeholders
• Utilize excellent communication skills to clearly distill the essence of your technical work to audiences of all levels and across multiple functional areas
• Ability to collaborate and work in partnership with different parts of the organization
• Combination of technical skill sets and business savvy to interface with all levels of the organization
• Ability to work independently, multitask, and drive your own projects
• A passion for TV and movies and defining the future of entertainment.

Additional Information

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