Job Summary:

Media Monitors is the nation’s leading local monitoring company, serving the media and advertising industries with near real-time intelligence on broadcast TV, cable, radio, print and digital. Media Monitors is accredited by the Media Ratings Council (MRC) for its Radio, Cable and Broadcast spot monitoring services. Outside the US, Media Monitors tracks a variety of media in major markets including Canada, Ireland, Australia, India, New Zealand, Malaysia and South Africa. Media Monitors holds multiple patents for its monitoring and data modeling technologies.

As a Data Scientist, you will:

• Use emerging tools and technology to develop analytical models and lead the effort in mining Media Monitors’ vast data creating new products and efficiencies in our operations.
• Communicate complex solutions to a variety of stakeholders in easily understandable language
• Be a contributing member of a scrum team that voluntarily accepts work
• Write code that meets standards and delivers desired functionality using agreed upon technology
• Demonstrate passion about using data assets to optimize systems and products
• Use and extend open source software to deliver solutions to company’s business partners Present solutions and ideas to other team members, IT leadership, and business leaders
• Employ a pragmatic approach to evaluate new algorithms and technologies for positive impact within the company

Requirements:

• 2-5+ years of commercial experience in data science
• A demonstrable understanding of machine learning theory
• Extensive experience with Python and/or R
• Demonstrated experience with MSSQL
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills are a requirement
• Programming experience in JavaScript, C or C# for use in reading existing code or building prototypes (you do not have to have experience building production applications)
• Experience with Amazon Web Services, ElasticSearch

Bonus:

• MS in Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or Computer Science
• Data Engineering

Compensation

$104,000 – $130,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

Location

White Plains, NY: 445 Hamilton Avenue, 7th Floor, 10601

Position Type

Regular

Benefits:

iHeartMedia’s benefits offering is flexible and offers a variety of choices to meet the diverse needs of our changing workforce, including the following:

• Employer sponsored medical, dental and vision with a variety of coverage options
• Company provided and supplemental life insurance
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid company holidays, including a floating holiday that enable our employees to celebrate the holiday of their choosing
• A Spirit day to encourage and allow our employees to more easily volunteer in their community
• A 401K plan
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost – services include telephonic counseling sessions, consultation on legal and financial matters, emotional well-being, family and caregiving
• ​A range of additional voluntary programs, such as spending accounts, student loan refinancing, accident insurance and more!