Senior Data Scientist
Sphere Entertainment Co. (NYSE: SPHR) is a premier live entertainment and media company. The Company includes Sphere, a next-generation entertainment medium powered by cutting-edge technologies to redefine the future of entertainment. The first Sphere venue in Las Vegas opened in September 2023. In addition, the Company includes MSG Networks, which operates two regional sports and entertainment networks, MSG Network and MSG Sportsnet, as well as a direct-to-consumer and authenticated streaming product, MSG+, delivering a wide range of live sports content and other programming. More information is available at sphereentertainmentco.com.
Who are we hiring?
The Senior Data Scientist will play a key role in building, enhancing, and maintaining advanced forecasting models to accurately predict revenue and ticket sales of future events. This position will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver actionable insights that drive strategic scheduling and event planning, ensuring optimal business outcomes.
What will you do?
- Develop and maintain advanced forecasting models to predict revenue and ticket sales for new and upcoming events.
- Enhance existing predictive models to improve accuracy and reliability of forecasts.
- Communicate model performance insights, including accuracy metrics and error analysis, to stakeholders and executive leadership to drive data-informed decisions.
- Ideate and propose innovative model features by analyzing data patterns and emerging trends to enhance predictive performance and value
- Collaborate with business intelligence to deliver data science tools and interactive dashboards to the Revenue Management team, enabling actionable insights and data-driven decision-making.
- Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the effectiveness of data science initiatives.
What do you need to succeed?
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in data science, data analytics, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience with SQL, Python or other machine learning languages.
- Proven expertise in developing and applying machine learning algorithms and predictive modeling techniques for time series analysis and forecasting.
- Experience incorporating exogenous variables such as weather, promotions, intellectual property popularity, competitor events and economic indicators.
- Familiarity with seasonality patterns (day-of-week, on-sale spikes, holiday effects)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Previous experience with AWS (e.g., S3, Sagemaker, Lambda) is a plus
- Previous experience in Ticketing or the Sports industry is a plus
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