What are the responsibilities and job description for the Decision Scientist position at Ibotta?
Ibotta is seeking a Decision Scientist, Core Data & Analytics to join our high-performing team and contribute to our mission to Make Every Purchase Rewarding. Our relatively new and fast-growing Core Data & Analytics team provides high-quality, on-time data products and services across all business areas within Ibotta. We do this through our thought leadership, subject matter expertise, evangelism, and governance of business-critical data initiatives.
As a Decision Scientist, you’ll have the challenging and rewarding opportunity to build on the foundation of already established data and analytics products. You’ll be able to drive initiatives forward, being responsible for project completion. In addition, you'll also be able to grow organizational and leadership skills by contributing to team and company best practices while learning from technology leaders who want you to be successful.
This position is located in Denver, Colorado as a hybrid position requiring 3 days in office (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). Candidates must live in the United States.
Not based in Denver? We will offer a relocation bonus to help make your move to the Mile High City a smooth one.
What you will be doing:
As a Decision Scientist, you’ll have the challenging and rewarding opportunity to build on the foundation of already established data and analytics products. You’ll be able to drive initiatives forward, being responsible for project completion. In addition, you'll also be able to grow organizational and leadership skills by contributing to team and company best practices while learning from technology leaders who want you to be successful.
This position is located in Denver, Colorado as a hybrid position requiring 3 days in office (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). Candidates must live in the United States.
Not based in Denver? We will offer a relocation bonus to help make your move to the Mile High City a smooth one.
What you will be doing:
- Analyze large datasets to extract actionable insights to inform business decisions and understand consumer behavior to support the decision-making process
- Formulate solutions addressing major business challenges and innovation opportunities
- Develop a deep understanding of Ibotta's data ecosystem and analytics tools
- Bring proactive insights into our key business metrics through curiosity, dedication, and ongoing investment in understanding our products
- Contribute to creating best practices and efficient processes for the team
- Initiate and drive collaboration with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to define project scope, responsibilities, and expectations
- Build and maintain dashboards, reports, and other analytics deliverables
- Work closely with our Instructional Design team to create curriculum, documentation, and training materials for the products you own
- Embrace and uphold Ibotta’s Core Values: Integrity, Boldness, Ownership, Teamwork, Transparency & A good idea can come from anywhere
- 3 years of experience in an analytical function
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, analytics, or a related field required
- Demonstrated analytical ability, conceptual thinking, and problem-solving skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to distill complex analytical solutions into actionable insights
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the proven ability to collaborate across functional areas
- Curiosity and the commitment to continually ask questions of our data and business
- Ability to translate ambiguous business questions into structured data problems
- Excels in a fast-paced environment with the capability to prioritize effectively
- Expert using modern data analysis tools (SQL, Python, R, etc.)
- Experience in building visualizations using business intelligence tools such as Looker and Mode