Jr. Data Scientist, Business Analytics & Research

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. The Jr. Data Scientist will support a wide range of analytical initiatives that inform content protection, distribution, streaming, and business strategy decisions across NBCUniversal's film, television, sports, and direct-to-consumer businesses.

What you'll do:

• Analyze large and complex datasets to identify trends in consumer behavior, content consumption, piracy activity, and digital distribution
• Support and enhance existing analytical models, reporting products, dashboards, and research programs while contributing to the development of new analytical capabilities
• Support the development and maintenance of statistical models used to measure the impact of piracy and content protection activities on business outcomes
• Assist with forecasting, risk assessment, title prioritization, and strategic decision-support initiatives
• Develop recurring reports, dashboards, and data products that provide timely intelligence and present to business stakeholders and senior leadership
• Conduct exploratory analyses to uncover drivers of piracy behavior, content demand, and audience engagement
• Support research projects that combine survey data, behavioral data, business performance metrics, and empirical piracy datasets to answer strategic business questions
• Partner with research, operations, and technology teams to improve data quality, analytical workflows, and reporting capabilities
• Translate analytical findings into clear business recommendations through presentations, visualizations, and written summaries
• Explore and evaluate new analytical approaches, including AI, statistical modeling, machine learning, and emerging data science techniques
• Support ad hoc analyses and special projects across the broader IPAOT organization

What they're looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Data Science, Computer Science, Operations Research, Social Science, or a related quantitative field
• 2+ years of demonstrated experience applying quantitative analysis to real-world problems through academic research, internships, consulting engagements, or professional work
• Proficiency in SQL
• Experience using Python, R, or similar analytical programming languages
• Understanding of statistical concepts including hypothesis testing, regression analysis, experimental design, and predictive modeling
• Experience cleaning, validating, and analyzing structured datasets
• Ability to communicate analytical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience creating data visualizations and dashboards using Tableau, Power BI, or similar tools
• Strong analytical thinking, intellectual curiosity, and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with econometrics, causal inference, forecasting, machine learning, or other advanced analytical techniques
• Experience working with behavioral, consumer, digital media, technology, or content-related datasets

Benefits:

• Company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks
• Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the [Benefits page](https://www.nbcunicareers.com/benefits) of the Careers website.