Sr. Data Analyst

Versant Media seeks a Senior Data Analyst to join the AI, Modeling, and Strategy (AIMS) team in Orlando. This hybrid role focuses on sustaining and enhancing data products while building scalable analytics and AI capabilities that drive measurable value for internal stakeholders and external partners. The candidate collaborates across finance, product, pricing, marketing, and data services to translate business questions into robust analytical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and operationalize advanced algorithms and automated analytical pipelines, covering clustering methods (k-means, hierarchical, DBSCAN, HDBSCAN), supervised learning (linear and logistic regression, decision trees, random forests, gradient boosting, XGBoost), time-series forecasting (ARIMA, Prophet, LSTM), optimization techniques, and probabilistic modeling for large, complex, and unstructured data.
• Develop, refine, validate, and deploy scalable analytical and statistical models to produce actionable insights for key stakeholders.
• Partner with finance, product, pricing, marketing, and data services to translate business questions into analytical solutions, productionize models using MLOps best practices, and support monitoring and maintenance of data products and models.
• Cleanse, integrate, and validate data from multiple internal and external sources, applying data quality controls, feature engineering, and scalable transformation processes to ensure accuracy and readiness for analysis.
• Evaluate model performance with appropriate metrics, diagnose anomalies and drift, conduct A/B testing and experiments, and define and monitor KPIs that support revenue, pricing, and growth initiatives.
• Leverage modern AI and Generative AI technologies, including large language models and AI-assisted analytics tools, to streamline workflows, automate insight generation, and enhance decision-support capabilities.
• Communicate analytical findings, model assumptions, and business implications to senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and external clients through clear presentations, visualizations, and documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Analytics, Computer Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Data Science, or a related field.
• At least 1 year of experience in data analytics, business intelligence, data science, or a related analytical role.
• Strong SQL skills and proficiency in Python and/or R.
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Looker, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with GitHub for version control, collaborative development, code reviews, CI/CD workflows, and managing analytics and machine learning codebases.

Technologies

• SQL, Python, R
• Tableau, Looker
• GitHub
• XGBoost, Prophet, ARIMA, LSTM
• Large Language Models (LLMs), MLOps

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Other discounts and perks

Desired Characteristics

• Experience in pricing and/or marketing analytics is preferred
• Familiarity with Media, News, or Entertainment content is preferred
• Prior internship or work experience is preferred
• Strong intellectual curiosity with excellent problem-solving and quantitative skills, including the ability to decompose complex problems, identify root causes, and propose effective solutions

Additional Requirements

• Hybrid work arrangement: minimum three days per week in the Orlando, FL office; travel may be required for company or department meetings
• This position is eligible for company-sponsored benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k); paid leave; tuition reimbursement; and additional discounts and perks