// Open Role at Scopely
Join Scopely's Niantic division as a Senior Data Scientist, Marketing. You'll leverage advanced analytics, AI, and measurement frameworks to optimize user acquisition, direct marketing, and long-term player growth for globally beloved mobile games.
Scopely is a global gaming company whose mission is to inspire play every day. Scopely Explore (a division of Scopely)’s mission is to inspire people to explore the world together. We build products that inspire exercise, exploration, and social in-person interaction.
We are seeking a quantitatively adept and business-minded Senior Data Scientist, Marketing, to support our global marketing organization. You will operate at the intersection of data science, deep marketing domain expertise, and AI proficiency. In this role, you will help develop measurement frameworks, analytical models(e.g Marketing Mix Modeling), and scalable reporting solutions that inform user acquisition, brand investment, CRM efforts, and long-term player growth. You will also utilize AI-augmented workflows to accelerate the end-to-end data science lifecycle.
This role is ideal for someone who combines strong technical skills with intellectual curiosity, a forward-thinking perspective on how AI will transform data science workflows, and a desire to understand how marketing investments translate into long-term player value.
User Acquisition (UA)
Direct Marketing
Analytics Infrastructure & Workflow Efficiency
For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA, the annual salary range is provided below. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for equity, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, pet insurance, paid holidays, paid Scopely free days, and unlimited paid time off. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA Annual Salary Range
$17,100—$253,000 USD
Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.
Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Scopely Explore games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come.
Recognized multiple times as one of the "100 Most Influential Companies in the World" by TIME magazine and one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" and “Best Workplaces for Innovators,” Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good — creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play.
Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information, visit: https://www.scopely.com/.
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3-6 years of experience in data science, marketing analytics, or a related quantitative role (gaming, mobile, or digital consumer preferred). Understanding of marketing measurement across paid media, brand, social, and direct marketing channels. Familiarity with core performance metrics such as CAC, ROAS, retention, engagement, and LTV. Experience working with marketing data from ad platforms, CRM systems, or aggregate reporting environments. Proficiency in SQL and experience using Python (or similar) for analysis. Experience working with large datasets in a cloud data warehouse (e.g., BigQuery) and building dashboards in BI tools (e.g., Looker). Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills in a cross-functional environment. Plus if: Experience supporting brand or upper-funnel marketing measurement, exposure to marketing mix modeling, familiarity with lifecycle marketing analytics, experience building marketing data pipelines using Airflow, Composer, or similar, or experience working with global marketing teams.