Director, Data Science

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October 30

🦌 Connecticut – Remote

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🏖️ New Jersey – Remote

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🦌 Connecticut – Remote 🏖️ New Jersey – Remote 🗽 New York – Remote 🚗 Michigan – Remote ⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $190k - $230k / year

⏰ Full Time

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📊 Data Scientist

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BetMGM

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Gambling • Gaming • B2C

BetMGM is the exclusive sports betting partner to MGM Resorts nationwide, offering both online and physical casino gaming experiences. As a leader in online casino and poker gaming, BetMGM also collaborates with sister brands such as Borgata Online and PartyCasino. The company is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and emphasizes responsible gambling practices, ensuring a sustainable and enjoyable gaming environment for its customers.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2018

🎲 Gambling

🎮 Gaming

👥 B2C

💰 $25.1k Seed Round on 2022-10

📋 Description

• Oversee developing and executing data science strategies across all BetMGM departments. • Responsible for developing the data science team and enable them with the proper tools and processes to scale models across the business. • Lead and scale high-performing data scientists, cultivating a culture of innovation, experimentation, and continuous learning. • Develop and execute multi-year data science strategies aligned with enterprise goals across marketing, product, finance, and operations. • Partner with Executive Leadership to drive data-first decision-making through predictive modeling, advanced analytics, and AI/ML initiatives. • Drive innovation by helping implement scalable infrastructure and ML platforms (e.g., Snowflake, etc.) that support real-time model deployment. • Deliver business impact by building and refining ML models focused on player experience and business need. • Collaborate with analytics squads and business stakeholders to prioritize projects, manage roadmaps, and measure outcomes. • Mentor and develop data science talent, implementing training programs to build future leaders. • Ensure operational excellence by optimizing model training costs, compute efficiency, and technical stack architecture.

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, or related field. • 10+ years of experience in data analytics, with at least 5 years in a leadership role. • Experience in the online gaming industry. • Strong expertise in ML modeling, predictive analytics, segmentation, and recommender systems. • Proven experience aligning data strategy with executive-level business priorities and operational goals. • Experience with Python, SQL, Spark, Snowflake, and ML infrastructure tools like MLflow and SageMaker. • Experience with statistical modeling, A/B testing, and customer segmentation techniques. • Familiarity with online gaming platforms, trading systems, and marketing technologies.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical • Dental • Vision • Life Insurance • Commuter Benefits • Paid Time Off • Holidays • Employee Resource Groups • Performance-based bonus plan