Careers at Disney – Decision Science Manager

Job Description:

The Decision Science team focuses on creating innovative mathematical models to inform business decision making through data. The team is interested in all fields related to data science, with emphasis on statistics, operations research, econometrics, and machine learning.

Job Responsibilities:

• Impacts the success of projects or technical initiatives, including through responsibility for design proposals; may also drive clear definition of detailed responsibilities relative to partner teams
• Checks in with leader to confirm or seek feedback on approach, risks, and issues for projects or initiatives. Requires relatively little guidance in further development of technical knowledge and skills
• Breadth to assume responsibility for output, based on multiple technical disciplines, or depth to introduce key technical innovations
• Understands a large, or multiple significant, lines of business (e.g., media, resorts, etc.) or business domains (e.g., sales, marketing, finance, pricing)
• Negotiates responsibilities or leads change within and across functional teams
• Applies knowledge of multiple technical disciplines and business domain to develop algorithms and evaluate output via tools such as Python, R, Tableau, Gurobi, AWS cloud tools
• Innovates to address new or large problems, which may relate to system requirements and design

Job Requirements:

• At least 2-4 years of related/relevant experience
• Ability to understand and support multiple large business domains

Qualification & Experience:

• Competence in multiple topics from statistics, optimization, machine learning, and/or econometrics. Distinction in breadth of knowledge enabling responsibility for large, complex, or varied output
• Familiarity with software development tools such as GitLab/GitHub, Docker, and cloud computing tools such as AWS
• Competence in mathematical computing with at least one programming language (e.g. Python, R, Java), and the ability to learn technical methods and tools independently
• Proven knowledge of revenue management context, including demand forecasting, resource allocation, and pricing

Job Details:

Company: The Walt Disney Company

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Orlando, FL, US

Application Deadline: N/A

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