Senior Data Scientist Growth
Job Fit Check
Base Career helps you apply smarter for this job.
Key skills for this role
About the Role
ARQ is hiring a Senior Data Scientist for the Growth team to own LTV prediction models and drive data science initiatives across marketing and growth. The role requires 5+ years of data science experience, strong Python skills, and experience with consumer growth or LTV modeling.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Design, build, maintain, and improve lifetime value prediction models across ARQ’s countries and acquisition channels
- Work closely with Growth & Marketing, Product, Finance, Data Engineering, and Engineering teams to understand business needs and translate them into modelling solutions
- Help evaluate acquisition quality by channel, campaign, geography, customer segment, and product behaviour
- Build models that support better decisions around growth spend, payback periods, customer quality, retention, and long term value
- Analyse large scale customer, product, marketing, and transaction datasets to identify patterns, risks, and opportunities
- Continuously monitor model performance and improve accuracy, reliability, and business impact over time
- Create clear frameworks and metrics that help teams understand the trade offs behind growth decisions
- Partner with Data Engineering and Engineering teams to productionise models, pipelines, and reporting where needed
- Bring a pragmatic approach to modelling, balancing technical depth with commercial impact
Requirements
- 5+ years in Data Science, Machine Learning, Applied Statistics, Analytics, or a related discipline
- Experience building prediction models in a consumer business (B2C, D2C), ideally around LTV, growth, acquisition, retention, churn, monetisation, or customer value
- Strong Python skills and experience working with large scale datasets
- Solid understanding of supervised learning techniques, model evaluation, feature engineering, and statistical trade offs
- Ability to translate ambiguous commercial questions into structured data science problems
- Strong business judgement and the ability to connect model outputs to real decisions
- Experience working cross functionally
- Clear communication skills, especially when explaining modelling assumptions to non technical stakeholders
- Fluent in English
Full Job Posting
Overview
- We're looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join ARQ's Growth team as our first data science hire – owning all data science initiatives across Growth and Marketing, starting with predicting customer lifetime value across our markets and acquisition channels.
- You'll report directly to the Head of Growth and our COO.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Design, build, maintain, and improve lifetime value prediction models across ARQ’s countries and acquisition channels.
- Work closely with Growth & Marketing, Product, Finance, Data Engineering, and Engineering teams to understand business needs and translate them into modelling solutions.
- Help evaluate acquisition quality by channel, campaign, geography, customer segment, and product behaviour.
- Build models that support better decisions around growth spend, payback periods, customer quality, retention, and long term value.
- Analyse large scale customer, product, marketing, and transaction datasets to identify patterns, risks, and opportunities.
- Continuously monitor model performance and improve accuracy, reliability, and business impact over time.
- Create clear frameworks and metrics that help teams understand the trade offs behind growth decisions.
- Partner with Data Engineering and Engineering teams to productionise models, pipelines, and reporting where needed.
- Bring a pragmatic approach to modelling, balancing technical depth with commercial impact.
- Over time, contribute to other Data Science challenges across Growth and the wider business.
What You’ll Need
- 5+ years in Data Science, Machine Learning, Applied Statistics, Analytics, or a related discipline.
- Experience building prediction models in a consumer business (B2C, D2C), ideally around LTV, growth, acquisition, retention, churn, monetisation, or customer value.
- Strong Python skills and experience working with large scale datasets.
- Solid understanding of supervised learning techniques, model evaluation, feature engineering, and statistical trade offs.
- Ability to translate ambiguous commercial questions into structured data science problems.
- Strong business judgement and the ability to connect model outputs to real decisions.
- Experience working cross functionally.
- Clear communication skills, especially when explaining modelling assumptions, limitations, and recommendations to non technical stakeholders.
- Comfortable operating in a fast moving environment with high ownership and evolving priorities.
- Fluent in English, as we collaborate with teams across the globe.
Nice To Have
- Experience in fintech, banking, payments, investing, lending, or another financial consumer product.
- Experience at a high growth B2C or D2C company, such as consumer fintech, health tech, subscription, retail, wellness, or marketplace businesses.
- Experience with LTV, CAC, payback period, acquisition efficiency, cohort modelling, retention modelling, churn prediction, or marketing mix related problems.
- Experience working across multiple countries, currencies, channels, or customer segments.
- Experience productionising models or working closely with Engineering and Data Engineering teams to deploy data science solutions.
- Familiarity with MLOps, model monitoring, experiment design, causal inference, or incrementality measurement.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits
- Stock options, so you own part of what you build
- Discretionary performance bonus
- The latest tools and technology
- A world class team that will challenge and grow your skills
- The opportunity to help build the best fintech app in Latin America
- Office Policy: 3 4 days a week in office
Apply for this job in 1 click
Skip the repetitive application forms
Install the Base Career Chrome Extension and autofill job applications across major job boards with your profile.
Trusted by over 500,000 job seekers on Base Career
More from this employer
More jobs at TALENTMATE
Branch Manager UAE
Dubai, UAE
TALENTMATE is seeking a Branch Manager for their Middle East subsidiary to oversee Customer Care, Distribution, Quality, Warehouse, and Supply Chain departments. The role involves managing teams, ensuring efficient opera
Specialist Procurement Engineer
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Worley seeks a Specialist Procurement Engineer to manage procurement and subcontracting activities for large EPC projects in the oil and gas industry. The role involves developing procurement plans, monitoring contractor
Director Minerals Sales Middle East
Dubai, UAE
Metso is seeking a Director, Minerals Sales, Middle East to drive and develop capital business with existing and new customers in the Middle East. The role involves leading the sales organization, managing complex sales
PMC Manager - Construction And Installation
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Wood is recruiting a PMC Manager - Construction & Installation for an ADNOC Offshore client in Abu Dhabi. The role involves leading construction planning and execution for islands U/G civil works, onshore fabrication, an
ARCHITECT DIGITAL SOLUTION
Dubai, UAE
RED TIC is seeking a highly skilled Architect Digital Solution to lead the design and implementation of cutting-edge digital solutions. The role involves creating a strategic architectural vision, ensuring alignment with
Deputy Boutique Manager - Dubai Duty Free
Dubai, UAE
CHANEL is hiring a Deputy Boutique Manager for two fashion boutiques in Dubai Airport. The role involves managing a team of Sales Managers, acting as a strategic partner to the Boutique Director, and driving business exc
Marketing Assistant
Dubai, UAE
The QE2 floating hotel seeks a Marketing Assistant to support the Marketing Manager with administration, social media, and communications. The role involves coordinating with suppliers, maintaining databases, tracking so
Sr Interface Engineer
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Worley seeks a Sr Interface Engineer to manage interface activities for oil/gas/petrochemical projects in Abu Dhabi. The role coordinates internal and external stakeholders, oversees technical integration, and ensures ti
Branch Manager UAE
Dubai, UAE
Specialist Procurement Engineer
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Director Minerals Sales Middle East
Dubai, UAE
PMC Manager - Construction And Installation
Abu Dhabi, UAE
ARCHITECT DIGITAL SOLUTION
Dubai, UAE
Deputy Boutique Manager - Dubai Duty Free
Dubai, UAE
Marketing Assistant
Dubai, UAE
Sr Interface Engineer
Abu Dhabi, UAE