# Lead Data Scientist, Marketplace Intelligence & Optimization

Universal Ads, a part of Comcast, enables any brand, of any size, to seamlessly make and buy commercials across premium video reaching new qualified audiences at scale. Universal Ads combines premium and brand-safe video content directly from the most influential media companies with the ease and familiarity of social ad buying. It is your one-stop shop for high-quality video ads delivering performance and unmatched scale.Job Summary We're looking for an experienced Lead Data Scientist to build marketplace intelligence across Universal Ads, uncovering opportunities to improve supply efficiency, delivery performance, and marketplace growth. You'll work closely with Product, Publisher Partnerships, and Engineering to analyze the full advertising supply funnel, diagnose constraints and auction inefficiencies, and quantify opportunities to unlock incremental inventory, advertiser spend, and performance. Your insights will directly inform publisher strategy, supply investments, and product optimization priorities.The ideal candidate combines deep analytical and modeling expertise with a strong understanding of programmatic advertising, auction dynamics, and marketplace economics. This i

- **Id**: 4196036
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/comcast-lead-data-scientist-marketplace-intelligence-optimization>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: New York, United States, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T20:37:08Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T20:37:08Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6646
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Growth opportunities
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Marketplaces, Internet Service Providers, Theme Parks & Attractions, Streaming & OTT Platforms

## Company

- **Id**: 9377
- **Name**: Comcast
- **Domain**: comcast.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/comcast-corporation>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 44
- **Ghost share**: 0.023
- **Stale share**: 0.114
- **Repost share**: 0.068
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 18
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 169825
- **Max**: 254738
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 254738

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T20:37:08Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 18
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T22:30:02Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 254738
- **Is top pay**: yes

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