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You will work closely with a dedicated team across Marketing & Sales, Revenue Management, Reporting, and Engineering to ensure our incrementality evidence drives smarter, more transparent choices at scale.\nAbout the Role\nOwn the design, execution, and continuous improvement of geo-based, time-based, and synthetic control experiment frameworks, ensuring methodological rigour and scalability across global markets and channels\nApply econometric and causal inference techniques - including difference-in-differences, synthetic control, and Bayesian structural time series - to measure the true incremental effect of marketing activities on bookings and revenue\nBuild and manage a structured test-and-learn programme across paid channels, identifying measurement gaps and prioritising experiments by expected business value\nContribute to the development and validation of attribution models (CLV-MTA and MMM), providing reliable benchmarks that reduce reliance on platform self-reported data\nTranslate complex causal findings into clear, actionable recommendations for a wide range of stakeholders including marketing teams, finance, and senior management\nReview experiment designs, create thorough documentation, and help shape internal standards for how Flix measures marketing effectiveness across all channels\nAbout You\nHolds a Master's or PhD in Statistics, Econometrics, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, or a related quantitative field\nBrings 5+ years of experience in a data science or quantitative research role, with hands-on expertise in designing and evaluating causal experiments such as geo experiments, time-series holdouts, or synthetic control studies\nDemonstrate strong command of causal inference methods including difference-in-differences, synthetic control, Bayesian structural time series, or matched market testing\nProficient in Python,SQL, Power BI and experienced with statistical modelling libraries such as statsmodels, PyMC, CausalImpact, or equivalent tools\nComfortable with version control (Git), reproducible workflows, and cloud or data warehouse environments such as BigQuery or Snowflake\nProven ability to present statistical findings to non-technical audiences and contribute to strategic choices with data\nExperience in marketing measurement, media mix modelling, or growth reporting is a plus - as is familiarity with Bayesian methods\nWe recognize that everyone carries a unique set of valuable skills and experiences. 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