Principal Data Scientist, Statistical Analysis - AdTech

We are looking for a Principal Data Scientist - Statistical Analysis to join the Ad Tech Data Science team on our mission to deliver consistently amazing experiences.

As part of our Vendor Team, you’ll be the driving force behind the success of thousands of restaurants, shops, and local businesses. Your contributions will empower vendors with advanced tools to manage their operations, boosting their visibility and reach. Every feature you help build will create growth opportunities for businesses of all sizes, strengthening Delivery Hero’s ecosystem and impact.

We are using AdTech to introduce people to new food they love and to enable our partners to meet their future customers at the perfect moment. a range of products that we have developed to offer advertising solutions for restaurants, which help them to increase their visibility and reach, improve their order conversion, and eventually drive more sales by covering the entire marketing funnel. Operating across about 70 countries around the clock, our AdTech connects the ideal advertiser with the ideal customer millions of times every day. In 2024/25, AdTech is a fundamental area for us on our path to profitability and is predicted to generate more than 1 billion euros in revenue for Delivery Hero; our innovative tech and product offering is the backbone of that development.

As a Principal in the team you will elevate the organisation’s understanding of ad market dynamics through rigorous statistical analysis, advanced econometrics, and data-driven insights. 

• Bring a statistician’s precision to the study of market behaviour, using cutting-edge methodologies to reveal hidden patterns and drive impactful, informed decision

• Your work will anchor strategy with scientific rigour, fostering better outcomes for all stakeholders in this complex, competitive ecosystem.

• Advanced Statistical Expertise: Mastery of probability, Bayesian inference, hypothesis testing, and experimental design.

• Causal Inference Knowledge: Proficiency in statistical methods to determine causality such as propensity score matching, synthetic control, and structural equation modeling.

• Data Exploration Skills: Extensive experience with exploratory data analysis and uncertainty quantification and understanding.

• Computational Proficiency: Strong programming skills in Python and SQL, with experience in data and statistical libraries (eg Pandas and statsmodels).

• Domain Knowledge: Experience with applying statistical methods to real-world problems in fields such as advertising or economics.

• Communication Skills: Proven ability to translate complex statistical insights into actionable recommendations for diverse stakeholders.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience developing statistical models for market regulation or policy impact analysis.

• Familiarity with advanced experimental design in marketplace contexts, such as adaptive experiments or sequential testing methods.

• Research contributions or publications focused on marketplace dynamics or statistical innovations in ad markets.

As the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide, powered by tech, designed by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. We enable creative minds to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. No matter where you're from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead. We are Delivery Hero.

Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after, happy, and healthy is always on the menu. Because if you’re in good shape, then we’re in good shape.

• Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week

• We offer 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service

• We will support you in developing yourself and your career growth opportunities: 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support and access to the Udemy Business platform to explore a variety of online courses.

• Get moving and release those wonderful, mind-boosting endorphins: Health Checkups, Meditation, Yoga, Gym & Bicycle Subsidy

• Cash. Dough. Cheddar. Whatever you call it, we’ll help you with it: Employee Share Purchase Plan, Sabbatical Bank,  Public Transportation Ticket Discount, Life & Accident Insurance, Corporate Pension Plan

• The power of getting together over some food is unrivaled. Here are a few ways to help you do that. All the yum: Digital Meal Vouchers, Food Vouchers, Corporate Discounts. Courses.  

Ready to join our team? If you’re excited to grow, collaborate and be part of the world’s leading delivery platform, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today!

We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring - therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you. We encourage you to let us know if you need any accommodations or specific accessibility support to ensure a smooth interview experience—just include it in your application. You're welcome to share your pronouns (he/she/they) right from the start so we can address you respectfully from our first contact.