Senior Data Scientist

at  Dentsu

Job Description:
We have an opening for a fixed term employment from Jan- Nov 2025 in our Business Intelligence team at dentsu Sweden. We are looking for an experienced colleague with a strong background in statistics and data analysis to strengthen our team and help drive our marketing data science business further. Are you motivated by challenging our clients to make their data actionable on a strategic level by turning data into insights? We want to meet you!
As a Data Science Consultant, you will work closely with our clients’ most senior stakeholders to find best-in-class solutions for enabling data-driven marketing. Based on developed insights, you will, together with your team, advise the client to optimize their marketing activities. You will be at the centre of the action when it comes to explaining outcomes (and caveats) to the business owners.
Data modelling keeps developing in the marketing and media sector. You will be part of growing that practice at dentsu. Together with a group of highly competent data professionals in Northern Europe, you will help apply new methods and techniques to answer marketing and communication questions. Think about use cases such as Marketing Mix Modelling, Attribution, Geolifts, Customer Segmentation, and Predictive analytics enhanced with AI.
You will ensure that meaningful client value is delivered through a mix of best-practice solutions, skills, capabilities, and original thinking.

Tasks include:

• Actively promote and increase penetration of Marketing Mix Modelling (MMM) among our clientele through coordinated sales efforts
• Act as a subject matter expert and lead consultant, particularly in the areas of Data Science and Marketing Mix Modelling (MMM) for our existing & future clients
• Foster client relationships by being a trusted advisor who consistently delivers high-quality solutions
• Expand our service offerings to include new solutions rooted in data, supporting dentsu’s strategic focus on Customer Experience (CX) consultancy
• Build and maintain day-to-day relationships with key clients’ senior stakeholders
• Provide assistance & mentoring to project and/or other consultants in overcoming challenges and support them in driving the projects to completion

Considerations for success in this role:

• Strong understanding of statistical concepts and methodologies, including probability, and distributions statistics
• Experience in regression analysis and thereby in statistical software and programming languages such as R or Python
• General understanding of marketing, tech and data, and in predictive analytics
• Utilizing existing capabilities within dentsu to bolster data science adoption, including go-to-market materials and co-developing technical solutions
• Identifying potential clients for projects in customer data analytics, developing & offering engagements for reference building
• Initiating sales of Data Science solutions using existing concepts enhanced with new capabilities. Collaborating with internal stakeholders across media, creative & CXM practices for solution refinement and client acquisition
• Taking ownership and responsibility, and proactively seeking solutions
• Strong communication skills to effectively present complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders
• Experience with platforms such as Google Ads, DV360, Adform, Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Salesforce, etc. is meritorious
• Language: Working proficiency in Swedish and English

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a trendsetting team that recognizes data science as an essential factor for modern data-driven marketing & utilizes modern, cutting-edge tools & technologies
• Contribute to dentsu’s reputation as a versatile leader in data-driven marketing by expanding into various customer data analytics

As a person, you are a self-motivated problem solver with a good ability to prioritize between tasks and projects. You are curious and have an interest in new technical solutions and opportunities to automate and streamline. You like to work in teams and have a pedagogical ability to break down and present technical solutions to both colleagues and customers based on their level of knowledge. To thrive in the role, we believe that you have a clear business mindset and are used to working consultatively.
ABOUT DD & Dentsu:
Dentsu Data is Dentsu’s center of excellence in data, research, and business intelligence. Our vision is to become Sweden’s leading consultants in data by leveraging data to inspire people-centered transformations that shape society. DD consists of two business areas. Our Business Intelligence team offers services in data strategy and consulting, data engineering, business intelligence and advanced modelling (econometrics). Our Audience Intelligence team works with our clients on issues related to budgeting, competitor monitoring, market research and effectiveness studies, and audience insights. DD operates in Stockholm and Gothenburg.
DD is part of Dentsu Sweden AB, which is part of a global communication network with 71,000 employees in more than 145 countries. We offer our employees the opportunity to work with several market-leading brands and exciting customers. Of course, we offer great colleagues, attractive career opportunities, modern benefits, unique and industry-leading talent programs. Here, each individual’s strengths are encouraged, and you get the opportunity to be yourself, develop and reach your full potential. In all brands in the Dentsu Group, we are constantly working to develop our employees and leaders, and thus there are good development opportunities both at regional, Nordic and international level. We are happy to tell you more about the above in connection with any interview. All our Swedish companies are environmentally certified according to the Swedish Environmental Base and we work actively with our social and environmental responsibility as an employer and fellow human beings.

Some of the perks we offer:

• Pension & insurances
• health benefit allowance (friskvårdsbidrag)
• reduced working hours based on possibility during the summer (sommartid)
• half days before a red day
• subsidized massage in the office

Additional Information:
The position is a fixed term employment from Jan- Nov 2025, located at our Stockholm office. Interviews are conducted continuously. We look forward to receiving your application! If you have any questions, please reach out to:
Thomas Holley, Talent Acquisition Partner
Thomas.holley@dentsu.com
Location:
Stockholm
Brand:
Dentsu Media
Time Type:
Full time
Contract Type:
Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term

Tasks include:

• Actively promote and increase penetration of Marketing Mix Modelling (MMM) among our clientele through coordinated sales efforts
• Act as a subject matter expert and lead consultant, particularly in the areas of Data Science and Marketing Mix Modelling (MMM) for our existing & future clients
• Foster client relationships by being a trusted advisor who consistently delivers high-quality solutions
• Expand our service offerings to include new solutions rooted in data, supporting dentsu’s strategic focus on Customer Experience (CX) consultancy
• Build and maintain day-to-day relationships with key clients’ senior stakeholders
• Provide assistance & mentoring to project and/or other consultants in overcoming challenges and support them in driving the projects to completio

Considerations for success in this role:

• Strong understanding of statistical concepts and methodologies, including probability, and distributions statistics
• Experience in regression analysis and thereby in statistical software and programming languages such as R or Python
• General understanding of marketing, tech and data, and in predictive analytics
• Utilizing existing capabilities within dentsu to bolster data science adoption, including go-to-market materials and co-developing technical solutions
• Identifying potential clients for projects in customer data analytics, developing & offering engagements for reference building
• Initiating sales of Data Science solutions using existing concepts enhanced with new capabilities. Collaborating with internal stakeholders across media, creative & CXM practices for solution refinement and client acquisition
• Taking ownership and responsibility, and proactively seeking solutions
• Strong communication skills to effectively present complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders
• Experience with platforms such as Google Ads, DV360, Adform, Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Salesforce, etc. is meritorious
• Language: Working proficiency in Swedish and Englis