Data Scientist, Company Planning & Execution
Spotify· Operations and Business Support – Company Planning
Hybrid (London)PermanentPosted 1mo ago
About the role
Data Scientist role at Spotify within the Company Planning and Execution (CPE) team, working at the intersection of data, strategy, and operations to turn complex operational and strategic information into clear insights, narratives, and decision frameworks that enable scale and faster, smarter decision making. Explore how AI and automation can improve access to insights across the company.
Responsibilities
- Formulate hypotheses related to how Spotify plans and delivers, and communicate insights effectively to a range of audiences.
- Apply analytical techniques — including statistical models and machine learning — to identify trends and generate insights that improve how we work.
- Build and maintain the data models, pipelines, and dashboards that provide visibility into how Spotify plans and executes.
- Develop structured narratives and recommendations — not just charts, but the "why" and "so what" — in our semi-annual Planning and Execution Insight reports and recurring briefings.
- Explore how AI and automation can make insights faster to produce and easier to access across the company.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience with a quantitative background in science, economics, engineering, or a related field.
- Curious about how organisations work — not just the data, but the decisions and systems behind it.
- Strong interpersonal skills and comfortable working with multiple stakeholders across levels and functions.
- Able to take messy, complex datasets and turn them into clear recommendations and stories that land with non-technical audiences.
- Proficient in SQL and Python, comfortable in BigQuery, and experienced with tools like dbt, Tableau, or Looker.
- Experience with operational or work management data is a plus.
Skills
Required:SQLPythonBigQueryStakeholder management
Nice to have:dbtTableau or Looker
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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