Data Scientist

📣  A bit about the role.  

We’re looking for a talented Data Scientist to join our growing Data & BI team and help us transform the way we use data to optimise marketing, growth and acquisition efforts.

In this pivotal role, you’ll partner closely with senior stakeholders across marketing, brand, and digital product acquisition teams to ensure our spend drives maximum impact while uncovering new opportunities for growth. Your work will not only influence our marketing strategies but will also directly support our company’s exciting journey as we expand our reach in the market.

We are looking for someone with hands-on experience in experimentation, geo-testing and causal analysis techniques. Experience working with marketing teams, including on multi-touch attribution and/or media mix modelling is also highly desirable.

Examples of projects you will work on include:

• Designing, and analysing a programme of experimentation across our marketing channels via incrementality tests and/or geo tests to understand the true impact of our marketing activity.
• Supporting the acquisition teams in conversion rate optimisation through AB testing and product analytics.
• Building out and optimising our mix-media marketing model to gain a better understanding of channel incrementality based on conversions and longer-term customer ROI.
• Developing models to predict a customer’s LTV at sign up; validating the use of predictive LTV as a signal to optimise paid marketing spend.
• Investigate potential sources of channel cannibalisation across our different sources of demand, such as understa

👋  A bit about you. 

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience working in data science.
• A strong understanding and background in experimentation and causal inference, including AB testing and geo-testing.
• Experience in one of R or Python for data manipulation, visualisation and statistical model development.
• Strong competency in SQL.
• Ability to create compelling stories with data to describe and communicate data insights.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to haves

• Experience working with marketing teams to drive growth and optimise marketing channel spend.
• Experience building and optimising mix-media models.
• Experience with DBT (data build tool).

🌟 How to make your CV stand out

We’re looking for candidates who not only meet the criteria but also demonstrate a clear fit with our values and culture 🐕.

When submitting your CV, please consider the following:

• Showcase relevant experience: Clearly highlight projects or roles where you have used experimentation, causal inference, and advanced analytics to drive business outcomes.
• Detail your business impact: Include specific examples of business problems you have solved, with measurable outcomes where possible. Tell us how your work led to tangible improvements or growth.
• Highlight cultural fit: If you’ve worked in fast-growing companies or have a passion for innovative consumer brands, let us know! We value a proactive approach and the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment.

📢 Our interview process:

• Application review
• Initial call (30 minutes): Quick introductory chat with our Recruiter.
• Take home task: This will be sent to you via email and will be used to understand more about your technical skills. 
• Technical interview (60 minutes): Remote interview where you’ll be asked to run through your task and discuss practical examples from your experience.
• Final interviews (90 minutes): In-person in our office in White City where you’ll get a chance to meet your peers and members of the Senior Leadership team.

ℹ️ Logistics:

• This team works 3 days per week from our West London office (Monday, Wednesday and Thursday) and 2 days from home. This is non negotiable, so please only apply if you’re within a reasonable commute of London.
• We reserve the right to close the position if we receive a lot of applications. We’re a small recruitment team so do bear with us - we aim to respond to all applicants personally.
• We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
• We are not looking for recruitment agency support for this role.

🐶 A bit about us. 

At Butternut, we put the food back into dog food. We believe dogs deserve to eat the healthiest, most natural and tastiest food with none of the nasties. That’s why we make freshly prepared dog food. Cooked like you would at home. Delivered in perfect portions. #LI-Hybrid

As a B-Corp certified company; you can be sure you are joining a sustainable company who care about our people, product and our impact on the environment.

Our goal is to help dogs live healthier, happier and longer lives whilst leaving humans smiling after every interaction. We’ve come a long way since our co-founders (Kev & Dave) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box, we now feed a lot of dogs across the UK - but we want to feed dogs everywhere. And to do this, we need a team of brilliant people who share that ambition to come and work with us. 

 🙌 A bit about what we offer.

• 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and an additional day for every year of service 
• 5 paid 'paws' days per year to support to learning and/or wellbeing
• £500 personal learning & development budget 
• Butternut Box employee discount 
• Enhanced parental leave (52 weeks’ maternity leave inclusive of 26 weeks fully paid and 6 weeks fully paid paternity/secondary leave)
• Co-working office space. 
• Flexible working hours and work from home options 
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension with NEST
• Private Medical Insurance with Vitality
• Private Dental Insurance with Bupa
• Time off for fertility treatments and pregnancy loss
• Paid sabbaticals for squad members with 5 or more years at Butternut
• Discounted gym access through MyGymDiscounts
• Lots of office dogs (Ajax, Brio, Basil, Chorizo, Lenny, Jasper, Peggy, Pip and many more….)

❗️A few things to note: 

• Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
• As our business has grown so has our responsibility to our community, our planet and our business. We are not perfect, but we are committed to doing business the right way and continually improving our social and environmental performance.
• We're not afraid of putting extra weight on candidates from underrepresented groups. We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career.

#LI-Hybrid