Join Target as a Principal Data Scientist in AdTech

As a Fortune 50 company with more than 400,000 team members worldwide, Target is an iconic brand and one of America's leading retailers. Joining Target means promoting a culture of mutual care and respect while striving to make the most meaningful and positive impact. Becoming a Target team member means joining a community that values diverse voices and lifts each other up. Here, we believe your unique perspective is important, and you'll build relationships by being authentic and respectful.

About Target in India (TII)

At Target, we have a timeless purpose and a proven strategy that hasn’t happened by accident. Some of the best minds from diverse backgrounds come together to redefine retail in an inclusive learning environment that values people and delivers world-class outcomes. Our team in Bengaluru, operating as a fully integrated part of Target’s global network, comprises over 4,000 team members who support the company’s global strategy and operations.

Pyramid Overview

A role with Target Data Science & Engineering offers the chance to help develop and manage state-of-the-art predictive algorithms. These algorithms use data at scale to automate and optimize decisions. Whether you join our Statistics, Optimization, or Machine Learning teams, you’ll be challenged to harness Target’s impressive data breadth to build the algorithms that power solutions for Marketing, Supply Chain Optimization, Network Security, and Personalization.

Team Overview

Target Data Sciences is offering an exciting opportunity to solve cutting-edge issues in AdTech within our Roundel group, one of the biggest RMN players in the US ad-tech ecosystem. We are looking for driven and passionate individuals with deep AdTech science and engineering experience who can contribute to the evolution of our tech ecosystem. If you are that person, you will be involved in:

• Defining, developing, and integrating modules for algorithmic decision-making with the ad-serving tech platform.
• Influencing roadmaps and driving their execution with a team of talented scientists.
• Developing a multi-year vision of embedding science with the AdTech platform and collaborating with engineers and science teams to bring it to life.

Example Problem Statements:

• How to maximize yield for advertisers and revenue for Target.
• Technology and algorithms for real-time algorithms on ad serving.
• Architecting a set of connected tech capabilities from media planning to media optimization and measurement.

Expected Skills:

• Minimum of five years of experience as a practitioner of AdTech.
• Technical proficiency in algorithms, ad science, and engineering.
• Strong collaborator and mentor.

Preferred Educational Background:

• Computer Science graduates from reputed engineering institutes with 10+ years of experience in data science and artificial intelligence.
• MTech or MS (Statistics, Economics) with relevant experience of 12+ years.
• PhD with relevant experience of 7+ years.

Preferred Domain Experience:

• Creating tech-led solutions in advertising.
• Customer relevancy models, bidding strategy, click-through rate modeling, etc.

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Additional Information:

Company Name: Target

Job Title: Principal Data Scientist - AdTech