Data Scientist, Affiliate & Influencer Marketing Job at Acceleration Partners in

Data Scientist, Affiliate & Influencer Marketing

Remote — Work From Home. The Data Scientist role at Acceleration Partners (AP) is a remote, work-from-home position. Some travel may be required for internal meetings, conferences, and other events.

Overview

Acceleration Partners is seeking a Data Scientist to join our growing team. This role will be instrumental in designing, building and scaling our proprietary enterprise platform, APVision, which will power the future of affiliate and influencer marketing.

Responsibilities

• Advanced Modeling & Prediction: Build, validate, and deploy machine learning and statistical models (e.g., time-series forecasting, causal inference, marketing mix models) to predict partner and channel performance within APVision. Leverage Bayesian and other modern frameworks to solve ambiguous marketing challenges.
• Data Engineering & Transformation: Partner with data engineering to structure, clean, and transform large-scale affiliate, influencer, and retail media datasets for analytics and modeling. Improve pipelines and processes to support scalable experimentation and model deployment.
• Experimentation & Measurement: Design and analyze A/B tests, geo-experiments, and incrementality studies to measure the impact of affiliate and influencer marketing campaigns. Develop new metrics and evaluation frameworks to track success and uncover anomalies.
• Strategic Insights & Recommendations: Translate model outputs into clear, actionable insights for clients and AP account teams. Collaborate with delivery, product, and strategy leaders to drive adoption of data-driven recommendations.
• Innovation & Thought Leadership: Research emerging methods and contribute to attribution, forecasting, and ROI measurement across affiliate, influencer, and retail media. Contribute to AP’s reputation as a leader in data-driven marketing strategy.

What Success Looks Like

By 6 Months: Develop baseline predictive models for affiliate and influencer performance; work cross-functionally to support campaign measurement and experimentation; insights influence client strategies and internal product development.

By 1 Year: Own and continuously improve a suite of predictive models and measurement frameworks, serve as a trusted advisor to leadership, and have AP teams regularly using your outputs to guide client recommendations and strategic planning.

Qualities of the Ideal Candidate

• Strong sense of curiosity and intellectual rigor
• Ability to translate complex data into simple insights
• Confident and comfortable working in ambiguity
• Collaborative, adaptable, and outcome-oriented
• A builder’s mindset – willing to prototype, test, and iterate

Minimum Qualifications & Skills

• Master’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Data Science, Engineering, or related quantitative discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience applying advanced analytics to solve business problems.
• Proficiency in Python or R, SQL, and experience working with large-scale datasets.
• Direct experience with affiliate, influencer, and marketing data — including transformations, attribution challenges, and performance measurement.
• Familiarity with cloud-based data and analytics ecosystems, specifically AWS (Redshift, S3, Glue), SQL-based data warehouses, and BI/reporting platforms such as Power BI.
• Strong ability to translate model results into business insights for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience delivering marketing mix modeling, incrementality measurement, or geo-experiments end-to-end.
• Knowledge of Bayesian modeling frameworks and causal inference techniques.
• Proven ability to design analytics solutions that influence business decisions.
• Familiarity with affiliate, influencer, or retail media ecosystems is a strong plus.

Why Acceleration Partners?

Acceleration Partners is a global Partnership and Marketing Agency delivering measurable outcomes for clients. With a focus on data-driven strategies and performance partnerships, they work with leading brands across multiple sectors to optimize growth.

Perks & Benefits – What We Offer

• 100% remote work for everyone
• Group medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401K with matching
• Open Paid Time Off
• Summer & Holiday wellness breaks in July and December
• Volunteer and Birthday Time Off
• Focus Fridays
• Paid Parental Leave Benefits
• Wellness, Technology & Education Allowances
• Paid sabbatical leaves, donation matching, and more
• Target Salary Range: $120,000 – $140,000 depending on location and experience

Benefits may vary based on employment status or country location.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

Industries: Advertising Services