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| Funding | 1M-5M USD |
| Employees | 10 |
| Salary | 90,000-100,000/YR USD |
| Fulltime | Yes |
| Telecommute | No |
| Industry | Web 2.0, Consumer, Discovery, E-commerce, Entertainment |
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Director of Statistics
at SeatGeek in New York, NY
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Feb 11, 2012
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Overview
We're looking for someone to take the lead on refining our predictive model and expanding it into new ticket verticals. The ideal candidate will be a wizard with econometrics. In addition to working tirelessly to boost our accuracy by a percentage point or two wherever possible, he/she will also hunt through our data for cool, newsworthy trends to push out to the media.
You'll work at our offices in the heart of Manhattan. We offer a competitive base salary and a meaningful equity stake in a well-funded early stage company. You'll get a benefits package, including health insurance. And you'll have a major impact on a product that is disrupting the ticketing industry.
You'll work at our offices in the heart of Manhattan. We offer a competitive base salary and a meaningful equity stake in a well-funded early stage company. You'll get a benefits package, including health insurance. And you'll have a major impact on a product that is disrupting the ticketing industry.
Responsibilities
Work with SeatGeek's proprietary dataset to expand our predictive model into new ticket verticals
Optimize current model, trying new inputs and forms to boost accuracy where possible
As SeatGeek's "Ticketologist", identify cool, newsworthy trends in our data
Interact with the media discussing these trends
Experience
Graduate degree in statistics and/or econometrics
Note: An economics degree that does not have a focus on econometrics is not sufficient
Skills
Comprehensive econometric toolset
Comfortable using STATA or similar statistical tools
Comfortable interacting with media when necessary
Education
Graduate degree in statistics and/or econometrics
Note: An economics degree that does not have a focus on econometrics is not sufficient
Note: An economics degree that does not have a focus on econometrics is not sufficient
Compensation
$100,000-80,000/year, full benefits package, and a meaningful equity stake.
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