Senior Data Science Consultant Cards Marketing Analytics

About the Role

NeoStats is seeking a Senior Data Science Consultant – Cards Marketing Analytics to join the team in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. This contract role requires 5-10 years of experience and focuses on leveraging advanced analytics and predictive modeling to enhance marketing strategies for credit and debit card portfolios. The consultant will deliver actionable insights to client teams, playing a pivotal role in data-driven decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Build predictive models to identify customer targeting opportunities, enhance spend growth, improve retention, and reduce churn.
• Develop customer segmentations for credit and debit card portfolios to support lifecycle marketing, campaign strategy, and personalization efforts.
• Analyze campaign performance across various segments, products, channels, and customer behaviors, providing actionable insights.
• Design test-and-learn frameworks, including control groups, campaign measurement logic, and post-campaign performance reviews.
• Collaborate with client teams to ensure analytical outputs are practical, explainable, and ready for business adoption.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 7–8 years of experience in data science, advanced analytics, or analytics consulting.
• Strong banking experience, specifically with credit card and debit card products.
• Proven expertise in marketing analytics, predictive modeling, customer segmentation, campaign analytics, and portfolio analytics.
• Proficiency in Python, SAS, and SQL, with hands-on experience working with large banking datasets, including customer profiles, card transactions, and campaign history.
• Strong understanding of statistical modeling, machine learning, model validation, and performance tracking.
• Ability to clearly communicate analytical outputs to business stakeholders and prepare senior-level presentations, reports, and documentation.
• Experience working with marketing, product, risk, and data teams in a banking environment.
• Demonstrated consulting discipline, including structured problem-solving, ownership, and timely delivery.
• Comfortable working as a contractor on a client-facing engagement in Saudi Arabia.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current location in Saudi Arabia, ideally Jeddah.
• Experience in the Saudi or GCC banking market.
• Exposure to card lifecycle analytics, including acquisition, activation, usage, spend growth, retention, and attrition.
• Familiarity with campaign management platforms, CRM systems, or marketing automation tools.
• Experience with A/B testing, uplift modeling, next-best-action, offer optimization, or customer lifetime value models.
• Knowledge of cloud-based data platforms and modern analytics environments.

Work Environment and Benefits

This role offers a competitive salary and benefits. As part of a growing startup, the consultant will have the opportunity for career growth and ownership of initiatives. The position provides continuous coaching and mentoring through interaction with senior data scientists and AI experts globally, within a dynamic and respectful work environment.

Application Information

Salary for this position is not disclosed. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply.