Data Scientist

Overview

TEGNA is seeking a Data Scientist to build and deploy advanced machine learning models and analytics across its multi-platform media ecosystem.

What you'll do

• Lead the full data science lifecycle from problem framing to deployment planning.
• Develop machine learning models for forecasting, personalization, churn prediction, attribution, ranking, and content intelligence.
• Build content and audience intelligence using NLP techniques such as embeddings and topic/entity modeling.
• Create sales and advertising analytics including demand forecasting, pricing optimization, uplift modeling, and campaign measurement.
• Conduct advanced statistics, causal inference, and A/B testing for incrementally measured outcomes.
• Build scalable data pipelines and training workflows with data engineering teams.
• Deliver executive-ready insights via dashboards, automated reports, and data storytelling.

What you'll need

• 5–7 years of applied data science experience delivering measurable business impact.
• Strong proficiency in Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, statsmodels) and SQL.
• Hands-on experience building, validating, and deploying ML models across multiple task types.
• Strong foundation in statistics, probability, hypothesis testing, experimental design, and causal inference.
• Experience working with large-scale datasets and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Familiarity with BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or Plotly.

Details

• Collaboration with engineering, product, editorial, sales, and analytics teams is required.