Job Description

Job Description

Northstar Travel Group is the largest and most trusted B2B travel media and information company in the world, serving the travel and meetings & events industry. Our portfolio includes digital editorial brands, directories, and live + virtual events. At the core of our strategy is a robust data warehouse hosted in BigQuery, integrating behavioral data, content metadata, and demographic information across 2M+ users—including website visitors, newsletter subscribers, event attendees, and magazine readers.

At Northstar, our mission is to be the leading global provider of trusted information and experiences for the audiences that drive the travel industry, while delivering innovative and high-performing marketing solutions to the businesses seeking to engage them.

We’re seeking a Data Scientist to help us transform this rich data ecosystem into actionable intelligence that powers content strategy, marketing, personalization, and revenue growth.

This role will split their time between our Rutherford, New Jersey office (2 days) and working remote (3 days). Flexibility is provided.

What You’ll Do :

• Design and implement machine learning models to analyze and classify user engagement, audience segments, analytics, and content.
• Develop predictive models around user behavior, content performance, and lead scoring
• Work with large datasets in BigQuery, joining first-party and third-party data sources (GA4, Omeda, etc.)
• Collaborate with editors, marketers, and engineers to build prototypes and deploy data products
• Explore and define metrics for content relevance, quality, and performance across our ecosystem
• Build dashboards and reports that surface insights for stakeholders across the business
• Contribute to the enhancement of ETL processes and data governance in collaboration with engineering

Must-Haves: The Essentials for Success

• 3+ years of experience in a data science, machine learning, or advanced analytics role
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field
• Proficiency with Python and SQL (experience with BigQuery a plus)
• Experience building, validating, and deploying models in production
• Familiarity with Google Analytics 4, Bombora, or similar marketing intelligence platforms
• Solid understanding of data modeling, feature engineering, and model evaluation
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate data insights into business strategy

Bonus Skills: Stand Out From the Crowd

• Experience with Microsoft technologies, including SQL Server and .NET
• Exposure to content recommendation systems or NLP-based content classification
• Prior work with editorial or media data sets
• Familiarity with Looker Studio, Tableau, or similar BI tools

Why Join Our Team:

Northstar Travel Group is a great place to work, learn and grow. We seek impressive individuals to contribute fresh ideas and strengthen our team in all departments and specialties. We welcome creativity, dedication, drive and passion and offer a fast-paced and fun environment, opportunity and work/life balance. Click here to view our Careers page.

Benefits:

We offer a wide variety of benefit plans, programs, and perks to ensure that our employees can choose the options right for them. Northstar contributes heavily toward insurance plan premiums, and we provide a generous paid time off package. Our offerings are extensive, covering a wide range including a variety of health and dental plans, company-paid life insurance, 401k, and summer Fridays, to name just a few. The annual base salary range for this role is $125,000-$160,000 and is commensurate with experience.

Diversity & Inclusion:

At Northstar, we believe that our workforce should reflect the vast diversity of the cultures and communities that are experienced through travel. We know that our greatest strengths come from the people who make up our team, and we are committed to building and sustaining a diverse, inclusive, accessible and equitable culture and workplace. Our work is far from over – we continuously push to be better. We understand that diverse voices, points of view and contributions are at the heart of Northstar’s success and impact.