--- title: 'Marketing Scientist at Samba' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/marketing-scientist-samba-san-francisco-sf2ccb60qkyh' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-19' --- # Marketing Scientist at Samba - **Company:** Samba - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Compensation:** $130k–$160k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-10-01 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-19 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/sambatv/d9f47c78-85e5-4e9a-9454-6a8f20366a46 ## Job description Samba is a media intelligence company. We know what the world is watching, reading, and thinking about — in real time, at scale, across every screen. Our data exists with the consent of over a billion people, organized into the most complete picture of consumer attention ever built. The biggest brands in the world use that picture to make smarter decisions. We think it’s the most interesting data asset on the planet, because it’s the most culturally relevant. We are looking for a Marketing Science Manager to be the analytical backbone of our marketing content engine. In this role, you will translate data into the insights, narratives, and proof points that fuel everything from campaign creative and thought leadership to sales enablement and executive storytelling. You will work at the intersection of data, strategy, and storytelling, partnering closely with content, creative, brand, growth, and product marketing teams to make sure every piece of content we produce is informed by evidence and optimized for impact. If you love digging into datasets, spotting patterns no one else has noticed, and turning numbers into stories that move audiences, this role is for you. ## WHAT YOU"LL DO Insight Generation & Data Storytelling - Pull, clean, and analyze data from multiple internal and external sources (Samba TV data, Samba web data, other data sources) to surface insights that shape marketing content. - Translate complex data findings into clear, compelling narratives, charts, and talking points that the content team can turn into blog posts, reports, social posts, infographics, sales decks, and PR pitches. - Identify trends, benchmarks, and proprietary data stories that position the company as a category authority. Powering the Content Engine - Serve as the dedicated data partner to content marketing, providing a steady pipeline of insight-driven topic ideas, supporting statistics, and original research angles. - Manage a content insights backlog and editorial calendar input, ensuring every major content asset has a credible, data-backed point of view. - Lead the development of original research initiatives — from designing surveys and structuring datasets to interpreting results and shaping the final story. - Fact-check, source, and validate data referenced in marketing content to protect brand credibility. Cross-Functional Partnership - Collaborate with measurement science, product, sales, customer success, and data engineering teams to access the right data and tell stories that resonate across the funnel. - Partner with growth and demand gen teams on audience segmentation, A/B testing, and attribution to continuously sharpen targeting and messaging. - Educate marketing stakeholders on what the data is telling us, building a culture of evidence-based decision-making within the marketing org. - Manage relationships with external research partners, data vendors, and analytics tools. ## WHO YOU ARE - 5+ years of experience in marketing analytics, marketing science, insights, business intelligence, or a closely related discipline, ideally with at least some of that time spent supporting a content, brand, or demand gen team. - Strong SQL skills and fluency with at least one analytics or BI tool (e.g., Looker, Tableau, Power BI, Mode, Hex). - Comfort working in spreadsheets at a power-user level, plus exposure to Python or R for deeper analysis is a plus. - Hands-on experience with the modern marketing data stack: CRM (Salesforce, HubSpot), marketing automation (Marketo, Pardot, HubSpot), web analytics (GA4, Adobe Analytics), and customer data platforms. - A track record of turning data into narratives, you can point to reports, decks, or campaigns where your insights drove the story. - Strong written and visual communication skills; you know the difference between a chart that informs and a chart that lands. - Project management instincts: you can juggle multiple stakeholders, prioritize ruthlessly, and ship work on deadline. - Intellectual curiosity, healthy skepticism of your own numbers, and a bias toward action. - ## Nice to Have - Experience designing and fielding original research studies or industry surveys. - Familiarity with marketing mix modeling, multi-touch attribution, or incrementality testing. - B2B SaaS, media, or consumer tech background. - A portfolio or examples of published, data-driven content. Samba is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We strive to empower connection with one another, reflect the communities we serve, and tackle meaningful projects that make a real impact. Samba may collect personal information directly from you, as a job applicant, Samba may also receive personal information from third parties, for example, in connection with a background, employment or reference check, in accordance with the applicable law. For further details, please see Samba's Applicant Privacy Policy. For residents of the EU , Samba Inc. is the data controller. ## About Samba ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Samba (formerly Samba TV) is a media intelligence company that uses AI and first-party deterministic data from 1.5 billion people to power cross-screen TV and digital advertising measurement, targeting, and analytics for the world's largest brands, publishers, and platforms. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States - **Founded**: 2008 - **Founders**: Ashwin Navin (Co-founder & CEO), Alvir Navin (Co-founder & COO) ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Media Intelligence / Advertising Technology / Data & Analytics - **Target Customers**: B2B — primarily Enterprise (global brands, agencies, publishers, and platforms like Disney, Havas Media, and "the vast majority of top global brands") - **Mission Statement**: Unite TV, digital, and behavioral data through AI to power faster, more accurate media decisions. ## Products & Services - **Samba Analytics**: Independent cross-screen measurement using first-party data for deduplicated reach, frequency, and performance outcomes. Allows optimization of campaigns while they are still in-flight. - **Samba Audiences**: Exclusive audience segments and Private Marketplaces (PMPs) built from Samba's deterministic cross-screen signals for effective targeting. - **Samba Knowledge Graph**: AI-powered mapping of interests, behaviors, and purchase intent, linking content to 1.5 billion real people, devices, and households. - **Samba ID**: A universal identity solution linking content to real people and devices across screens. - **Samba AI**: Contextually analyzes and indexes all media content, including brand logo detection on TV. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed - **Total Funding**: $75.7M USD across 9 rounds - Last known round: Series B ($30M, June 2017, led by Union Grove Venture Partners and Disney Accelerator) - Other notable rounds: Series A ($7M, February 2012, led by August Capital) - **Key Metric**: Owns first-party TV and web data for 1.5 billion people globally. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: August Capital, Union Grove Venture Partners, Disney Accelerator. Strategic clients include Disney, Havas Media, and "every platform and publisher you need." - **Growth Signals**: Acquired Semasio in 2024, becoming the only provider owning both TV and web first-party data. Rebranded from "Samba TV" to "Samba" in 2026. Global workforce of 251 employees (+20.1% YoY growth). Operations span 6 countries with 13 offices. ## Competitive Advantages - **First-Party Data Moat**: Nearly two decades of proprietary, deterministic data from smart TVs (24 brands, 48M devices) and web (1.5B people), creating a unique and un-copyable dataset. - **Full-Funnel Integration**: The only provider to combine TV and web first-party data (after acquiring Semasio), offering planning, measurement, and activation in one platform. - **AI-Powered Knowledge Graph**: Goes beyond traditional media measurement by mapping interests, behaviors, and purchase intent, enabling contextual analysis without relying on third-party cookies. ## Strategic Focus - **Platform Expansion**: Evolving from a TV data provider into a comprehensive "media intelligence" company (rebranded in 2026). - **Cross-Screen Unification**: Connecting TV and digital data to provide a complete view of audience behavior across all screens. - **AI & Contextual Intelligence**: Deepening investment in AI for content analysis, brand detection, and predictive audience targeting. - **Global Scale**: Operating across six continents and expanding direct partnerships with major platforms and publishers. ## Why Work Here - **Founder-Led Culture**: Described as having "startup intensity and enterprise impact," with a "culture that values ownership over hierarchy and outcomes over optics." - **Global & Distributed**: Teams span San Francisco (HQ), New York, London, Hamburg, Sydney, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, Warsaw, Taipei, and Amsterdam. Officed with a global, collaborative ethos. - **Engineering & Data-First**: Ships products that "touch billions of signals daily." A strong emphasis on data science, engineering, and product roles. - **Compensation & Benefits**: Competitive base salary, equity participation, performance bonuses, generous parental leave, flexible PTO, annual learning budgets, home office stipend, and best-in-class hardware. - **Culture Values** (from company career page): Determined & Resilient, Self-Aware, Naturally Curious, Low Ego, Results Oriented. - **Employee Rating**: 3.9/5.0 on LinkedIn (172 reviews), with Work-Life Balance at 3.9, Compensation at 3.8, and Culture at 3.8. ## Sources 1. [samba.com](https://samba.com/about-samba) — About Samba / Company History 2. [samba.com](https://samba.com/careers) — Careers Page / Culture & Benefits 3. [samba.com](https://samba.com/) — Home Page / Product & Platform Overview 4. [linkedin.com/company/sambatv](https://www.linkedin.com/company/sambatv) — LinkedIn Profile (Company Details, Size, Financials) 5. 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