We recognise the value in having people with a variety of backgrounds, experience, and skills in our business. That means the role requirements here should be seen as a guide, not a checklist. If you have more, less, or different experiences, but really relevant skills, we’d love to hear from you.
We work flexibly and will help you to find a healthy balance of remote working and time in our fantastic Southampton office, collaborating, taking part in events, and getting to know people that makes working with us so rewarding. We welcome the opportunity to discuss reduced hours and job share arrangements.
The Role
Carnival UK has a wealth of data, and within the Revenue Management & Deployment team there is a growing need to enhance our data modelling capabilities within our decision making and forecasting process.
We are looking to recruit a Data Scientist in the P&O Cruises Revenue Management & Deployment team, focused on developing, implementing, and driving our science capabilities within the business.
You will:
- Enhance and improve the forecasting process by understanding the influence key mix factors play across the selling cycle and in the end result, by delivering actionable insight from our revenue data
- Develop new propensity models using cutting-edge data science techniques to support decision making across the business and to enable more effective marketing and business strategies
- Develop testing methodology to ensure models remain statistically significant. In a highly dynamic environment, balance ‘art’ and ‘science’ and adapt systems and models over time based on observed behaviour
- Create and deliver engaging presentations that tell a story and crystallise action amongst key stakeholders presenting technical scientific material to non-technical audiences in a way that is meaningful and understandable to them
Our role categories range from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President) so you can clearly see internal development opportunities. This role is a CUK08 and is offered on a full time, fixed term contract basis for 6 months, with at least two days based in our Southampton office.
About You
Fresh ideas and different perspectives are what excite us most and help us to succeed. Alongside bringing these to the role, you’ll also need:
- Master’s Degree in a quantitative discipline such as Data Science, Operations Research, Applied Statistics, Applied Math, Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field or a bachelor’s degree with 1+ years in experience in a relevant role
- Proven academic or business experience in applying research and other advanced methodologies to solve complex issues / strategic business problems
- Very strong analytical, statistical, and modelling skills, with experience manipulating and ‘making sense’ of data from disparate systems
- Experience communicating and collaborating with technical and non-technical colleagues and/or stakeholders
Being part of our team has its advantages…
We’re a holiday company so we know there’s more to life than work. Our comprehensive range of benefits are designed to help your personal and financial health and wellbeing.
- Home and office-based hybrid working (minimum two office days)
- Annual bonus
- Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
- Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
- Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
- Extensive learning and development opportunities
- Employee-led networks
- Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
- Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment
- In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
- Life Assurance
- Parental and adoption leave
- Employee Shares Plan
- Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
- Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
- Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal
- Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
- Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
- A friendly welcome with help settling in
Please note: Being able to create unforgettable holiday happiness is a brilliant opportunity so we often receive high volumes of applications for our roles. In these cases we may close our job adverts early and aren’t able to consider applications once this happens.
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Holidays are one of life’s greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise.
No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the world’s largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britain’s rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.
Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.
It’s through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travel’s Employer of Choice.
To keep everyone on board fit and well, colleagues who visit or work on our ships must be fully vaccinated, including boosters. We’re reviewing this requirement regularly.
