Principal, Insights & Innovation

New York CityFull-time$160k–$180k2026-11-07

Based in United StatesNo visa sponsorship

Core

Develop new media intelligence solutions and thought leadership using deep data, statistical expertise, and AI to help brands make smarter decisions about consumer attention.

Role type

Principal, Insights & Innovation (Strategy-level IC)

Builds

Personalized, interactive client deliverables (browser-based dashboards) and new media intelligence solutions

Domain

Media intelligence, advertising, and measurement

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Python, SQL, predictive statistics, model selection and tuning, JavaScript, React, Tableau/Looker/Power BI

Preferred skills

Agentic workflows, data embeddings, vector databases, multimodal models

Responsibilities

Design and build media intelligence solutions (targeting, planning, measurement); partner with sales for customer discovery and solution development; monitor industry trends and competitive landscape; develop interactive client deliverables; incorporate AI and agentic workflows; support thought leadership and partnership-based research; prototype and validate solutions with customers.

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship

About Samba

500 Employees

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.