Carnival Corporation’s Holland America Line is a cruise company focused on destination exploration and personalized travel experiences. The Associate Data Scientist will support the development, enhancement, adoption, and user support of the YODA revenue management analytics platform. The role involves building and validating forecasting and optimization models, interpreting analytics for revenue management teams, testing releases, and providing documentation and training.
Serve as a primary point of contact for RM teams, providing day-to-day support, troubleshooting, and guidance on YODA’s features and outputs
Scope and Develop models as appropriate to support day-to-day pricing and inventory decisions and operations
Help interpret model outputs and analytics for non-technical stakeholders, supporting improved price and inventory decisions
Gather feedback from end users, translate business questions into analytical tasks, and ensure YODA’s tools are well understood and effectively adopted
Assist in building, validating, and updating forecasting and optimization models within YODA, including price elasticity, booking materialization, cancellation/retention, constraining, and segmentation models
Communicate model updates and implications clearly to RM teams, ensuring transparency and trust in the analytics
Work closely with the Revenue Science Manager, BI, and MLOps teams to feed advanced analytics into YODA and associated reporting/alerting systems
Recommend and help implement enhancements to YODA’s toolset and functionality based on user feedback and business needs
Own YODA release testing for the brands, ensuring all models and changes applied work for the RM teams
Maintain clear, user-friendly documentation and training materials for YODA
Support the onboarding and upskilling of RM team members, helping them build confidence and proficiency in using advanced analytics tools
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, Data Science, or a related numeric discipline
Technical proficiency in Python or R, and SQL/relational databases
Familiarity with forecasting, optimization, and statistical modeling techniques
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to non-technical audiences
Professionalism, reliability, and a collaborative approach to teamwork
Experience within Revenue Management
Travel: No or very little travel likely
Physical Demands: Must be able to remain in a stationary position at a desk and/or computer for extended periods of time
This is a hybrid position, based in our Seattle office. Candidates must be comfortable coming into the office 4 days/week (currently Monday-Thursday)
Preferred
Experience (internship or 0–2 years) in a data science, analytics, or quantitative modeling role (travel or revenue management industry experience a plus)
At least 2 years experience in a data scientist role, preferably within the travel industry
Experience in Systems development a plus, with technical expertise in R or Python, and SQL / relational databases
Benefit
Cruise and Travel Privileges for You and Your Family
Health Benefits
401(k)
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Training & Professional Development
Tuition & Professional Certification Reimbursement
This is a hybrid position, based in our Seattle office. Candidates must be comfortable coming into the office 4 days/week (currently Monday-Thursday)
Carnival Corporation is a cruise company providing travelers with vacation experiences.
