Lead, Content & Social Analytics Apple TV
Apple
Data Science
Culver City, CA, USA
USD 121,600-230k / year + Equity
Posted on Jan 23, 2026
Join a worldwide company that welcomes the whole wide world. Our customers are all over the world, so it’s by design that Apple employees are all over the world, too. And we know our ability to continue creating the world’s most innovative products depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and who inspire us with great thinking. Because the broader the backgrounds and perspectives, the bigger the ideas.
The Apple TV Analytics team is seeking a highly experienced analytics leader to drive content performance and social / earned media insights across our streaming portfolio. This role is designed for a strategic, research-oriented thinker who can move beyond tracking metrics to determine which signals matter, when they matter, and how they should inform decisions.
- This role sits at the intersection of analytics, research, marketing, and content strategy.
- The successful candidate thrives in ambiguous environments, is comfortable working with incomplete or noisy data, and brings strong judgment to framing hypotheses, selecting proxy signals, and synthesizing insights.
- The work spans content performance, social and earned media interpretation, audience understanding, and decision support across marketing, content strategy, and development.
- As the Apple TV offering spans a broad range of content types and markets, this role helps ensure performance is understood holistically across formates, platforms, and audiences.
- The role also involves developing analytical frameworks to evaluate creative inputs—such as talent, format, or concept fit—using a combination of data, research, and informed judgment.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in analytics, insights, research, strategy, or a related field
- Demonstrated ability to frame and solve open-ended, ambitious problems, including determining what questions to ask before determining how to analyze them
- Proven track record translating complex quantitative and qualitative inputs into clear, executive-ready insights and recommendations
- Strong analytical judgment, including comfort working with imperfect data and using proxy signals intentionally
- Advanced proficiency in spreadsheets and presentation tools
- Highly self-directed, proactive, and capable of independently driving analytical work from problem definition through insight delivery
- Bachelors Degree in a related field or equivalent work expereince
- Experience in streaming, media, entertainment, or digital platforms
- Hands-on experience with social analytics, social listening, and earned media measurement, with a focus on interpretation rather than tracking
- Demonstrated ability to connect social and earned signals to downstream performance metrics, with strong judgment around when those signals are meaningful versus noisy
- Background or training in research, audience insights, or behavioral analysis
- Familiarity with subscription, audience, engagement, and retention metrics
- Exposure to sports or live event programming a plus
- Experience analyzing or supporting international or local-language content a plus
- Experience applying analytics or research to creative or development decisions, where direct measurement may be limited
- Experience with SQL, Snowflake, Tableau, or similar analytics tools
- Strong collaborator who can influence cross-functional partners through clarity of thinking and insight quality
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