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Volkswagen Financial Services | U.S. · 2 days ago

Principal Data Scientist

Volkswagen Financial Services is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Group, committed to supporting mobility solutions for its brand partners. The Principal Data Scientist will play a key role in planning, executing, and delivering machine learning-based projects, utilizing complex data structures to influence business decisions.

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Responsibilities

Extract, curate, explore, and analyze data from large data sources (30%)
Develop and deploy AI models that influence business decisions (30%)
Collaborate with stakeholders, product management, and leadership to methodically transform business problems into detailed and practical analytical requirements (20%)
Introduce new ML methods and drive change throughout the business (5%)
Research new data sources and analytical tools; contribute to new application development and data quality improvement efforts (5%)
Provide general business support (10%)

Qualification

Machine LearningData AnalysisModel EvaluationData CurationAI Solutions DevelopmentStakeholder EngagementCreative ReasoningCollaborationStrategic ThinkingProblem Solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Operations Research or similar quantitative field
10+ years of work experience
5+ years of work experience in data science
5+ years leveraging algorithms, tune parameters and back testing validation
5+ years in utilizing methods and tools to extract, curate, explore, and analyze data from large data sources
5+ years in developing, integrating and deploying machine learning solutions into the business decision-making process
Collaborate with product owners and product managers to translate business requirements into impactful AI solutions that scale
Build, integrate and deploy machine learning solutions into the business decision-making process
Thorough knowledge of machine learning models
Ability to generate and communicate data-driven insights to help guide key business decisions
Eagerness to interact with stakeholders to solve existing business problems and uncover new AI opportunities
Extensive experience with model evaluation and solid grasp of A/B testing and causal analysis
Generate data-driven insights to help guide key business decisions
Research new data sources and analytical tools, contribute to new application development, and data quality improvement efforts
Blend of strategic and tactical thinking, creative and analytic reasoning
Passion for data analysis and problem solving

Company

Volkswagen Financial Services | U.S.

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Volkswagen Financial Services U.S. (VWFS) is an automotive financial services company and wholly owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Group of America.

H1B Sponsorship

Volkswagen Financial Services | U.S. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (5)
2024 (6)
2023 (4)
2022 (9)
2021 (11)
2020 (4)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Tina Unterlaender
Sr. Director Product Management and Innovation at Volkswagen Group - VW Credit, Inc.
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