TEKsystems · 1 day ago
Lead Data Scientist
Westerville, OH
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$50/hr - $70/hr
5+ years expTEKsystems is a leading provider of business and technology services, and they are seeking a Lead Data Scientist to prioritize analytical projects and build data-driven models. The role involves conducting research on machine learning techniques, providing leadership to team members, and ensuring stakeholder needs are met.
Information Technology
Responsibilities
Prioritizes analytical projects based on business value and technological readiness
Performs large-scale experimentation and build data-driven models to answer business questions
Conducts research on cutting-edge techniques and tools in machine learning/deep learning/artificial intelligence
Evangelizes best practices to analytics and products teams
Acts as the go-to resource for machine learning across a range of business needs
Owns the entire model development process, from identifying the business requirements, data sourcing, model fitting, presenting results, and production scoring
Provides leadership, coaching, and mentoring to team members and develops the team to work with all areas of the organization
Works with stakeholders to ensure that business needs are clearly understood and that services meet those needs
Anticipates and analyzes trends in technology while assessing the emerging technology’s impact(s)
Coaches' individuals through change and serves as a role model
Qualification
Required
Master's degree and 5+ years of experience related work experience using statistics and machine learning to solve complex business problems
Experience conducting statistical analysis with advanced statistical software, scripting languages, and packages
Experience with big data analysis tools and techniques
Experience building and deploying predictive models, web scraping, and scalable data pipelines
Expert understanding of statistical methods and skills such as Bayesian Networks Inference, linear and non-linear regression, hierarchical, mixed models/multi-level modeling
Up-to-date knowledge of machine learning and data analytics tools and techniques
Strong knowledge in predictive modeling methodology
Experienced at leveraging both structured and unstructured data sources
Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job
Demonstrated ability to communicate complex results to technical and non-technical audiences
Strategic, intellectually curious thinker with focus on outcomes
Professional image with the ability to form relationships across functions
Ability to train more junior analysts regarding day-to-day activities, as necessary
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams
Strong experience with Cloud Machine Learning technologies (e.g., AWS Sagemaker)
Strong experience with machine learning environments (e.g., TensorFlow, scikit-learn, caret)
Demonstrated Expertise with at least one Data Science environment (R/RStudio, Python, SAS) and at least one database architecture (SQL, NoSQL)
Python, Data science, Lending, SQL
Preferred
Financial Services background preferred
Benefits
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Company
TEKsystems
At TEKsystems, they understand people. Every year they deploy over 80,000 IT professionals at 6,000 client sites across North America,
10001+ employees
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Vice President, TEKsystems Global Services
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