Lead Data Scientist Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Lead Data Scientist to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure the developed models or statistical tests are reusable and modular for effective transition to cloud in the future;
- Advanced predictive analytics to help optimize the touchpoint patterns following these deepdives;
- Manage the relationship with other analytical teams in the company and IT to design, and implement analytical projects;
- Develop a perspective on key global trends, including globalization, and how they impact the firm and our clients;
- Interact with external clinical resources to ensure models are consistent with best clinical practice;
- Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations;
- Act to resolve issues which prevent effective team working, even during times of change and uncertainty;
- Coach others and encourage them to take ownership of their development;
- Build, test, optimize and productionalize machine learning models (e.g. product affinity, LTV etc.);
- Develop machine learning algorithms;
- Formulate and answer open-ended questions based on mission and business problem sets to glean insights;
- Perform unification of statistics;
- Help design data warehousing system to fit Data Science needs;
- Interpret large and complex datasets and define appropriate applications to derive required outcomes;
- Work in a team-based agile work environment.
Requirements:
- Knowledge of SaaS Enterprise Software and B2B software pricing;
- Master’s degree in Data Science or related programs;
- d) Experience with multiple types of databases: MySQL, Postgres, Mongo, Redis, Cassandra, etc;
- e) Use of Visual Studio Team Services;
- Generous paid parental leave;
- Bachelor’s degree;
- Experience with distributed systems such as Hadoop/MapReduce, Spark etc. and modeling on cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP);
- Excellent communication skills in English;
- Unlimited paid time off for vacation and sick leave;
- Comfortable with multi-tasking in a fast paced and fun environment;
- Contribute to proposals and attend sales calls as a subject matter expert;
- Manage and mentor junior data scientists;
- $2000 annual vacation bonus (we pay you to take a two week vacation);
- Experience in writing complex SQL queries and working in a multi-database environment;
- Relevant scientific academic background – ability to read and implement insights from academic papers.