Lead Data Scientist

6 hours ago

Houston TX United States ZipRecruiter Full time

Job Description

Title: Lead Data Scientist - Houston, Tx.

Client: Professional Services Firm

Location: Houston, Texas (onsite)

Type: Direct-Hire

Salary: $180,000+

Summary:

  • Candidate must be a US citizen or Green Card holder. This role resides in Houston, Texas, and relocation is available for qualified candidates.
  • Spearhead the design, development, and implementation of advanced data science initiatives across business units.
  • Directly align data science campaigns with strategic corporate objectives encompassing the digital transformation of innovative ideas into real-world solutions.
  • Work with robust applications of sophisticated analytical techniques such as machine learning, optimization, and cluster analysis.
  • Lead and help to develop a newly formed data scientists taskforce in delivering impactful analytical solutions, ensuring these innovations are seamlessly embedded into business operations.
  • Drive decision-making, enhance operational efficiency, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
  • This role plays a significant part in setting the AI & ML agenda, including working with business units to define potential opportunities, and defining standards and best practices for AI & ML program management.

Duties:

  • Translate business needs into analytics/reporting requirements to support data-driven decisions with required information & explainability.
  • Keep abreast of the latest data science techniques and technologies.
  • Explore and implement innovative solutions to improve data analysis, modeling capabilities, and business outcomes.
  • Communicate complex data insights in a clear and effective manner to stakeholders across the organization, including non-technical audiences.
  • Advocate for the importance and value of data-driven decision making.
  • Manage use case design and build teams on a day-to-day basis, providing guidance and feedback as they develop and operationalize data science models and algorithms to solve complex business problems.
  • Ensure analytical insights and products are embedded into business processes.
  • Ensure use case models/analytics are supported, maintained, and improved (as needed) post-development and launch.
  • Guide and sign off on analytics/modeling approach, model deployment requirements, and quality assurance standards with input from use case teams and business leadership.
  • Provide input to the long-term plan for the Data Science team, including key focus areas, talent acquisition, input to technology platforms, and interaction model with the rest of the organization.
  • Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement and lead the exploration and adoption of new data science technologies and methodologies to contribute to the advancement of analytics expertise.
  • Work with a wide landscape of business and technical stakeholders to proactively identify applicable new technologies and opportunities and detail and communicate how they can deliver measurable business value.
  • Own the analytics solution portfolio, including model maintenance and improvements over time, and will directly supervise one or more employees.

Requirements:

  • 7+ years of experience with at least one analytical programming language relevant for data science.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and manage data science projects, including managing workflow and priorities, to ensure timely delivery of projects with high-quality outcomes.
  • Proven track record of recruiting, training, and retaining a skilled data science team, identifying talent gaps, and addressing them.
  • Proficiency in the Python ecosystem; R is acceptable, along with machine learning libraries & frameworks.
  • Versed in TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, and familiar with data processing and visualization tools (e.g., SQL, Tableau, Power BI).
  • Expertise in advanced analytical techniques (e.g., descriptive statistics, machine learning, optimization, pattern recognition, cluster analysis, etc.)
  • Experience with cloud computing environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and Data/ML platforms (Databricks, Spark).
  • Strong understanding of the Machine Learning lifecycle - feature engineering, training, validation, scaling, deployment, monitoring, and feedback loop.
  • Experience in Supervised and Unsupervised Machine Learning including classification, forecasting, anomaly detection, and pattern recognition using a variety of techniques such as decision trees, regressions, ensemble methods, and boosting algorithms.
  • Good understanding of programming best practices, building for reuse and highly automated CI/CD pipelines.
  • Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams to successfully deliver complex data-driven projects.
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to translate complex technical details into understandable business insights.

Education:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field, with at least 5 – 7 years’ experience in data sciences.
  • Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate or AWS Certified Machine Learning are advantageous.
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