Data Scientist – Senior Specialist
| Company | Vanguard |
|---|---|
| Location | Toronto, ON, Canada, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Malvern, PA, USA, Charlotte, NC, USA, Grand Prairie, TX, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Minimum of eight years related work experience in analytical roles
- Experience with data wrangling required
- Programming skills to access, transform and prepare large scale data for statistical modeling
- Experience utilizing statistical and machine learning methods required
- Undergraduate degree in Analytics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Statistics or related analytical field of study or equivalent combination of training and experience
Responsibilities
- Leads the execution of large scale, more complex analytics projects
- Leads and executes deep dive diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics to support data-driven business decision making
- Creates alternative model approaches to assess complex model design and advance future capabilities
- Mentors and develops junior data scientists and analysts
- Identifies and diagnoses data inconsistencies and errors, documents data assumptions, and forages to fill data gaps
- Engages with senior leadership to understand and probe business processes in order to develop hypotheses
- Brings structure to requests and translates requirements into an analytic approach
- Guides test design, research design, and model validation
- Provides statistical consultation services
- Serves as the analytics expert on cross functional teams for large strategic initiatives
- Contributes to the growth of the Vanguard analytic community
- Prepares and delivers insight presentations and action recommendations
- Communicates complex analytical findings and implications to business leaders
- Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned
Preferred Qualifications
- AI/ML Development and Modeling, Python, NLP, LLM, AWS, A/B Testing, analytic problem-solving skills and Chat Bot experience preferred
- Predictive modeling for sales and distribution (XGBoost, tree based methods, multi-armed bandit, decision engines)
- Problem solving including analytical and statistical methods
- Graduate degree preferred