Role and Responsibilities 

The Lead Data Scientist role is expected primarily to be a subject matter expert and technical lead who will be hands on with high-end modeling projects, client interactions, mentoring the technical skills of junior data scientists, and providing sales support. The Lead Data Scientist will: 

• Collaborate with Fulcrum senior management, data scientists, data engineers, and senior clients to develop and execute analytical solutions to complex problems
• Provide data science thought leadership and maintain best practices throughout the company for a variety of machine learning models
• Interact with clients to establish requirements, troubleshoot and test models, and deliver presentations
• Prepare client deliverables, including writing reports and creating presentations that detail analysis results
• Perform methodology and code review and revisions to models created/developed by other data scientists
• Manage and mentor junior data scientists
• Contribute to proposals and attend sales calls as a subject matter expert

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on data science experience in industry
• Proficiency with SQL, R, and Python
• Strong critical thinking and attention to detail
• Experience leading complex analytical projects
• Demonstrated experience translating analytic insights into actionable business recommendations 
• Experience in designing and applying models using a variety of analytical tools
• Experience creating and automating applications for quantifying data to aid in business processes
• Ability to apply various statistical methodologies and work with different software/packages to visualize data in frontend applications
• Master’s or PhD in Mathematics/Statistics/Machine Learning/Data Science/Computer Science

Candidates not local to the area must be willing to relocate.
Competitive salary and benefits based on experience are offered for this position.