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
Position Type: Full time salaried
Reports to: SVP, Data Science
Location: Remote within the United States of America; New York City metro area preferred
Subordinates: 0
