Director, Data Science

The Director, Data is responsible for applying data exploration and visualization, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and other data science techniques to explore, create, and maintain advanced data-driven solutions for the problems and opportunities at Inmar Intelligence, working closely with business units, product development, and application engineering.

This role provides thought leadership on Inmar strategic plans for new products and solutions, and manages the Data Science team, both from personnel and technical perspectives.

Primary Accountabilities: (Technical)

• Demonstrate excellent understanding and competence in the tools, techniques, and technologies used by the team: data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, software engineering, statistical analysis, scientific method, etc.
• Demonstrate superior collaboration with senior leadership in identifying prospective data science solutions that align with Inmar goals, as well as working with business units and product development teams in creating those solutions
• Demonstrate superior collaboration with application engineering to build robust and secure solutions that integrate with production products
• Demonstrate superior communication skills, especially with internal technical and non-technical stakeholders and team members, but also as an effective technical spokesperson with customers and other external stakeholders
• Demonstrate a drive to keep skills and knowledge up to date
• Demonstrate innovation and continuous improvement
• Demonstrate professionalism with focus on customer satisfaction and product quality

Leadership:

• Expand awareness and understanding of Data Science to peers and senior leadership
• Demonstrate superior competence in managing team dynamics and organizational culture, with the objective of ensuring team effectiveness
• Provide coaching and mentoring to team members in their professional and technical development
• Work with minimal supervision and assumes leadership responsibilities on multiple, concurrent projects

Additional Responsibilities:

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Complies with all policies and standards

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors in Computer Science, Statistics or any related field with an applied quantitative and experimentation focus required

• Masters in quantitative and experimentation focused field preferred

• Doctorate in quantitative and experimentation focused field preferred

• 10+ years related work experience in machine learning, data visualization, and other data science techniques, including at least 4 years managing others; or any equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to complete the job responsibilities required

• Strong experience in software development (scripting, programming, versioning, testing, deploying) on Linux and Microsoft Platforms

• Strong experience in databases (data processing extraction, cleansing and transformation)

• Highly proficient with presentation software:  Microsoft Office & Google Suites and giving presentations to technical and non-technical audiences

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the major job responsibilities (essential functions) of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the major job responsibilities. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the job.

• Use Hands to Handle Objects - Regularly

• Reach with Hands or Arms - Regularly

• Talk or Hear and Read Instructions - Regularly

• Stand, Kneel, or Stoop and Lift 20 Pounds - Occasionally

• View Items at a Close Range - Regularly

Rarely: Job requires this activity up to 25% of the time
Occasionally: Job requires this activity between 25% - 50% of the time
Frequently: Job requires this activity between 50% - 75% of the time
Constantly: Job requires this activity more than 75% of the time

Individual Competencies

• Teamwork: Advanced communication skills used to lead a team.

• Adaptable: Arrives at a conclusion based on previous experiences and good judgment.

• Innovative: Arrives at decision using analytical thought.

• Curious: Asseses circumstances using experience and a variety of