Director, Data Science

Are you curious by nature? Do you always seek to understand human behaviors in your everyday life? Do you believe strategic communications can help make the world a better place? Do you think the world of research needs to change and adapt to a more complex and ever-evolving world? Do you have an entrepreneurial mindset and want to shape a consulting division? If so, Edelman Intelligence is looking for you to join our team!  Edelman Data & Intelligence is seeking a Director-level Data Scientist. The person in this role is will work to help drive our predictive analytics business by building out the Big Data / machine learning / AI capabilities of the Predictive Intelligence capabilities. This person will contribute significantly towards client deliverables, help develop new analytical approaches and offerings, and mentor more junior team members.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the leadership of day-to-day project execution, including client deliverables, status updates, and project management
• Efficiently manage data from disparate sources, distilling into datasets prepared for data science
• Execute statistical models to support client projects
• Prepare client facing material (example: PowerPoint slides and charts), distilling analytical insights effectively into stories for clients
• Develop standardized code and processes that can be easily used by the larger team
• Support senior staff in the development of client proposals
• Mentor junior analytics team members 

Qualified candidates have most, if not all, of the following…

• Academic background in data science, statistics including big data, machine learning, and AI
• Proficiency in languages like Python or R for data manipulation and analysis, preferably Pandas and Spark
• Proficiency to clean, transform, and manage data using SQL and other database technologies (Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, etc)
• Proficiency in tools like Tableau or PowerBI (even excel pivot and slicer dashboards) to create clear and informative visualizations
• Experience with the follow Python packages is helpful: XGBoost, statsmodels, numpy, pyspark, sklearn, matplotlib, seaborn, scipy, tensorflow, pytorch
• Proficiency to effectively communicate complex analysis to technical and non-technical audiences. 
• Proficiency with external client relationship management and data story telling
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, coupled with the ability to adapt to new conditions, assignments and deadlines
• Knowledge of marketing, market research, and economics
• Strong understanding of statistical concepts and methods for data analysis

The team is here for you: Our team currently includes…

• Fun first attitudes – because what’s the point of doing great work if aren’t having fun?  
• Career pathing on the mind – whether you plan to stay for 2 years or 20 years we put your development and career goals as a priority  
• Open space floor plan community – the best research happens with collaboration and sometimes that includes input from our non-research co-workers  
• Broader communications exposure – you will get the opportunity to work alongside broader Edelman teams such as Corporate, Brand, Digital, Assembly, and more  
• Open minds for new ideas and methodologies – maybe it’s not broken, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make it better 
• Level agnostic – doesn’t matter if you are the boss or an intern, we are all in this together  
• Global Reach – we have researchers you can tap into around the world  

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Edelman Data & Intelligence (DXI) is a global, multidisciplinary research, analytics and data consultancy with a distinctly human mission.
We use data and intelligence to help businesses and organizations build trusting relationships with people: making communications more authentic, engagement more exciting and connections more meaningful.
DXI brings together and integrates the necessary people-based PR, communications, social, research and exogenous data, as well as the technology infrastructure to create, collect, store and manage first-party data and identity resolution. DXI is comprised of over 350 research specialists, business scientists, data engineers, behavioral and machine-learning experts, and data strategy consultants based in 15 markets around the world.
To learn more, visit: https://www.edelmandxi.com
DXI is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage racially and ethnically diverse pe