Senior Data Scientist – Contractor

Senior Data Scientist – Contractor

Kaizen Analytix LLC, an analytics services company seeking a qualified Data Science Contractor with a background in exploratory analysis, regression models, and, ideally, some media mix modeling experience. Responsibilities and job requirements are below. This role requires a 40 hours/week commitment for approximately 10 weeks.

Responsibilities:

• Provide analytical support by leveraging data mining tools and analytical methodologies
• Assist in data modeling and analysis to determine key customer insights, drive business strategies, and maximize ROI
• Integrate internal and external data sources, be comfortable working with both structured and unstructured data
• Assist in development, maintenance, and enhancement of statistical models in Python
• Use statistical tools and techniques to extract and analyze trends from the customer database warehouse
• Prepare and deliver presentations with complex analytical concepts
• Comfortable presenting to the business and upper management

Job Requirements:

Education:

• PhD in Operations Research, Econometrics, or other applied mathematical discipline OR Masters in Operations Research, Econometrics, or other applied mathematical discipline with at least 2-3 years of relevant professional experience

OR

• Master’s degree in Operations Research, Data Science, Business Analytics, Industrial Engineering, Econometrics, Computer Science, or other applied mathematical discipline, with at least 4-5 years of relevant professional experience

Experience:

• Expertise in two or more of the following areas: math programming, probability, statistics, forecasting, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or other heuristics
• Expert programmer in two or more of the following: Python, R, SAS, MATLAB, SQL
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Experience in the marketing media mix modeling a definite plus