Senior Data Scientist (m/f/d)

E.ON Drive Infrastructure; Essen; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Training budget 5,000 EUR per year

Company pension

Job summary

E.ON Drive Infrastructure is establishing an AI UNIT where a Senior Data Scientist turns complex business challenges into data-driven decisions across Europe. You will develop analyses, experiments, and models in collaboration with stakeholders up to CEO level.

You will translate challenges into actionable recommendations, build ML models, design experiments, and partner with AI/ML Engineers to productionize solutions. A strong commercial mindset and excellent Python/SQL skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering analyses and models that influenced real business decisions.
• Strong background in statistics, including hypothesis testing, experimentation, and causal inference.
• Experience with machine learning techniques and data-driven decision-making frameworks.
• Curious, pragmatic, and passionate about solving complex problems through data and AI-driven insights.

Responsibilities

• Translate business challenges into analyses, predictive models, and actionable recommendations.
• Build and validate statistical, machine learning, and optimization models to support strategic decision-making.
• Design experiments and measure real business impact, beyond correlation, using rigorous analytical methodologies.
• Collaborate with AI/ML Engineers to bring analytical models into production environments.
• Communicate insights, assumptions, and uncertainty clearly to stakeholders up to CEO level.
• Establish best practices and standards for analytics, experimentation, and model development.
• Evaluate emerging AI models, AI tooling, and agentic systems and use what works to accelerate analysis workflows.
• Drive data-informed decision-making across business functions and regions.
• Share knowledge and support the development of junior colleagues – this is a senior individual contributor role.

Skills

Statistics

Data-driven decision making

Communication

Tools

Python

SQL

GenAI / LLM tools

Job description

You turn data into decisions for a pan-European business. As a Senior Data Scientist in our newly established AI UNIT within E.ON Drive Infrastructure (EDRI), a special unit built and run like a startup, you will help transform complex business challenges into data-driven decisions. Working closely with stakeholders across the organization, you will develop analyses, experiments, and models that create measurable business impact and shape the future of AI-driven decision-making at EDRI. You report to our Head of AI Strategy.

Your Responsibilities

• Translate business challenges into analyses, predictive models, and actionable recommendations
• Build and validate statistical, machine learning, and optimization models to support strategic decision-making
• Design experiments and measure real business impact, beyond correlation, using rigorous analytical methodologies
• Collaborate with AI/ML Engineers to bring analytical models into production environments
• Communicate insights, assumptions, and uncertainty clearly to stakeholders up to CEO level
• Establish best practices and standards for analytics, experimentation, and model development
• Evaluate emerging AI models, AI tooling, and agentic systems and use what works to accelerate analysis workflows
• Drive data-informed decision-making across business functions and regions
• Share knowledge and support the development of junior colleagues – this is a senior individual contributor role

Your profile

You are a commercially minded Data Scientist who combines strong analytical rigor with the ability to influence business decisions. You enjoy tackling ambiguous problems, turning data into insights, and delivering measurable outcomes.

Must have

• Proven experience delivering analyses and models that influenced real business decisions
• Strong background in statistics, including hypothesis testing, experimentation, and causal inference
• Excellent programming skills in Python and SQL
• Deep expertise in at least one area such as forecasting, optimization, causal inference, or Bayesian methods
• Ability to communicate complex analytical findings to non-technical audiences
• Strong commercial mindset with a focus on business impact and value creation
• Experience working with machine learning techniques and data-driven decision-making frameworks
• Curious, pragmatic, and passionate about solving complex problems through data and AI-driven insights

Nice to have

• Experience taking models into production
• Hands-on experience with GenAI or LLM-based tools
• Experience in energy, mobility, or other asset-heavy industries

Why us?

• People take centre stage: Become part of a dynamic, ambitious and agile team that develops solutions for the eMobility market and be part of our EDRI events
• With us, you get the best of both worlds - 100% start-up with the support of a large company
• The freedom you need: We offer you hybrid working with flexible working hours
• Workation: Enjoy the flexibility to work temporarily from abroad – within the EU
• You will receive a competitive salary
• A company pension scheme is of course also one of the benefits with us
• Sustainable learning opportunities: We support you with a training budget of 5,000 euros per year
• You get everything you need to get started: onboarding with welcome gifts and all the hardware you need

Contact

Diversity counts at E.ON. We welcome all people and are convinced that differences make us stronger. Become part of our inclusive and diverse corporate culture!

Seize the opportunity to become part of our E.ON Drive Infrastructure team and not only create prospects for the future of E.ON, but also for your own.

We look forward to getting to know you!

Laura