Data Scientist - Predictive Modeling & Production

Philippine Batteries Incorporated; Quezon City; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Philippine Batteries Incorporated is seeking a Data Scientist — Modelling to develop and validate statistical and machine‑learning models that improve predictions, decisions and measurable value across manufacturing and operations.

The role frames problems to business outcomes, establishes baselines, tests forecasting methods, performs feature engineering, builds models for forecasting, quality, pricing and optimization, and documents assumptions and limitations for auditable workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level or higher in quantitative field; masters preferred.
• 3+ years building and deploying statistical or ML models with production use.
• Manufacturing/quality or demand-forecasting modelling experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Frame modelling problems against measurable business outcomes and a decision point.
• Establish the baseline the model must beat and define success/failure criteria.
• Test forecasting algorithms against the baseline to improve accuracy.
• Perform feature engineering, model development, validation, backtesting and explainability.
• Develop forecasting, quality, customer, maintenance, pricing and optimization models as assigned.
• Document assumptions, data needs and failure modes.
• Define acceptance criteria, monitoring, retraining triggers and retirement rules.
• Collaborate with data/AI engineers to deploy models in operational workflows.
• Monitor model performance and drift; act when needed.
• Quantify value earned against the baseline after deployment.
• Report if a model does not beat baseline and recommend retirement.
• Produce model cards, evaluation reports and backtesting records.
• Maintain monitoring plans and drift/retraining schedules.
• Document business impact and reproducible experiments.

Skills

Statistical modelling

Machine learning

Forecasting

Experiment design

Feature engineering

Model deployment

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Statistics/Math/CS/Eng/Econ

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Python

SQL

Spark

Databricks

Job description

Philippine Batteries Incorporated is seeking a Data Scientist — Modelling to develop and validate statistical and machine‑learning models that improve predictions, decisions and measurable value across manufacturing and operations.

The role frames problems to business outcomes, establishes baselines, tests forecasting methods, performs feature engineering, builds models for forecasting, quality, pricing and optimization, and documents assumptions and limitations for auditable workflows.