AI-Powered Operations Research Specialist

McKinsey & Company; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

McKinsey & Company is hiring for roles accelerating AI adoption and advanced analytics. Based in Atlanta, Boston, or New York, you will join multidisciplinary teams delivering end-to-end AI and optimization solutions for clients across industries.

The role emphasizes operations research, data science, and scalable enterprise platforms, with opportunities to present results to client leadership and collaborate globally.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required (role staffed on Critical Industries work).
• Bachelor's, master's or PhD in a technical field (CS, ML, statistics, math, engineering or AI).
• 5+ years of deep technical experience in operations research/optimization or related data science work.
• Programming experience in Python, C++, Java.
• Proven application of operations research methods in the commercial world.
• Knowledge of software development tools (testing, VCS, CI/CD).
• Understanding of supply chain concepts (planning, scheduling, network design, logistics).
• Experience in NLP or generative AI is highly desirable.
• Willingness to travel.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Work in multidisciplinary teams to build AI/ML products and platforms.
• Develop frameworks and libraries (including Kedro) for data/AI practitioners.
• Apply operations research methods to client supply chain challenges end-to-end.
• Engage in diagnostics through multi-month digital implementations and client leadership presentations.
• Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and designers to scale analytics solutions.
• Grow expertise at the intersection of technology and business.

Skills

U.S. Citizenship

Computer science, ML, math

5+ years ops research

Python

C++

Java

NLP / generative AI

Travel willingness

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in CS/ML/Applied stats/Engineering/AI

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kedro

Databricks

PySpark

SQL

Job description

McKinsey & Company is hiring for roles accelerating AI adoption and advanced analytics. Based in Atlanta, Boston, or New York, you will join multidisciplinary teams delivering end-to-end AI and optimization solutions for clients across industries.

The role emphasizes operations research, data science, and scalable enterprise platforms, with opportunities to present results to client leadership and collaborate globally.