Data Science Lead — Hybrid, Mission-Critical Analytics

LMI Consulting, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI Consulting, LLC is seeking a Data Scientist / Data Science Lead in the Washington DC area to provide hands-on analytical leadership for VA modernization initiatives. The role blends statistics, ML, data quality, and decision support within a hybrid work model with about 25% onsite presence in Tysons or DC.

The ideal candidate will lead analytics, inspect data quality, write code, validate methods, and guide the team to produce reproducible, trusted results for complex operational questions

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, or a related quantitative field.
• 7+ years in data science, analytics, ML, or related work.
• Strong hands-on Python and SQL with modeling, validation, and interpretation experience.
• Experience translating business questions into defensible analytic methods.
• Cloud data science/ML certifications are recommended.
• Ability to satisfy VA vetting and handle sensitive data.
• Strong statistical foundation across regression, classification, and validation.
• Experience with large, messy, multi-source datasets.

Responsibilities

• Lead analytical strategy for complex operational, clinical, and technology questions.
• Assess data readiness, quality, lineage, and fitness for measures.
• Develop and review statistical models, ML methods, and exploratory analyses.
• Design reporting-ready data models, transformations, and validation logic.
• Perform hands-on Python/SQL analyses and troubleshoot data issues.
• Partner with clinical staff on baselines, denominators, and outcomes.
• Communicate uncertainty, bias, and data limitations clearly to decision-makers.
• Coach analysts and establish reusable analytics, validation, and peer-review practices.
• Establish standards for reproducibility, documentation, and version control.
• Lead model selection, validation, and bias/fairness assessments.
• Create reusable notebooks and templates to speed future work.
• Coordinate with engineering on data pipelines and handoffs.
• Lead technical reviews to ensure alignment with customer decisions.
• Collaborate with data owners to improve definitions, provenance, and access.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

Data quality

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Power BI

Cloud ML

Job description

LMI Consulting, LLC is seeking a Data Scientist / Data Science Lead in the Washington DC area to provide hands-on analytical leadership for VA modernization initiatives. The role blends statistics, ML, data quality, and decision support within a hybrid work model with about 25% onsite presence in Tysons or DC.

The ideal candidate will lead analytics, inspect data quality, write code, validate methods, and guide the team to produce reproducible, trusted results for complex operational questions