Data Science Manager: AI, ML & Strategy Lead

Gilbane Building; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k profit-sharing

Gilbane University

Job summary

Gilbane Building is seeking a Data Science Manager to lead a team applying advanced analytics, statistics, machine learning, causal inference, and AI to complex business problems. You will translate insights into actionable recommendations and deliver AI-enabled capabilities into production.

The role combines technical leadership with people management, cross-functional collaboration, and solution delivery to drive outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field; advanced degrees preferred
• 5 years of experience as a Data Scientist
• 2+ years of people management experience leading data scientists, analysts, applied scientists, or quantitative researchers
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop data scientists through technical direction, career guidance, performance feedback, and professional growth support
• Set standards for analytical quality, experimentation, causal inference, machine learning, AI solution design, model documentation, reproducibility, validation, and responsible AI use
• Guides the team in applying statistical analysis, predictive modeling, feature engineering, data mining, and scientific research methods to solve business problems
• Reviews analytical approaches, model assumptions, feature development, variable importance, and results interpretation to ensure outputs are reliable, explainable, and actionable
• Prioritizes the portfolio based on business value, feasibility, stakeholder readiness, data quality, and strategic alignment
• Builds trusted relationships with business leaders, subject matter experts, Data Engineering, Business Intelligence (BI), and Information Technology (IT)
• Translates ambiguous business questions into well-scoped analytical problems, hypotheses, measurable outcomes, and executable plans
• Educates stakeholders and partners with business subject matter experts (SMEs) to share knowledge on analytics, AI, and machine learning processes, validate findings, improve adoption, and influence process changes based on analytical recommendations
• Communicates insights, recommendations, risks, tradeoffs, and opportunities to executive and non-technical audiences through clear storytelling, presentations, and documentation
• Responsible for the career development and coaching of team members
• Fosters a positive and inclusive work environment to motivate and engage team members
• Interprets and translates the organizational strategy, ensuring team understanding of their role in accomplishing strategic goals

Skills

Statistics

Data Science

Machine Learning

Causal Inference

Production Deployment

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

PhD preferred

Quantitative field

Tools

Python

R

SQL

TensorFlow

Pandas

Job description

Gilbane Building is seeking a Data Science Manager to lead a team applying advanced analytics, statistics, machine learning, causal inference, and AI to complex business problems. You will translate insights into actionable recommendations and deliver AI-enabled capabilities into production.

The role combines technical leadership with people management, cross-functional collaboration, and solution delivery to drive outcomes.