Data Scientist: AI for Public Sector Impact

McKinsey; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuous learning

Voice that matters

Global community

World-class benefits

Job summary

McKinsey & Company in Boston seeks a data science professional to join the SHaPE practice. You will build data science and AI solutions for government, public health, healthcare, and social sector clients, translating problems into ML tasks and delivering production-ready pipelines.

Half your time will be hands‑on modeling, the rest advising clients on adoption, governance, and responsible AI. Travel up to 80% is expected as you collaborate with teams across locations and develop leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field is required.
• 4+ years applying ML, statistics or optimization to real problems.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL; foundations in ML and AI methods.

Responsibilities

• Build data science and AI solutions for government, public health, healthcare, and social sector clients.
• Translate client problems into machine learning problems and design pipelines.
• Advise clients on adoption, governance, fairness, explainability, and responsible AI.
• Validate results, document assumptions, and test for bias, drift, and failure modes.

Skills

Python

SQL

Machine learning

Statistical modeling

Optimization

Leadership

Communication

Travel up to 80%

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Job description

McKinsey & Company in Boston seeks a data science professional to join the SHaPE practice. You will build data science and AI solutions for government, public health, healthcare, and social sector clients, translating problems into ML tasks and delivering production-ready pipelines.

Half your time will be hands‑on modeling, the rest advising clients on adoption, governance, and responsible AI. Travel up to 80% is expected as you collaborate with teams across locations and develop leadership