Data Scientist Lead

AAA - Automobile Club of Southern California; Cleveland (OH); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Data Scientist to drive data-driven decision-making across the organization. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your expertise in statistics and data analysis to solve complex business problems, optimizing operations for over 17 million members. Your daily tasks will involve pulling and interpreting data from SQL databases, utilizing tools like Python, R, and Tableau to visualize insights. This remote position requires regular collaboration with teams, emphasizing excellent communication skills and adaptability. Join a diverse team committed to delivering legendary service and making a meaningful impact in the community.

Benefits

Health coverage for medical, dental, vision

401(K) saving plan with company match

Pension

Tuition assistance

PTO for community volunteer programs

Wellness program

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Solid foundation in statistics and data analysis is essential.
• Proficiency in SQL and experience with Python or R required.

Responsibilities

• Solve business problems using data analysis and visualization.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to present findings and insights.

Skills

Data Analysis

Statistics

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Agile Methodology

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Data Science or related field

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Tableau

Excel

Job description

Data Scientist Lead

As our Lead Data Scientist, you will act as an internal business consultant to help optimize every facet of this organization. You will solve problems and answer questions – using data – for other departments to help us reduce costs, reduce errors, and be a better organization for our 17 million members.

What You’ll Do

1. Every day, you will help solve business problems presented to us by stakeholders using data. You will get a scenario or problem, such as, “We need to reduce cycle times,” and then pull, analyze, and interpret data relevant to that scenario.
2. You will pull data from SQL databases. You will analyze and interpret data using Python, R, or other tools. You will determine patterns or trends and their statistical significance to the problem. To visualize the data, you will use Tableau.
3. Once you have done your analysis, paired with a data engineer, you will present your findings to the stakeholder and confirm, refute or simply acknowledge a hypothesis. Your work may be implemented or may develop into something else. This role is remote, but you must be able to report to the Costa Mesa, California, office for regular collaboration days.

What You’ll Need

1. To thrive in this role, you must have a solid foundation of statistics and data analysis. You must be able to describe a project where you pulled data, analyzed it, identified trends or patterns, determined significance, and delivered insights or recommendations to the business. What was your approach? What tools did you use and why? Did you get to the root cause of the issue? Did you confirm or refute a hypothesis? You must be able to speak to your involvement and decisions at each stage.
2. For pulling data, we use SQL so you must be proficient with this tool. To curate and analyze data, we use a variety of languages and programs: Python, R, and even Excel. You can choose whatever tool helps you best, but you must be proficient in either Python or R.
3. Excellent communication skills and an attitude of flexibility are a must. Very often, we get into the data and some aspect takes longer than we thought, or we have to pivot and change how we approach a problem. A dashboard works better than a model, perhaps. Then you have to explain to the stakeholder or the team why you made that change or why the deliverable is taking longer than expected. It’s all about being creative in your approach and communicating that frequently and clearly to people who may be less tech or data-savvy than you.
4. You have worked previously with an Agile team or understand these concepts. You expect to participate in daily standup meetings, you’ll complete your projects or stories during our bimonthly sprints, and you’re ready to meet frequent deployment deadlines.

Remarkable benefits:
• Health coverage for medical, dental, vision
• 401(K) saving plan with company match AND Pension
• Tuition assistance
• PTO for community volunteer programs
• Wellness program
• Employee discounts (membership, insurance, travel, entertainment, services and more!)

Auto Club Enterprises is the largest federation of AAA clubs in the nation. We have 14,000 employees in 21 states helping 17 million members. The strength of our organization is our employees. Bringing together and supporting different cultures, backgrounds, personalities, and strengths creates a team capable of delivering legendary, lifetime service to our members. When we embrace our diversity – we win. All of Us! With our national brand recognition, long-standing reputation since 1902, and constantly growing membership, we are seeking career-minded, service-driven professionals to join our team.

“Through dedicated employees we proudly deliver legendary service and beneficial products that provide members peace of mind and value.”

AAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer