Head of Marketing Analytics & Data Science

Chamberlain Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401k plan

Short-term incentive

Job summary

Chamberlain Group in Chicago seeks a Senior Director of Data Science to lead a high‑performance team, shape the analytics strategy, and deliver impactful models that drive business outcomes.

You will guide forecasting, predictive modeling, and ML initiatives across the organization, collaborate with executives, recruit top talent, and ensure robust deployment of insights and solutions.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in data science, statistics, mathematics, econometrics, engineering, or other quantitative field
• 8+ years of relevant work experience; 2+ years directly managing data scientists
• Expert knowledge of statistics and advanced analytical and machine learning techniques, including forecasting, predictive modeling, network and cluster analysis
• Aptitude distilling complex business problems into clear data science models that are adopted
• Ability to drive teams to success and influence peers and leaders
• Expertise directing, developing, and applying machine learning algorithms
• Outstanding communication skills and collaboration
• Advanced expertise in Python, R, SQL
• Experience with Databricks; distributed compute; large-scale data; cloud (Azure)

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach a high-performance data science team, including recruiting and onboarding new talent
• Drive development and execution of the data science methodology and practices
• Lead technical engagements with stakeholders and senior leaders
• Be a catalyst for advanced analytics and data science across Chamberlain Group
• Educate business users on advanced analytical concepts
• Drive adoption of insights, models, and outputs to realize business impact
• Develop and deploy predictive and prescriptive analytics models
• Manage relationships with outside data science resources and vendors
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and confidentiality policies

Skills

Statistics

Forecasting

Predictive modeling

Machine learning

Python

R

SQL

Databricks

Azure

Communication

Education

Master's Degree in data science / quantitative field

Doctorate degree (preferred)

Tools

Databricks

Azure

Python

R

SQL

Job description

Chamberlain Group in Chicago seeks a Senior Director of Data Science to lead a high‑performance team, shape the analytics strategy, and deliver impactful models that drive business outcomes.

You will guide forecasting, predictive modeling, and ML initiatives across the organization, collaborate with executives, recruit top talent, and ensure robust deployment of insights and solutions.