Hybrid Principal Data Scientist - ML Leader & Strategy

Verizon; Basking Ridge (NJ); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

Verizon is seeking a Principal Engineer - Data Science to join the Impact Analytics team within the Transformation Command Center. You will lead advanced data manipulation, modeling, and ML solutions, serving as the technical lead on critical analytics projects across Consumer, Network, and Strategy domains.

You will transform large datasets into production-grade models and actionable strategies, collaborating with executives to unlock high-impact opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field or four+ years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience.
• Advanced, independent coding experience in Python and SQL for complex data extraction, feature engineering and statistical analysis.
• Proven track record building, validating and deploying ML models and time series forecasting solutions in enterprise settings.
• Strong experience with data visualization tools and libraries (e.g., Matplotlib, Seaborn, Tableau, Grafana).
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage technical project lifecycles and present findings to management.

Responsibilities

• Hands-On Technical Execution: Independently query, clean, merge, and manipulate massive structured and unstructured datasets across big data systems using SQL and Python.
• Advanced ML & Predictive Modeling: Design, build, validate, and deploy advanced machine learning algorithms and robust time series forecasting models.
• Initiative & Technical Leadership: Drive analytics projects end-to-end from scoping and data extraction to model building and executive presentation.
• Data Visualization & Insights: Develop dashboards and visual reporting frameworks to translate model outputs into executive metrics.
• Strategic Stakeholder Partnering: Act as a consultative technical partner to multiple teams and present actionable recommendations to leadership.
• Model Rigor & Innovation: Ensure governance and validation, and integrate state-of-the-art AI/ML methodologies.

Skills

Python

SQL

Machine Learning

Time Series Forecasting

Data Visualization

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Matplotlib

Seaborn

Tableau

Grafana

Job description

Verizon is seeking a Principal Engineer - Data Science to join the Impact Analytics team within the Transformation Command Center. You will lead advanced data manipulation, modeling, and ML solutions, serving as the technical lead on critical analytics projects across Consumer, Network, and Strategy domains.

You will transform large datasets into production-grade models and actionable strategies, collaborating with executives to unlock high-impact opportunities.