Innovation Analytics Data Scientist

World Bank Group; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

World Bank Group in Washington, DC is seeking a Data Scientist to operationalize AI-driven Innovation Analytics. You will build pipelines for ingestion, NLP analysis, and portfolio-level insights, working with a global, cross-disciplinary team.

The role requires a Master’s degree with 5+ years of experience, strong ML/NLP skills, Python/SQL, and ability to translate complex questions into analytical solutions. Travel and global collaboration are possible.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong experience in ML/NLP, text classification and embeddings.
• Experience using large language models programmatically and prompt design.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL; data visualization and reproducible workflows.

Responsibilities

• Operationalize and improve the Innovation Analytics methodology using AI/ML and NLP techniques.
• Build data pipelines for document ingestion, text extraction, and portfolio analysis.
• Develop visualizations to identify portfolio patterns and strategic insights.
• Document methods, data transformations, and validation results for standardization.

Skills

Machine learning

NLP

Python

SQL

Data visualization

LLMs / prompt design

Quality assurance

Reproducible workflows

Education

Master’s degree in data science, CS, statistics or related quantitative field

Tools

Databricks/Spark

Job description

World Bank Group in Washington, DC is seeking a Data Scientist to operationalize AI-driven Innovation Analytics. You will build pipelines for ingestion, NLP analysis, and portfolio-level insights, working with a global, cross-disciplinary team.

The role requires a Master’s degree with 5+ years of experience, strong ML/NLP skills, Python/SQL, and ability to translate complex questions into analytical solutions. Travel and global collaboration are possible.