Manager of Data Science

CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen); Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

CLA is seeking a Manager of Data Science to build and lead analytics and AI initiatives across the business. The role combines data wrangling, visualization, and advanced modeling, using R, Python, and other scripting tools to deliver scalable solutions.

You will mentor analysts, guide technical oversight, and partner with engineering, IT, and business leaders to productionize models, ensure governance, and drive new opportunities.

Qualifications

• 8 years of relevant experience required.
• Experience with APIs, web scraping, SQL/no-SQL databases, and cloud-based data solutions required.
• Supervisory experience required.
• Bachelor's degree is required; combination of experience, education, and training may be accepted.
• Masters in Data Science/Analytics/AI is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, development, and performance management of the analytics team.
• Oversee large-scale analytical and AI initiatives from data acquisition to insight generation.
• Translate business objectives into analytics priorities and deliverables.
• Partner with engineering, IT, and data platforms to enable scalable solutions.
• Communicate progress, risks, and results to technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Data wrangling

Data visualization

Advanced modeling

APIs

Web scraping

SQL/No-SQL databases

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Statistics/Computer Science/Analytics/Data Science

Masters in Data Science/Analytics/AI (nice-to-have)

Tools

Python

R

SQL/NoSQL

Cloud data solutions

Job description

CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. Even with more than 8,500 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you.

CLA is dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table, so we can truly know and help our clients, communities, and each other.

About The Role

CLA is looking to hire a Manager of Data Science. This role constructs complex solutions that integrate data wrangling, visualization, and advanced modeling techniques into a seamless workflow using software development best practices in R, Python, or other scripting languages. They are comfortable working with APIs, web scraping, and SQL/no-SQL databases. They automate business workflows while integrating stochastic/numeric algorithms in the process. This role will develop more autonomy to develop solutions and will lead others, take on administrative tasks, perform support roles, and get involved in new business development.

As Manager of Data Science, you will have to following responsibilities:

Leadership

• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, development, and performance management.
• Mentor and guide analysts, supporting onboarding, skill development, and continuous learning across career stages.
• Conduct workload planning, prioritization, and resource allocation to support multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Build and sustain a high-performing team culture rooted in collaboration, quality, accountability, and innovation.

Technical Oversight

• Lead and oversee large scale analytical and AI initiatives, including data acquisition, transformation, modeling, AI system development, automation, and insight generation.
• Provide technical oversight and review of analytical approaches, models, and AI systems to ensure sound methodology, reproducibility, and scientific rigor.
• Guide the development and application of advanced statistical, machine learning, and AI-driven solutions, including predictive models, computer vision, large language models (LLMs), and agent-based systems.
• Lead the design and oversight of AI-enabled systems, including prompt engineering strategies, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), embeddings, and agentic workflows.
• Establish and evolve analytical and AI best practices, documentation standards, and technical frameworks across the team.
• Ensure standards for model and AI system validation, monitoring, evaluation, documentation, and responsible AI use are consistently applied.
• Partner with engineering, IT, and data platform teams to enable scalable, reliable, and well governed solutions.

Workflow Management

• Own delivery outcomes for data science and AI workstreams, ensuring solutions meet quality, performance, and business expectations.
• Translate business objectives into clear analytical and AI priorities, balancing near term delivery with long term capability building.
• Oversee planning, prioritization, and resourcing across projects and teams.
• Monitor solution performance, validation results, and model or AI system stability; guide troubleshooting of complex data, model, or AI issues.
• Ensure solutions are productionized effectively, with clear ownership, monitoring, and integration into business workflows.
• Establish, refine, and enforce standards for documentation, reproducibility, quality assurance, and governance.
• Remove obstacles, manage risks, and ensure consistent execution across initiatives.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as a primary point of contact for business and functional leaders on analytics and AI initiatives.
• Partner with stakeholders to define business questions, success metrics, analytical frameworks, and delivery expectations.
• Coordinate work across teams, offices, and disciplines to ensure alignment of analytical and AI approaches and outcomes.
• Communicate progress, risks, and results clearly to both technical and non technical audiences.
• Evaluate and recommend adoption of new data sources, technologies, and analytical and AI tools.
• Contribute to enterprise level analytics and AI strategy, including identifying high impact use cases and guiding their transition from concept to production.

What You Will Need

8 years of relevant experience required.

• Experience in data analytics, statistics, data science, AI, financial consulting, computer science or related field required.
• Experience with APIs, web scraping, SQL/no-SQL databases, and cloud-based data solutions required.
• Supervisory experience required.

Education

Bachelor's degree is required. Combination of relevant experience, education, and training may be accepted in lieu of degree.

• Degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Analytics, Data Science (e.g., Informatics, Data Science, Health Data Science), AI, or related field preferred.
• Masters in a Data Science/Analytics/AI is a plus.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Wellness at CLA

To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.