R&D Data Scientist — AI-Driven Insights (Hybrid)

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 71,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid vacation & sick time

Paid parental leave

401k with company match

Job summary

Church & Dwight is seeking a Data Scientist to join the R&D Agentic Pod, delivering AI-powered solutions that transform decision making across consumer insights, product development, and manufacturing processes.

This hybrid role is based in Princeton, NJ, with in-person days on Tue–Thu and remote options on Mon–Fri. You will collaborate with R&D, Quality, Regulatory and analytics leaders to drive measurable business impact.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in data science, advanced analytics, ML, or related field.
• Experience applying statistics, linear algebra, and ML to business problems.
• Hands-on Python modeling experience with scikit-learn or similar.
• SQL proficiency with large structured datasets and data prep.

Responsibilities

• Frame business questions and define decision criteria with cross-functional teams.
• Develop predictive, prescriptive, segmentation, forecasting, and optimization solutions.
• Build and monitor ML models in Python using scikit-learn, XGBoost, etc.
• Design test-and-learn frameworks and translate findings into actionable guidance.
• Embed models into dashboards and decision-support experiences.
• Collaborate with data engineers to productionize solutions and ensure data quality.

Skills

Data science

Statistics

Machine learning

Python

SQL

scikit-learn

XGBoost

Data visualization

Decision support

Experiment design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in quantitative field

Tools

scikit-learn

XGBoost

SQL

Job description

Church & Dwight is seeking a Data Scientist to join the R&D Agentic Pod, delivering AI-powered solutions that transform decision making across consumer insights, product development, and manufacturing processes.

This hybrid role is based in Princeton, NJ, with in-person days on Tue–Thu and remote options on Mon–Fri. You will collaborate with R&D, Quality, Regulatory and analytics leaders to drive measurable business impact.