Senior Data Scientist — AI-Driven Business Optimization

Navan; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Navan is seeking a hands-on Senior Data Scientist to apply statistical modeling and AI to optimize business decisions across planning, booking, and support. You’ll partner with teams to turn opportunities into models and tools, and lead projects from discovery through delivery, blending statistics, software development, and AI to reshape the traveler experience.

You will build scalable data-science solutions in Python and SQL, develop forecasting and scenario models, and collaborate closely with

Qualifications

• 4+ years in data science, applied analytics, or related quantitative role.
• Strong Python and SQL skills with real-world data ML solutions.
• Background in statistics, mathematics, economics, CS, or related quantitative discipline.
• Hands-on experience using AI tools in research and software development.
• Applied experience with statistical modeling, forecasting, and experimental methods.
• Proven ability to communicate findings and trade-offs to varied audiences.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities in pricing, resource allocation, and ops efficiency using quantitative models.
• Design analyses and experiments to understand customer behavior and evaluate initiatives.
• Build reusable data-science solutions in Python and SQL from exploration to deployment with Engineering.
• Develop forecasting and scenario models to support planning and decisions.
• Build AI-enabled analytics apps, partnering with Engineering on deployment and monitoring.
• Use AI to explore data, generate hypotheses, and validate results.
• Apply AI-assisted development to prototyping, testing, and documentation with software practices.
• Explore business data to surface patterns and guide further analysis.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistical modeling

Forecasting

Experiment design

AI tools usage

Collaboration

Tools

Metaview

Cloud platforms

Job description

Navan is seeking a hands-on Senior Data Scientist to apply statistical modeling and AI to optimize business decisions across planning, booking, and support. You’ll partner with teams to turn opportunities into models and tools, and lead projects from discovery through delivery, blending statistics, software development, and AI to reshape the traveler experience.

You will build scalable data-science solutions in Python and SQL, develop forecasting and scenario models, and collaborate closely with