Senior Data Scientist, AI‑Driven Strategy & Insights

Aptean; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Benefits package

Career growth opportunities

Flexible work environment

Job summary

Aptean seeks a Senior Data Scientist on the Strategy team in Alpharetta, Georgia. You will apply data science and ML to answer strategic questions, from churn prediction to growth opportunities, partnering with executives and finance to translate business questions into rigorous analysis.

This role balances technical depth with business fluency: build predictive models and communicate findings to VP-level audiences, delivering actionable recommendations and scalable analytics platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Data Scientist with predictive modeling
• Master's degree required; PhD strongly preferred
• Strong SQL skills and experience with large, multi-source data platforms
• Strong understanding of statistics, data modeling, and ML algorithms
• Experience with large datasets, visualization tools, and MLOps practices
• Ability to present technical findings to non-technical, senior stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Translate ambiguous business questions into structured analytical approaches
• Mine and analyze data from unified data platform to answer strategic questions
• Apply AI-first approaches to accelerate analysis and insights
• Build and own predictive models and quantify business impact
• Perform exploratory data analysis, statistics, and A/B testing to validate hypotheses
• Clean, preprocess and validate large datasets from multiple sources
• Build AI-first dashboards and self-service tools for stakeholders
• Present findings and recommendations to technical and executive audiences

Skills

Predictive modeling

SQL

Machine learning

Data visualization

MLOps

A/B testing

Executive communication

Education

Master's degree in Data Science/Statistics/CS

PhD in related field preferred

Tools

SparkSQL

AWS

Tableau/Power BI

Job description

Aptean seeks a Senior Data Scientist on the Strategy team in Alpharetta, Georgia. You will apply data science and ML to answer strategic questions, from churn prediction to growth opportunities, partnering with executives and finance to translate business questions into rigorous analysis.

This role balances technical depth with business fluency: build predictive models and communicate findings to VP-level audiences, delivering actionable recommendations and scalable analytics platforms.