Senior Data Scientist — AI/ML & Business Impact

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Rohrerstown (PA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead the development of advanced analytics and machine learning models that power key business decisions.

You will translate complex data insights into clear business value and partner with teams across data engineering, ML Ops, product, pricing, and finance. You will design, deploy scalable models and analytical tools, drive measurable outcomes, and communicate results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Python and ML/data libraries.
• Experience using AI platforms (Databricks).
• Expertise in statistical modeling, predictive analytics, and feature engineering.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and MLOps practices.
• Proficiency in SQL, R, & Python and experience working with large-scale data environments.
• Strong understanding of model evaluation, AB testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of ML/AI models to solve complex business challenges.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify high-impact use cases and define measurable success criteria.
• Identify and build the right model to enable the business outcomes for each use case.
• Analyze large, complex datasets to uncover actionable insights and support data-driven decision-making.
• Collaborate with data engineers to ensure robust data pipelines and model integration into production systems.
• Build prototypes, conduct experiments, and iterate on model performance to drive continuous improvement.
• Connect LLMs to data sources to automatically summarize data, identify key metrics, and answer natural language questions.
• Leverage LLMs to generate summaries of analysis results and create visualizations.
• Apply LLM-powered NLP techniques for tasks such as text classification, sentiment analysis, and named entity recognition.
• Document processes and best practices in data science methodologies, coding standards, and model evaluation.
• Communicate results and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences using data visualization and storytelling.
• Stay current with emerging tools, techniques, and trends in AI, ML, and data science.

Skills

Python

Databricks

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

AWS

Azure

GCP

SQL

R

Big data

AB testing

Tools

Databricks

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

SQL

Job description

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to lead the development of advanced analytics and machine learning models that power key business decisions.

You will translate complex data insights into clear business value and partner with teams across data engineering, ML Ops, product, pricing, and finance. You will design, deploy scalable models and analytical tools, drive measurable outcomes, and communicate results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.