Senior Data Scientist — Rental Analytics & Growth

Cat (CaterpillarCareers); Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 113,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Parental leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Chicago, IL is seeking a Senior Data Scientist – Rental to convert complex data into actionable insights that boost site performance and Rental revenue. This role centers on advanced analytics for digital and customer insights, guiding product and strategy decisions.

You will lead the Rental Insights and Analytics team, collaborate with RU Strategy, and drive KPIs, modeling, and data storytelling to influence business outcomes across dealer operations and product utilization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in a quantitative field and 6+ years of experience in quantitative analysis/data management.
• Proficient in BI tools, Python and SQL; GA4 and BigQuery experience preferred.
• Strong programming, analytics, and data storytelling skills with business impact.
• Experience with regression, hypothesis testing and ANOVA is expected.
• Hands-on ML experience including clustering, logistic regression, random forests or neural nets.
• Experience with data visualization tools like Power BI or Tableau.

Responsibilities

• Drive a data-driven product development culture to optimize digital investments and Rental revenue.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to develop BI/Analytics roadmaps and define KPIs.
• Analyze complex business data and document requirements for BI & Analytics.

Skills

Business statistics

Accuracy and attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Machine learning

Programming languages

Requirements analysis

Data storytelling

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in quantitative discipline

Tools

Python

SQL

Google Analytics GA4

BigQuery

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Chicago, IL is seeking a Senior Data Scientist – Rental to convert complex data into actionable insights that boost site performance and Rental revenue. This role centers on advanced analytics for digital and customer insights, guiding product and strategy decisions.

You will lead the Rental Insights and Analytics team, collaborate with RU Strategy, and drive KPIs, modeling, and data storytelling to influence business outcomes across dealer operations and product utilization.