Senior Lead Data Scientist - ML/AI Strategy (Hybrid)

System One; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/welfare benefits

401(k) plan

Job summary

System One seeks a Lead Data Scientist for a contract role in Reston, VA, offering hybrid onsite/remote work. Drive enterprise ML/AI initiatives and mentor junior data scientists to deliver data-driven solutions.

You will address complex business problems with advanced modeling, collaborate across departments, and present insights to executives to guide strategy and execution.

The role requires 8+ years in data science with strong statistics, programming, and scalability expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, CS, or related field.
• 8+ years of data science or related experience.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Proficient with a wide range of data science tools and frameworks.
• Experience in model evaluation, tuning, and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise ML/AI initiatives to address business challenges.
• Solve complex problems using advanced numerical techniques, algorithms, and models.
• Support data science initiatives across teams with analytics capabilities.
• Communicate findings to product teams, customers, and executives on AI/ML models.
• Lead interactions between analytics, business units, and other departments.
• Conduct data mining and derive actionable insights.
• Synthesize and present analytical findings to teams and executives.
• Mentor and develop junior data scientists.
• Translate business priorities into data science deliverables.
• Implement best practices in ML/AI/DS for new data products; build scalable software.

Skills

ML/AI

Statistical modeling

Data mining

Python

SQL

Communication

Mentoring

Leadership

Operations research

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Statistics/Mathematics/CS

Tools

SQL

Job description

System One seeks a Lead Data Scientist for a contract role in Reston, VA, offering hybrid onsite/remote work. Drive enterprise ML/AI initiatives and mentor junior data scientists to deliver data-driven solutions.

You will address complex business problems with advanced modeling, collaborate across departments, and present insights to executives to guide strategy and execution.

The role requires 8+ years in data science with strong statistics, programming, and scalability expertise.