Senior R&D Statistical Scientist & Data Science Mentor

General Mills, Inc; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 111,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

General Mills is seeking a Sr. R&D Statistical Scientist (Statistician) to join the Data Science & Modeling team within the Innovation, Technology, and Quality (ITQ) function. The ITQ function is the center of science innovation, product development, and quality activities for the company.

You will join a successful analytics team and collaborate with partners inside and outside General Mills to transform data into actionable insights that drive business results.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Statistics or Biostatistics or relevant field.
• 3+ years of work experience in a statistical scientist, statistician, statistical analyst role or related position.
• Ability to define problems and deliver solutions proactively against business or technical challenges.
• Strong communication skills and collaboration abilities.
• Teaching and coaching experience across cross-functional partners.
• Experience transforming data into advanced analytic solutions.
• Proficiency in SQL, BigQuery, and Oracle.
• Experience with R and Python analytics and with Git.

Responsibilities

• Work with R&D teams to solve problems using data in product development, quality, nutrition science, and market research.
• Provide statistical consultation in experimental design and analysis.
• Train and coach other statisticians in the global team.
• Translate analyses into actionable insights that influence decisions.
• Develop statistical and ML models with Python, R and scale analytics on GCP and open-source tools.
• Build and deploy analytics solutions with data pipelines for decision-making.

Skills

Statistics/biostatistics

SQL querying

R

Python

Communication

Teaching/mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Ph.D. in Statistics or Biostatistics or relevant field

Tools

BigQuery

Oracle

Git

Python

R

Job description

General Mills is seeking a Sr. R&D Statistical Scientist (Statistician) to join the Data Science & Modeling team within the Innovation, Technology, and Quality (ITQ) function. The ITQ function is the center of science innovation, product development, and quality activities for the company.

You will join a successful analytics team and collaborate with partners inside and outside General Mills to transform data into actionable insights that drive business results.