Sr. Data Scientist

Abbott; North Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

Dental Plan

Vision Plan

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Supplemental Life Insurance

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, .

401(k)

Job summary

Abbott Park, Illinois-based Sr. Data Scientist is a part-time contract role running 9am–1pm for 12 months.

You will build dashboards, measure internal communications effectiveness, and deliver data-driven insights across email, intranet, and other channels. Responsibilities include automating data collection, consolidating metrics from multiple sources, and presenting actionable recommendations to leadership with clear visuals.

Qualifications

• Highly skilled at automating data collection, dashboarding, and reporting using Power BI, Power Automate, Excel, SQL, Tableau, or similar.
• Ability to translate complex data into clear business recommendations for non-technical audiences.
• Strategic thinker and communicator with ability to translate large amounts of information into insights.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and recurring reports that measure internal communications performance.
• Learn 3+ systems used by the employee communications teams to monitor and pull metrics.
• Automate the collection, consolidation, and reporting of communications metrics across employee channels to improve efficiency and reduce manual reporting.

Skills

Dashboarding

Data storytelling

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Power BI

Power Automate

Excel

SQL

Tableau

Job description

Title: Sr. Data Scientist

Location: Abbott Park, Illinois

Duration: 12 Months

Shifts: 9am - 1pm

Remote

Summary

We're seeking a part-time contract Sr. Data Scientist to support the Abbott Employee Communications team by measuring communication effectiveness and providing actionable insights. This role will help consolidate data across key employee channels, identify trends, and enable more data-driven communications decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and recurring reports that measure internal communications performance.
• Learn 3+ systems used by the employee communications teams to monitor and pull metrics.
• Automate the collection, consolidation, and reporting of communications metrics across employee channels to improve efficiency and reduce manual reporting.
• Analyze engagement data across email, intranet, mobile, collaboration, and other employee communications platforms.
• Measure the effectiveness of communication campaigns, leadership communications, and enterprise initiatives.
• Identify trends, audience behaviors, and opportunities by integrating data from multiple sources.
• Provide actionable insights and recommendations to improve communication strategy, channel effectiveness, and employee engagement.
• Support executive reporting and stakeholder presentations with clear, data-driven storytelling and visualizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Highly skilled at automating data collection, dashboarding, and reporting processes using tools such as Power BI, Power Automate, Excel, SQL, Tableau, or similar platforms.
• Ability to translate complex data into clear business recommendations for non-technical audiences.
• Strategic thinker and communicator with ability to translate large amounts of information into insights.

Success in This Role

• Deliver timely, accurate reporting and dashboards.
• Provide actionable insights that improve communications effectiveness.
• Help establish consistent measurement practices across the Employee Communications function.

Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account (for High-Deductible Health Plans)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)
• Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance
• MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance
• 401(k)

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs.