Staff Data Scientist

ZipRecruiter; Columbia Township (MO); Remote; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company is hiring a Staff Data Scientist to lead data science initiatives and mentor junior team members. This remote role focuses on using data to improve public-sector services, emphasizing flexibility and collaboration. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree, over 10 years of experience, and expertise in predictive analytics and data engineering tools. Competitive compensation ranges from $160,000 to $180,000 annually.

Benefits

Company-subsidized health insurance

Flexible PTO

401K with employer match

Paid parental leave

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in relevant fields.
• 5+ years in predictive analytics or a similar role.
• Expertise in data engineering tools and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Lead and monitor project scope, schedule, and delivery.
• Mentor data analysts and scientists.
• Identify data product improvements that drive business impact.

Skills

Predictive analytics

Data engineering tools

Statistics

Complex problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionStaff Data Scientist

This is a remote position.

Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people’s needs and transform their experience of government.

Work on things that matter

Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We’ve helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government approaches technology.

Built for a remote life

Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers.

Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works.

The Federal Civilian business unit supports many customers spanning the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include NASA, the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, the Library of Congress, Health & Human Services, and the FDIC. We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact.

Primary Responsibilities:

Staff Data Scientist serves as an emerging subject matter expert, while serving as an individual contributor that exhibits a high level of trust, autonomy and empowerment. With minimal oversight from leadership, you will be responsible for leading and monitoring the ability to meet scope, schedule and delivery requirements and may support adjacent programs with the Business Unit. A Staff Data Scientist exhibits strong influential skills to represent the data science practice in planning sessions, advocating for the best technical solution, while communicating tradeoffs. You will serve as the primary lead and proactively communicate with stakeholders; while utilizing strong influential skills to drive improvements in data science processes and practices. Primary expectations of a Staff Data Scientist include:

• Serves as a mentor for data analysts and scientists, supporting program leadership in the performance evaluation of team members

• Presents on technical topics effectively, articulating implementation complexity and other costs to inform business decisions

• Supports data team members with shipping features, providing direction and guidance

• Identifies and delivers strategic data product improvements that drive business impact

• Coordinates with cross-functional practice leadership to implement data strategy

• Develops data science vision and strategy for multiple programs

• Identifies data science initiatives that markedly improve program execution and drive growth

• Periodically travels to work with and present to customers, partners, and stakeholders

• Effectively communicates on existing systems, design decisions, past performance, and a major history of the projects that they’ve been part of for bid-writing, tech demos, and other potentially customer-facing communications

• Participates in technical depth interviews with new candidates, evaluates homework assignments

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of experience

  • Relevant years of experience may be substituted for education

• 5+ years of experience in a predictive analytics, data science, or similar role

• Expertise with data engineering tools, analytics, and statistics; has lead development of multiple data products

• Experience solving complex business problems and understanding of the data science algorithms behind them

Qualifications:

• N/A

To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit:https://adhocteam.us/join

Benefits:

• Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible PTO
• 401K with employer match
• Paid parental leave after one year of service
• Employee Assistance Program

Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to , color, , ancestry, , , or expression, , , , , work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.

In support of various state and city equal pay transparency laws, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $160,000-$180,000. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.

job reference:

https://adhoc.team/