Strategic Data Scientist - AI-Driven Insights (Onsite)

Aptean; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Aptean in Alpharetta, GA is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join the Strategy team onsite. You will use data science and ML to answer strategic business questions, measure churn risk, and identify growth opportunities.

You’ll translate business questions into rigorous analyses and present actionable recommendations to executives. The role sits at the intersection of technical depth and business fluency, requiring you to build predictive models and explain their implications to a senior

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Data Scientist in predictive modeling.
• Master's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field required; Ph.D. in a related field strongly preferred.
• Strong SQL skills and comfort working directly in large, multi-source data platforms.
• Strong understanding of statistics, data modeling, and machine learning algorithms.
• Experience with large datasets, visualization tools, and MLOps practices.
• Demonstrated ability to present technical findings to non-technical, senior stakeholders — this is a core requirement.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Strategy leadership and business stakeholders to translate open-ended questions into structured analytical approaches.
• Mine and analyze data from our unified data platform to answer ad hoc and recurring strategic questions for leadership.
• Apply an AI-first approach to problem-solving using modern AI tools to accelerate analysis and insights.
• Build and own predictive models and quantify business impact.
• Perform exploratory data analysis, statistics, and A/B testing to validate hypotheses.
• Clean, preprocess, and validate large datasets pulled from multiple internal sources.
• Build AI-first dashboards and self-service tools so non-technical stakeholders can access insights.
• Present findings and recommendations clearly to technical and executive audiences.

Skills

SQL

Statistics

Machine learning

Data visualization

MLOps

Executive communication

Education

Master's degree in Data Science/Statistics/CS

PhD preferred

Tools

SparkSQL

Tableau

Power BI

AWS

Azure

Job description

Aptean in Alpharetta, GA is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join the Strategy team onsite. You will use data science and ML to answer strategic business questions, measure churn risk, and identify growth opportunities.

You’ll translate business questions into rigorous analyses and present actionable recommendations to executives. The role sits at the intersection of technical depth and business fluency, requiring you to build predictive models and explain their implications to a senior