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Senior Data Scientist

This position is remote (virtual) and can be located anywhere in the US.

The Senior Data Scientist is responsible for identifying, designing, and building advanced analytic solutions across the the Dairy Foods business unit. The Senior Data Scientist will be a key contributor in the Dairy Foods Data & Analytics Product Team, partnering closely with business teams and IT colleagues to drive data-driven decision making. This position will translate business requirements into technical analyses and models to drive revenue, decrease costs, and/or optimize business results. The Senior Data Scientist will identify data science use cases, conduct exploratory data analysis, and implement machine learning algorithms and techniques. The Sr Data Scientist will have excellent communication skills and be comfortable communicating across a broad range of technical and non-technical audiences in a variety of settings. The right candidate will have a passion for educating the business and IT on data science and articulate the value it brings.

Experience-Education (Required):

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Analytics, Mathematics or related discipline; or an equivalent combination of demonstrated skills or experience
• 5+ years professional experience in designing and developing analytics solutions
• 3+ years’ experience in statistical programming such as Python, R, SAS, SPSS, etc.
• Demonstrated knowledge of statistical and analytic techniques including regression, clustering, classification, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to translate between business requirements and technical specifications and to communicate results and findings with non-technical business partners
• Experience using traditional and modern platforms including cloud storage and compute technologies
• Intermediate to Advanced SQL skills

Competencies-Skills (Required):

• Identify key business requirements that will drive the design, development, implementation, and delivery of models, quantitative analyses, and other analytical solutions
• Conceptualize, design, and develop analytical solutions that are stable and scalable to meet business needs using the latest technologies
• Partner closely with Data Architecture, Data Management, and Data Visualization teams to build optimal analytical solutions that lead to the desired business outcomes
• Collaborate with and influence multiple stakeholder groups to ensure alignment with standards, guidelines and best practices
• Provide thought leadership and education to business partners regarding analytic best practices
• Enable analytic end-users by onboarding new end-users to the analytic platforms while providing recurring training workshops, prototype sessions and holding office hours
• Aid in enabling enterprise roll out of advanced analytic capabilities
• Identify, report, and escalate risks to manager and stakeholders appropriately

Experience-Education (Preferred):

• Master’s degree in Business Analytics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related discipline; or an equivalent combination of demonstrated skills and experience

Competencies-Skills (Preferred):

• CPG and manufacturing industry experience
• Experience with cloud-based model training and production
• Experience with Docker containerization
• Experience working in a scrum/agile team; utilizing tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, version1

Salary is negotiable based on experience.

$95,200-142,800

As a full time employee you will receive a wide range of benefits for you and your dependents:

• 3 medical plan choices including HSA plan options
• Vision & dental plan
• Company paid Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability, parental leave, caregiver leave and emergency leave
• 401(k) plan with company match and additional automatic contribution regardless of participation
• Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays and Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness program focused on Physical, Financial and Emotional Health with opportunity for cash incentives