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Need : Data Scientist

Location : Omaha, NE

Duration : 12+ Months Contract - Further Extension

As a Data Scientist working in this practice, you will play a critical role in designing, building, supporting, and delivering an innovative technology solution that leverages analytics and artificial intelligence. This candidate will work closely with the product owner and team in order to understand capability specifications and lead a group of data scientists to develop sophisticated analytical models to address the requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead and oversee a multi-functional and multi-geographical data science team, and provide guidance on the appropriate data science methodology and approach

Provide guidance and feedback to junior data science team members

Translate business goals and capability needs into analytical model design and machine learning use cases

Provide points of view on feasibility and timing to implement analytics-driven product features

Develop, test and validate multivariate predictive models on actual client data, starting with proofs of concept to verify your hypotheses and iterating in order to identify the optimal predictive models

Own quality assurance of results of models before embedding within products

Manage portions of business or technical projects focused on the design or development of analytical solutions.

Share expertise with the community through discussions, presentations, or peer reviews

Set and manage expectations with business partners for small projects, and with limited guidance, identify potential conflicts and build consensus.

Communicate analysis, insights, and results to team, peers, and business partners, and with guidance, tailor communication to the audience.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Decision Sciences, Actuarial Science or related analytical STEM field of experience, or PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Decision Sciences, Actuarial Science or related analytical STEM field plus zero years of experience, or any suitable and equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Heavy concentration in mathematics, including statistics and programming, business intelligence/analytics, as well as data science tools and research using large data sets. Additional verification of specific coursework will be required.

Education, Work Experience, & Knowledge

Masters in STEM related field or equivalent

6 - 8+ years of related experience

Advanced working knowledge of modeling/research/ analytics or actuarial required

Strong grasp of value creation and business model concepts