Senior Data Scientist - QuantumBlack - Growth, Marketing & Sales

Company: McKinsey Social Initiative Inc
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: March 19, 2023

Job Description:

As a Senior Data Scientist at QuantumBlack, you will be based in one of our offices in North America, and work in close collaboration with the Growth, Marketing & Sales practice, other data scientists, data engineers, machine learning engineers, designers, and project managers on interdisciplinary projects. You will use math, statistics, and machine learning to derive structure and knowledge from raw data across various industry sectors, with an emphasis on Growth, Marketing & Sales. The Growth, Marketing & Sales practice strives to help clients in both consumer and business-to-business environments on a wide variety of marketing and sales topics. Our clients benefit from our experience in core areas of marketing such as branding, customer insights, marketing ROI, digital marketing, CLM, pricing, and sales and channel management. Our practice offers an exceptional opportunity to work at the intersection of marketing, sales, and consulting. Focusing on issues like redefining marketing and sales operations and commercial transformation, our people help clients build capabilities and transform how companies go to market - moving them to customer-centric organizations. Who you are You are a highly collaborative individual who is capable of laying aside your own agenda, listening to and learning from colleagues, challenging thoughtfully and prioritizing impact. You search for ways to improve things and work collaboratively with colleagues. You believe in iterative change, experimenting with new approaches, learning and improving to move forward quickly. You will work in multi-disciplinary environments harnessing data to provide real-world impact for organizations globally. You will influence many of the recommendations our clients need to positively change their businesses and enhance performance. Role responsibilities * You will work on complex and extremely varied data sets from some of the world's largest organizations to create new strategies across a wide platform of projects from customer life-cycle management, MROI, pricing and promotions, marketing mix modeling to analytic transformation
* You will develop data science products and solutions for clients as well as for our data science team
* You will write highly optimized code to advance our internal Data Science Toolbox
* You will work in a multi-disciplinary environment with specialists in machine learning, engineering, and design
* You will add real-world impact to your academic expertise, as you are encouraged to write 'black' papers and present at meetings and conferences should you wish
* You will attend conferences such as NIPS and ICML as one global team as well as data science retrospectives, where you will have the opportunity to share and learn from your co-workers
* You will work with one of the largest and most advanced data science teams, support the lead data scientists to develop data science product You'll learn: * How successful projections of real-world problems across a variety of industries are completed through referencing past deliveries of end-to-end machine learning pipelines
* How to build products alongside the Core Engineering team and evolve the engineering process to scale with data, handling complex problems and advanced client situations
* How to focus on modeling by working alongside the Data Engineering team, which focuses on the wrangling, clean-up, and transformation of data
* Our best practices in software development and productionize machine learning by working with our Machine Learning Engineering teams which optimize code for model development and scale it
* How to work with our UX and Visual Design teams to interpret your complex models into stunning and user-focused visualizations
* How to use new technologies and problem-solving skills in a multicultural and creative environment You will work on the frameworks and libraries that our teams of data scientists and data engineers use to progress from data to impact. You will guide global companies through data science solutions to transform their businesses and enhance performance across industries including healthcare, automotive, energy, and elite sport. Working with QuantumBlack, you will: * Have Real-World Impact- No project is ever the same; we work across multiple sectors, providing unique learning and development opportunities internationally.
* Fuse Tech & Leadership- We work with the latest technologies and methodologies and offer first-class learning programs at all levels.
* Engage in Multidisciplinary Teamwork- Our teams include data scientists, engineers, project managers, UX and visual designers who work collaboratively to enhance performance.
* Be Part of an Innovative Work Culture- Creativity, insight, and passion come from being balanced. We cultivate a modern work environment through an emphasis on wellness, insightful talks and training sessions.
* Strive for Diversity- With colleagues from over 40 nationalities, we recognize the benefits of working with people from all walks of life. Our projects range from helping pharmaceutical companies bring lifesaving drugs to market quicker to optimizing a Formula1 car's performance. At QuantumBlack you have the best of both worlds; all the benefits of being part of one of the leading management consultancies globally and the autonomy to thrive in a fast-growth tech culture: * Healthcare Efficiency- We helped a healthcare provider improve their clinical trial practices by identifying congestion in diagnostic testing as a key indicator of admissions breaches.
* Environmental Impact- We designed and built the first data-driven application for a state-of-the-art center of excellence in urban innovation by collecting real-time data from environmental sensors across London and deploying proprietary analytics to find unexpected patterns in air pollution.
* Product Development- We worked with the CEO of an elite automotive organization to reduce the 18-month car development timeframe by improving processes, designs, and team structures. Visit our Careers siteto watch our video and read about our interview processes and benefits. * MSc or Ph.D. in computer science, machine learning, applied statistics or mathematics
* 5+ years of professional experience driving sales excellence and using analytics to advance commercial outcomes
* Experience in statistical modeling and machine learning techniques
* Programming experience in at least two of the following languages: R, Python, Scala, SQL
* Experience in applying data science methods to broad marketing & sales business problems
* Experience in applying advanced analytical and statistical methods in the commercial world
* Good presentation and communication skills with the ability to explain complex analytical concepts to people from other fields

Keywords: McKinsey Social Initiative Inc, San Francisco , Senior Data Scientist - QuantumBlack - Growth, Marketing & Sales, Other , San Francisco, California