Data Scientist

Penske•Reading, PA

About The Position

The Data Scientist helps develop predictive analytics solutions and works on one or two projects concurrently under the supervision of senior members of the Data Science team. Projects range from small and straightforward to large and complex, with impact ranging from team or department level to organization-wide. The role provides analysis and assists in developing machine-learning models, complex analyses, data visualizations, and automation capabilities to solve business problems, collaborating across disciplines and functions throughout the organization. The role evaluates and analyzes data, contributes to model development and implementation, communicates project activities and results, and helps identify opportunities for savings and process improvement. The associate may be required to travel as necessary and work at the specific location and schedule required.

Requirements

Master's degree required, with a concentration in Engineering, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Math, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field preferred.
At least 1 year of experience along with a master's degree in data or business analytics.
At least 1 year of experience designing and building machine-learning applications using structured or unstructured datasets.
Practical programming experience using Python, R, or another high-level scripting language.
Demonstrated experience with one or more machine-learning techniques, including logistic regression, decision trees, random forests, and clustering.
Knowledge and experience with SQL.
Intermediate machine-learning experience; elementary statistical modeling experience; intermediate supervised-learning experience; elementary experience with statistical computing packages such as R; and intermediate scripting-language experience such as Python.
Experience using Microsoft Office Suite.
Ability to collect and analyze complex data and translate insights into action.
Ability to organize and prioritize work to meet multiple deadlines.
Effective oral and written communication skills, strong communication skills, and strong time-management skills.
Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job.
Willingness to travel as necessary and work the required schedule and at the required location.
Must complete a Penske employment application and submit to a background investigation, including past employment, education, and criminal history, and drug screening.

Responsibilities

Assist in identifying appropriate data sources to answer business questions.
Extract, blend, cleanse, and organize data.
Visualize data.
Identify and ameliorate outliers and missing or incomplete records.
Analyze data to identify the root cause of a stated problem.
Create reporting and identify opportunities to automate processes.
Set up streamlined data-ingestion processes for business cases.
Participate in identifying appropriate techniques and algorithms for building models.
Create and test models.
Build applications and embed models.
Build network connections within the team and participate in discussions of modeling best practices.
Discuss project activities and results with the team.
Help document and present project stories, including creating and presenting in executive meetings.
Collaborate with stakeholders to identify business problems.
Help conduct ROI analyses to determine project feasibility and build business cases.
Complete other projects as assigned by the supervisor.