Lead Data Scientist
About The Position
Allegis Group is seeking a Lead Data Scientist to join the Connected Growth & Insights team. This team acts as the 'engine of insight' for the Connected program, linking data to strategic outcomes and serving as the Metrics Support System for all teams within Connected. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and visualization skills, combined with emerging AI/ML capabilities, to highlight the value of the Salesforce ecosystem and its linked applications. This role involves owning metric definition, dashboard delivery, and stakeholder storytelling across multiple operating companies and transformation stages. Additionally, the Lead Data Scientist will advance the Cortex AI agent initiative to improve self-service access to Snowflake data and insights. The IT department at Allegis is driving a digital transformation, integrating technology to enhance the company's commitment to creating opportunities. This position is a key part of that transformation, focusing on leveraging data to drive strategic decisions and improve accessibility of insights.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, or other related STEM field.
- 7+ years in a data science, analytics, or business intelligence role with progressive responsibility.
- Demonstrated experience defining and delivering business metrics and KPIs at enterprise scale.
- Strong proficiency in SQL and Tableau (or equivalent BI platform).
- Experience with Snowflake or similar cloud data platforms.
- Experience with Python or R for data analysis, statistical modeling, or automation.
- Knowledge of descriptive and inferential statistics, including hypothesis testing and A/B experimentation.
- Ability to apply supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques for classification, clustering, and predictive modeling.
- Strong data visualization skills with an emphasis on clarity, accuracy, and stakeholder-appropriate design.
- Ability to communicate insights to business and leadership audiences in verbal and written formats — including executive-level data storytelling.
- Strong understanding of Agile processes and practices.
- Ability to lead initiatives, mentor team members, and take accountability for delivery.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Intellectual curiosity: creativity and innovation to go beyond current tools to deliver the best solution to complex problems.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with AI/ML techniques including text-to-SQL, semantic modeling, and predictive analytics (Snowflake Cortex experience a plus).
- Strong understanding of the Salesforce ecosystem and CRM analytics.
- Salesforce data models and CRM reporting is strongly preferred.
- Experience building semantic models or AI-driven analytics tools (Snowflake Cortex, LLM-powered analytics a plus).
- SAFe experience a plus.
Responsibilities
- Defines, builds, and maintains success metrics for Connected initiatives across all transformation stages (Experiment → Pilot → Enterprise Rollout → Steady State), aligned to the Metrics Center of Excellence framework.
- Designs and delivers Tableau dashboards and reports that transform product and sales activity into decision-ready metrics for OpCo stakeholders (TEKsystems, Aerotek, Actalent, Aston Carter).
- Translates complex data into clear, actionable narratives for coalition leaders, product owners, and senior IS leadership — using data storytelling to demonstrate the value of the Salesforce ecosystem.
- Advances the Cortex AI agent initiative by developing and expanding self-service analytics capabilities (Cortex Analyst / Cortex Search) that reduce time-to-insight for stakeholders.
- Delivers reports and analysis for the Incubation Hub and cross-coalition teams, ensuring data-driven decisions are applied to the performance of experiments.
- Analyzes and recommends analytics tooling (e.g., Adobe Analytics vs. Quantum Metric) to reduce duplicative technology and optimize the analytics stack.
- Serves as the Growth & Insights data SME within Metrics CoE tactical working groups, partnering with coalition leads and Data & Analytics architects to ensure metrics align with business goals.
- Works in an Agile team with business analysts, product owners, and developers to deliver analytics solutions in sprints.
- Communicates project status, issues, and resolution with appropriate stakeholders.
- Maintains a working knowledge of new technologies and adopts suitable concepts for the organization.
- Creates level of effort (LOE) and duration estimates for assigned work.
- Proactively manages activities to meet those expectations.
- Mentors and guides junior team members on analytics best practices, metric design patterns, and data science principles.
Benefits
- Medical, dental & vision
- Hospital plans
- 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Company paid Basic Life and AD&D as well as voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Company paid Short and long-term disability
- Health & Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HSA & DCFSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition Assistance
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Allegis Group Paid Family Leave, Parental Leave)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
