Your role and responsibilities
As a Data Scientist: Generalist, you will convert business problems into analytics solutions using your consulting skills and business knowledge. You will analyze client business issues, formulate hypotheses, and test conclusions to determine appropriate solutions methods.
Your primary responsibilities will include:
• Analyze Business Problems: Analyze client business issues, identify areas for improvement, and develop hypotheses to test and validate conclusions. This involves applying statistical techniques, modeling, and operations research to drive business insights.
• Develop Analytics Solutions: Design and deploy analytics solutions that realize business value, exploring and examining data from multiple disparate sources to discover hidden insights and provide a competitive advantage.
• Communicate Findings: Effectively communicate informed conclusions and recommendations to both business and IT leaders, influencing how the organization approaches business challenges.
• Build Statistical Models: Develop and apply statistical models to extract insights from data, determining what it means and recommending ways to apply the data to drive business outcomes.
• Explore and Examine Data: Extract, transform, and combine data from various sources to identify trends, patterns, and correlations that inform business decisions.
Required education
High School Diploma/GED
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
• Statistics and Modeling Foundation: Exposure to statistics, modeling, operations research, computer science, and math to analyze business issues and develop analytics solutions.
• Data Analysis and Interpretation: Experience working with data from multiple disparate sources to extract, transform, and combine data, discovering hidden insights and informing business decisions.
• Business Acumen and Communication: Exposure to communicating findings and recommendations to both business and IT leaders, influencing how an organization approaches business challenges.
• Analytics Solution Development: Experience with designing and deploying analytics solutions that realize business value, applying statistical techniques and modeling to drive business insights.
• Data-Driven Problem Solving: Exposure to analyzing business problems, identifying areas for improvement, and developing hypotheses to test and validate conclusions.
Preferred technical and professional experience
• Computer Science Knowledge: Exposure to computer science concepts and applications to analyze business issues and develop analytics solutions.
• Math Foundation: Experience working with mathematical techniques to drive business insights and inform decision-making.
• Operations Research Understanding: Exposure to operations research principles to optimize business processes and solve complex problems.
OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS
IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.
