Data Scientist, Specialist

Vanguard Group, Inc.

$90K — $130K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in analytical roles with data wrangling experience
  • Undergraduate degree in Analytics, Mathematics, Economics, or related field; graduate degree preferred
  • Expertise in Python, R, or SQL programming; experience with machine learning libraries like Scikit-learn and TensorFlow
  • Strong grasp of data pipelines, wrangling, and statistical techniques; experience with big data (Spark/Hadoop)
  • Familiarity with visualization tools like Tableau

Responsibilities

  • Develop complex queries and program data access and transformation for modeling
  • Lead and conduct diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics for business decisions
  • Identify and diagnose data inconsistencies; document assumptions and fill gaps
  • Engage with stakeholders to understand business processes and inform analytics
  • Guide test and research design; provide statistical consultation services
  • Prepare and present analytical insights and recommendations to business leaders
  • Participate in special projects and other assigned duties

Benefits

  • Opportunity for mentorship and skill development in analytics
  • Engagement with cross-functional teams on strategic initiatives
  • Contributions towards the growth of a vibrant analytics community
  • Access to diverse data projects across the organization
  • Involvement in executive-level decisions based on analytics
Full Job Description
Job Description

Core Responsibilities
  • Develops complex queries and performs extensive programming to access, transform, and prepare data for statistical modeling.
  • Leads and executes deep dive diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics to support data-driven business decision making. Mentors and develops junior data scientists and analysts.
  • Identifies and diagnoses data inconsistencies and errors, documents data assumptions, and forages to fill data gaps.
  • Engages with internal stakeholders to understand and probe business processes in order to develop hypotheses. Brings structure to requests and translates requirements into an analytic approach.
  • Guides test design, research design, and model validation. Provides statistical consultation services. Serves as the analytics expert on cross functional teams for large strategic initiatives and contributes to the growth of the Vanguard analytic community.
  • Prepares and delivers insight presentations and action recommendations. Communicates complex analytical findings and implications to business leaders.
  • Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.


Qualifications
  • Minimum of five years related work experience in analytical roles. Experience with data wrangling required - Programming skills to access, transform and prepare large scale data for statistical modeling. Experience utilizing statistical and machine learning methods required.
  • Undergraduate degree in Analytics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Statistics or related analytical field of study or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.
  • Expertise in programming with Python, R, or SQL; hands-on experience with machine learning libraries (e.g., Scikit-learn, TensorFlow);
  • Strong understanding of data pipelines, data wrangling, and statistical techniques; experience in big data environments (Spark/Hadoop); familiarity with visualization tools like Tableau


Special Factors

Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

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