Position Overview

As a Data Scientist within PNC's Data and Automation organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA, Strongsville, OH, Dallas, TX, Birmingham, AL, Lakewood, CO or Phoenix, AZ.

A Data Scientist will bring forth a strong focus on building intelligent agents, automation, and internal tools that enhance team and departmental workflows. This role spans both traditional data science responsibilities and emerging generative AI capabilities, with an emphasis on designing, implementing, and operating agents that leverage Copilot and related platforms. The ideal candidate is hands-on, technically curious, and motivated to apply data, automation, and AI solutions to real business problems.

Responsibilities
• Design, build, and deploy intelligent agents to automate team and departmental workflows
• Implement and extend agents using Copilot and related GenAI tooling
• Develop internal tools and automation solutions that improve data access, analysis, and decision-making
• Apply statistical analysis and data mining techniques to support agent logic, insights, and recommendations
• Manage and prepare data pipelines to support both analytical and GenAI-driven use cases
• Partner with stakeholders to identify opportunities where automation and agents can drive efficiency or scale
• Integrate agents and tools with existing platforms and business processes
• Support and continuously improve deployed agents through monitoring, tuning, and iteration
• Document solutions and share best practices to enable broader adoption across teams

Qualifications & Skills
• Experience building or implementing intelligent agents or automation solutions
• Familiarity with leveraging Copilot to design, configure, or extend agent-based workflows
• Strong foundation in statistical analysis and data mining techniques
• Experience working across data management and analytics use cases
• Familiarity with Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI)
• Comfort working with structured and unstructured data sources
• Ability to translate business needs into automated, data-driven solutions
• Strong problem-solving skills and a bias toward practical, scalable implementation

PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Job Description

• Performs analytical tasks on vast amounts of structured and unstructured data to extract actionable business insights.
• Participates in the data gathering, data processing and data mining of large and complex datasets.
• Develops algorithms using advanced mathematical and statistical techniques like machine learning to predict business outcomes and recommend optimal actions to management.
• Runs analytical experiments in a methodical manner to find opportunities for product and process optimization. Assists in the presentation of business insights to management using visualization technologies and data storytelling.
• May partner with Data Architects, Data Analysts, Data Engineers and Visualization Experts to develop data-driven solutions for the business.

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

• Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
• Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.

Preferred Skills
Analytical Thinking, Competitive Advantages, Data Analytics, Data Management, Data Mining, Data Science, Machine Learning (ML), Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Power Platform, Statistical Analysis

Competencies
Data Architecture, Data Mining, Disruptive Innovation, Information Capture, Machine Learning, Modeling: Data, Process, Events, Objects, Prototyping, Query and Database Access Tools

Work Experience
Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 3+ years of relevant / direct industry experience. Certifications are often desired. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.

Education
Masters

Certifications
No Required Certification(s)

Licenses
No Required License(s)

Pay Transparency

Base Salary: $55,000.00 - $142,600.00

Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data and on individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business and/or individual performance.

Application Window

Generally, this opening is expected to be posted for two business days from 04/24/2026, although it may be longer with business discretion.

Benefits

PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.

In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.

To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit pncthrive.com.