Data Scientist
New York / $120000 - $140000
INFO
$120000 - $140000
LOCATION
New York
Permanent
Data Scientist
New York, New York
$120,000 - $140,000 + Benefits
THE COMPANY
A New York-based Nonprofit Educational Organization, that is engrained in the local community is actively looking for a Data Scientist to lead their growing Data Science team. This individual will be working in a fast-paced agile environment with the ability to make a visible change to the organization's overall data function.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Analyze life cycle and lifetime value to make recommendations to Marketing, Revenue, Acquisition, and Retention teams.
- Support the development of ongoing data and research initiatives with proactive changes.
- Deliver end-to-end implementation of data science tasks including algorithm development, dashboarding, research, and insights into the needs of students, families, and educational stakeholders.
- Determine KPIs that most appropriately measure effectiveness against competitors.
- Collaborate with the Analytics and Engineering teams to advance and implement organization-wide reporting and dashboards.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
A successful Data Scientist will likely have the following skills and experience:
- Minimum Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, or a related field. Ph.D. is strongly preferred.
- Strong Machine Learning, predictive modeling, and statistical analysis skills; NLP is a plus.
- Proven experience in data analysis in a customer relationship management, marketing, or consumer research environment.
- Highly functional knowledge of Python/R, SQL, and Machine Learning libraries.
- Strong presentation and data visualization skills to communicate data analysis in compelling ways to an executive audience
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
BENEFITS
A competitive base salary of $120,000-140,000 + benefits
HOW TO APPLY
Please register your interest by sending your résumé to Quentin Abramo via the Apply link on this page.
KEYWORDS
EdTech, Education, Machine Learning, Data Science, Research, Technology, Marketing, Advertising, Stakeholder Management, Client Facing, Analytics, Predictive Modeling, ML, Python, R, SQL, Statistics
CONTACT
Quentin Abramo
Recruitment Consultant
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