Data Science Manager at USA TODAY Co., Inc. in United States

Job description

• Reachlocal Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of USA TODAY Co.
• Lead a team of data scientists/analysts in the design, development, and deployment of advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI solutions to address complex business problems.
• Design and deploy predictive models and machine learning algorithms, ensuring model accuracy, scalability, and seamless integration with enterprise systems through collaboration with data engineering teams on efficient data pipeline architecture.
• Drive organizational data and strategy and partner with business leaders to deliver actionable insights that support strategic decision-making. Establish and enforce data science standards, methodologies, and governance frameworks to maintain data integrity and compliance.
• Evaluate and implement cutting-edge tools and technologies in AI, machine learning, and big data to maintain a competitive advantage. Coordinate project delivery timelines, resource allocation, and budget management for data science initiatives.
• Monitor and report on key performance indicators for data analytics programs, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives. Supervises 2 direct reports at a Data Scientist level. 100% Telecommuting permitted.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of data scientists/analysts in the design, development, and deployment of advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI solutions
• Design and deploy predictive models and machine learning algorithms, ensuring model accuracy, scalability, and seamless integration with enterprise systems
• Drive organizational data and strategy and partner with business leaders to deliver actionable insights
• Establish and enforce data science standards, methodologies, and governance frameworks
• Evaluate and implement cutting-edge tools and technologies in AI, machine learning, and big data
• Coordinate project delivery timelines, resource allocation, and budget management for data science initiatives
• Monitor and report on key performance indicators for data analytics programs
• Supervise 2 direct reports at a Data Scientist level

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Engineering, or a related field, or a foreign equivalent plus 3 years of post-baccalaureate experience in job offered or any leadership role in data science or analytics.
• 1. Applying descriptive statistics and identifying data trends with machine learning algorithms
• 2. Building and optimizing model performance with R programming and Python
• 3. Designing and implementing deployment environment, scaling the models and resolving issues using AWS, AZURE, Docker cloud technologies
• 4. Evaluating data structure and performing data transformation with R, Python and MySQL
• 5. Preparing analytics reports with ggplot and Rshiny visualization packages to stakeholders and team members to improve KPIs
• 6. Managing and mentoring a team of data scientists and analysts, setting performance metrics and team goals.
• 100% Telecommuting permitted.

Skills

Required

• Machine learning algorithms
• R programming
• Python
• AWS
• AZURE
• Docker
• MySQL
• ggplot
• Rshiny
• Descriptive statistics
• Data transformation
• Model performance optimization

Benefits

• Salary range: $189,259 – $195,000//year