Data Scientist II

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Company: Takeda

Location: Phoenix, AZ 85032

Description:

The Data Scientist II drives internal data analytics projects. Projects will vary from short explorations of our data to longer-term implementations of advanced predictive and machine learning models. The Data Scientist II constantly explores our existing data while seeking out new data to consume. They apply analytical and data science methods to real world datasets to solve ongoing business problems. The Data Scientist II effectively communicates both technical and analytical concepts across all levels of the organization, and they influence the roadmap and decision-making through presentation of data-based recommendations.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Researches and resolves data inquiries and requests
Provides insights and serves as a subject matter expert for department data.
Documents requirements for data science and reporting projects.
Supports the development of standard data analyses, reports, and dashboards.
Collaborates with other teams to gather data and build relationships
Performs time-series analyses, hypothesis testing, and causal analyses to statistically assess relative impact and extract trends across all relevant functional areas
Transforms data into actionable insights and recommendations.
Designs experiments and interprets the results to draw detailed and actionable conclusions.
Builds statistical models to enhance understanding of trends and predicts future performance.
Finds new opportunities and novel applications for our core internal data.
Translates and champions our Machine Learning capabilities for non-technical audiences.
Participates in end-to-end data science project lifecycle data mining and exploration, model development and evaluation, solution deployment in production, measurement and tracking.
Designs, validates and evaluates solutions using R, Python, SQL and other programming tools.
Creates presentations for senior leaders, which are often used to build board level presentations.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.

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Required Skills & Experience

Bachelor's Degree in an analytical field (Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Management, Statistics, Engineering).
3 years of experience with advanced programming in Python or R and SQL, conducting complex statistical analysis and building machine learning algorithms with large databases in cloud computing environments.
3 years of demonstrated experience working with large databases to perform complex analysis.
3 years of demonstrated experience with statistics and multivariate analytical techniques including multivariate regression, logistic regression, cluster analysis, design of experiments, machine learning, and decision trees.
Demonstrated experience building and deploying machine learning/AI models in a cloud computing environment (e.g. AWS).
Experience with common commercial analytics topics (e.g. pricing optimization, customer segmentation, customer churn/lifetime value, etc.) or operational analytics topics (e.g. logistics analytics, route optimization, maintenance optimization, etc.).
Proficiency with programming in Python or R in data science and/or statistical analytics settings.
Proficiency with relational databases and the ability to write SQL queries.
Proficiency with Excel and PowerBI. Knowledge of cloud computing environments (e.g. AWS)

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Masters degree preferred.
Time series analysis is a plus
Skilled in building forecasts, customer segmentation, growth strategy, retail pricing (plus), etc.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.

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