Lead Data Scientist

* Description
* This is a 3 month contract to hire that is only open to W2, and would sit in Columbus, OH.

* Overview:
* Our client's Enterprise Data and Analytics team is growing. They are looking for a Lead Data Scientist to assist with building and developing their Data Science team and lead them into the next generation of banking. They are reimagining how data is used across the bank to better serve their customers, support their communities, and make their colleagues lives better. Their goal is to be the best performing Regional Bank in America, and they need data and analytics to meet that goal.

* Responsibilities:
* * Prioritizes analytical projects based on business value and technological readiness
Performs large-scale experimentation and build data-driven models to answer business questions
Conducts research on cutting-edge techniques and tools in machine learning/deep learning/artificial intelligence
Evangelizes best practices to analytics and products teams
Acts as the go-to resource for machine learning across a range of business needs
Owns the entire model development process, from identifying the business requirements, data sourcing, model fitting, presenting results, and production scoring
Provides leadership, coaching, and mentoring to team members and develops the team to work with all areas of the organization
Works with stakeholders to ensure that business needs are clearly understood and that services meet those needs
Anticipates and analyzes trends in technology while assessing the emerging technology's impact(s)
Coaches' individuals through change and serves as a role model

* Skills:

* * Up-to-date knowledge of machine learning and data analytics tools and techniques
Strong knowledge in predictive modeling methodology
Experienced at leveraging both structured and unstructured data sources
Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job
Demonstrated ability to communicate complex results to technical and non-technical audiences
Strategic, intellectually curious thinker with focus on outcomes
Professional image with the ability to form relationships across functions
Ability to train more junior analysts regarding day-to-day activities, as necessary
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams
Strong experience with Cloud Machine Learning technologies (e.g., AWS Sagemaker)
Strong experience with machine learning environments (e.g., Tensor Flow, scikit-learn, caret)
Demonstrated Expertise with at least one Data Science environment (R/RStudio, Python, SAS) and at least one database architecture (SQL, No

SQL)
Financial Services background preferred

* Experience:

* * Master's degree and 5+ years of experience related work experience using statistics and machine learning to solve complex business problems, experience conducting statistical analysis with advanced statistical software, scripting languages, and packages, experience with big data analysis tools and techniques, and experience building and deploying predictive models, web scraping, and scalable data pipelines

* Expert understanding of statistical methods and skills such as Bayesian Networks Inference, linear and non-linear regression, hierarchical, mixed models/multi-level modeling

* Education:

* Master's degree or PhD in computer science, statistics, economics or related fields

* Job Type & Location
* This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Columbus, OH.

* Pay and Benefits
* The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $75.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

* Medical, dental & vision

* Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

* 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

* Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

* Short and long-term disability

* Health Spending Account (HSA)

* Transportation benefits

* Employee Assistance Program

* Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

* Workplace Type
* This is a fully…