Senior Data Scientist

Job Description  The Senior Data Scientist is a collaborative member of the Analytics team who creates value from data. They’re focused on identifying opportunities to drive value through advanced analytics, lead stakeholder engagements to assess analytical opportunities, and ensure value is delivered. Their technical accountabilities include the proactive retrieval of information from various sources and analysis to better understand business performance.

The Senior Data Scientist builds data products that automate or optimize processes within the company, leading to improved business outcomes.

Job Description  The Senior Data Scientist is a collaborative member of the Analytics team who creates value from data. They’re focused on identifying opportunities to drive value through advanced analytics, lead stakeholder engagements to assess analytical opportunities, and ensure value is delivered. Their technical accountabilities include the proactive retrieval of information from various sources and analysis to better understand business performance.

The Senior Data Scientist builds data products that automate or optimize processes within the company, leading to improved business outcomes.
Security Requirements:
Successful applicants must have resided in Canada for a minimum of five (5) years to meet the requirements of the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP), Canadian Government security clearances, and U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

Responsibilities

Framing of analytics problems to drive value

Assessment of opportunity ROI

Developing the case for change

Leading initiatives end to end

Data Discovery, Sourcing and modeling

Exploratory data analysis and feature engineering

Algorithm selection, training, testing, and deployment

Model deployment and maintenance

Coach and mentor less experienced data scientists in the delivery of value through data science

Responsible to provide solution recommendations/designs for their domain.

Qualifications

University degree or college diploma related to Information Technology.

5+ years of experience applying statistical analysis, machine learning, forecasting, optimization, or related analytical techniques to solve business problems and deliver measurable outcomes.

Expert-level proficiency in Python, SQL, and machine learning frameworks, with demonstrated experience designing scalable analytical solutions and deploying models into production environments.

Experience leading complex analytical initiatives, establishing best practices, and guiding model development, monitoring, governance, and continuous improvement activities.

Demonstrated ability to partner with senior business stakeholders to identify opportunities, translate business requirements into analytical solutions and influence strategic decisions through data-driven insights.

Experience with cloud-based AI platforms, MLOps, Generative AI, LLMs, Agentic AI, Azure AI services, or enterprise-scale AI architecture is strongly preferred.

About Us
Founded in 1882, J.D. Irving, Limited (JDI) operates in Eastern Canada (New-Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Québec, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador), as well as in USA. We are a team of 20,000 dedicated employees. At J.D. Irving, Limited, you are part of a dynamic team of professionals who lead with integrity and are passionate about delivering results. With a culture that nurtures talent and creates an inclusive workplace, you can grow your career across our various operating divisions.
We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates, and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary, or permanent) can be made at any stage of application…