Senior Data Scientist

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely - even if they're daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love - driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together - lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life.

You will drive profitable growth and business innovation by applying cutting-edge machine learning techniques and AI technology. You work on data science projects that drive product personalization, marketing effectiveness, channel optimization, better customer experience, and operation efficiency. You will work closely with a team of talented data scientists, Big Data engineers, and software developers and play a key role in developing and delivering the next generation AI/ML solutions to the business.

You'll create machine learning models to predict customer behavior and intent to support marketing campaigns for customer retention, prospect acquisition, and revenue growth. You'll then present the results to various business partners such as marketing, finance, and our customer relationship management group.

At Verizon, we are on a multi-year journey to industrialize our data science and AI capabilities. Very simply, this means that AI will fuel all decisions and business processes across the company. At $130B+ in annual revenue, this is a pioneering opportunity to design and shape AI at scale in the Telco industry. With our leadership in bringing 5G network nationwide, the opportunity for AI will only grow exponentially in going from enabling billions of predictions to possibly trillions of predictions that are automated and real-time. Therefore, it will be critical that this candidate possess previous experience in research and validation of AI and data science techniques.

• Independently work on data science projects and deliver innovative technical solutions to solve problems and improve business outcomes

• Be involved in the design and development of machine learning/statistical models and ensure best performance

• Work closely with machine learning engineers to deploy models in production both in real-time and in batch process and systematically track model performance

• Assist engagement with key business stakeholders in discussion on business strategies and opportunities

• Build strong working relationships and develop deep partnerships with the business

• Become a subject matter expert on machine learning and predictive modeling

• Actively research new theories, techniques, and technologies

You have strong analytical skills and are eager to work in a collaborative environment with global teams to drive ML applications in business problems, develop end-to-end analytical solutions, and communicate insights and findings to leadership. You work independently and are always willing to learn new technologies. You thrive in a dynamic environment and are able to interact with various partners and cross-functional teams to implement data science-driven business solutions.

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.

• Four or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through work experience and/or military experience.

• Foundational quantitative knowledge and skills; extensive training in math, statistics, physical science, engineering, or other related fields

• Hands-on computing/programming skills; proficient in Python

• Experience in data science projects and delivering from end-to-end

• Technical experience in machine learning and statistical modeling

• Master's degree in a quantitative field or equivalent

• A Ph.D. in Computer Science, Statistics, Math, Economics, Engineering, Business Analytics, Data Science or a related field

• Experience with in data management and data analysis in relational databases and Hadoop

• Experience with in SQL and database management

• Excellent communication skills

• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills

• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every "even better" qualification listed above.

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.