Principal Data Scientist, Predictive Modeling

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You enjoy applying your skills to developing new models and processes for predictive modeling.  You are able to be both hands on in creating models and equally capable of overseeing the work of others as they apply the tools you have built to additional datasets.  You are familiar with survey research and recommendation engine models.  You are highly analytical and are able to defend the validity of your models by conducting hold-out analyses, and presenting the results in plain language to people outside of the Data Science industry.  You have a passion for continuous improvement, driving operational efficiency in the speed of modeling, the volume of compute power used, etc.  You’re excited to build new capabilities and help drive advancement of the business.