Caterpillar Inc. is looking for a Lead Data Scientist to drive data initiatives that deliver real business impact within their Product Support and Logistics Division (PSLD). This role requires blending analytical expertise with business understanding to ensure tools and insights meet client needs and challenge data assumptions.
Requirements
- Knowledge of statistical tools, processes, and practices to describe business results in measurable scales; ability to use statistical tools and processes to assist in making business decisions.
- Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
- Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
- Knowledge of basic concepts and capabilities of programming; ability to use tools, techniques and platforms to write and modify programming languages.
- Knowledge of data management systems; ability to use, support and access facilities for searching, extracting and formatting data for further use.
Responsibilities
- Directing the data gathering, data mining, and data processing processes in huge volume; creating appropriate data models.
- Exploring, promoting, and implementing semantic data capabilities through Natural Language Processing, text analysis and machine learning techniques.
- Leading to define requirements and scope of data analyses, presenting and reporting possible business insights to management and customers using data visualization technologies.
- Conducting research on data model optimization and algorithms to improve effectiveness and accuracy on data analyses.
- Coaching junior analysts on data requests, preparing reports, and providing technical assistance; Participating in initiatives to improve processes efficiency and employee productivity.
Other
- Required Travel: Up to 10% (Domestic)
- Relocation Assistance Offered: None.
- US Work Sponsorship Offered: None.
- This position requires working onsite five days a week.
- Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
