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What you’ll be doing…
At Verizon, Data & Analytics organization is leading the formation of an enterprise-wide capability to scale the use of data and analytics into a Verizon superpower. This is a unique opportunity to be part of an award-winning team to Industrialize Advanced Analytics and solve key business challenges that unlocks exceptional value for the company and our customers.
The Associate Director of Data Science will deliver analytically driven recommendations by leveraging fact-based science to drive business goals cost effectively, while minimizing the emotional aspect of decision making. This position assumes responsibility for predictive and prescriptive analytics across Promotions, Pricing, Credit, Bad-Debt, Device Economics, Product & Customer Profitability and new initiatives to improve business efficiency through analytics driven decision management.
The successful candidate will partner with Financial Planning & Analysis, Market Presidents, Finance Operations, Device Marketing, Product and Pricing departments to arrive at the best possible decision to achieve commercial objectives. Some of the high-level focus areas for the role include Leadership, Strategy development and Modeling & Infrastructure.
- Leading a team of decision scientists, quantitative specialists and modelers centered around commercial objectives to drive advanced analytical solutions to achieve strategic business objectives.
- Developing strong relationships and partner with functional groups (Sales, Market Presidents, Territory Directors, Finance, Operations, CDO Network etc.) to embed data and science driven approach in all business decisions.
- Leading the design and development of robust analytical solutions by applying sound statistical and machine learning techniques (supervised & unsupervised) to guide business strategy and optimize controllables.
- Partnering with 1Verizon Data experts in design and development of analytical data products that helps deliver exceptional value to the business.
- Driving Executive Analytical Forums (such as Promo Forum) as a channel to effectively deliver analytical recommendations for business consumption and action.
- Guiding the overall strategic and tactical direction for the team while establishing best-in-class analytics practices.
- Managing the career life cycle process to foster team building and talent development (Recruiting, Results, Professional Development, and Career Growth).
- Being an ambassador for the team and the Data & Analytics organization at the highest level by earning a seat at the table to influence key business decisions.
- Partnering with internal business partners in gathering business requirements and developing advanced analytical solutions to complex problems.
- Establishing robust practices that adhere to Enterprise Data and AI governance to minimize model risk while maximizing business value creation.
What we’re looking for…
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Operations Research, Statistics, Business Analytics or other analytically focused interdisciplinary fields or four or more years of work experience.
- Six or more years of relevant work experience.
- Experience in building and leading Advanced Analytics units in organizations that are recognized for their analytical excellence.
- Demonstrated ability to manage and lead highly technical resources for decision management.
- Strong experience in Data Science and AI/ML toolkit including programming in R/Python, PySpark, SQL, Cloud Computing and ML Operations.
- Proven track record with demonstrated strategic thinking, formulation and planning skills to deliver against team commitments and work objectives.
- Strong experience in building analytical solutions across multiple industries including Retail, Financial Services, Technology and Communications
Even better if you have one or more of the following:
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Operations Research or other analytically focused interdisciplinary fields.
- Experience driving AI/ML initiatives on cloud platforms like GCP or AWS and well verse with cloud native functionalities.
- Exposure to GenAI concepts and application in Business Analytics.
- A passion for educating and communicating analytic findings and insights with integrity to all levels: from going over raw output with colleagues to creating storyboards that captivate and succinctly convey complex ideas to our strategic business partners.
- A voracious appetite for improvement of our analytical products and processes built on a solid foundation of a lifelong love of learning.
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.
In this hybrid role, you’ll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.
Scheduled Weekly Hours40
Equal Employment Opportunity
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Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefits, short term incentives, 401(k) Savings Plan, stock incentive programs, paid time off, parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.
If you are hired into a California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island or Washington work location, the compensation range for this position is between $161,000.00 and $298,000.00 annually based on a full-time schedule. The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.