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Lead Data Scientist

Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, US

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Location: Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey (Hybrid) Salary Range: $172,994.00/year - $201,000.00/year Duties: Perform data discovery and build predictive and prescriptive models using machine learning algorithms and statistical methods. Apply data mining, analysis, modeling, and simulation techniques using standard tools and statistical methods. Build and implement models and algorithms following MDLC/MLOps and internal development standards. Present complex results in a clear, accessible way for non-technical stakeholders. Contribute to the planning and conversion of on premise data and analytics systems conversion to the Cloud in conjunction with IT. Utilize analytical, statistical, and programming skills to collect, analyze, and interpret large data sets. Use statistical tools/platforms including SAS, Python, and R to develop data-driven solutions to difficult business challenges. Partner with business stakeholders to identify and develop innovative modeling solutions and implement necessary monitoring to deploy models in production. Use standardized processes for managing the lifecycle of models and use appropriate tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy. Provide data and analytics to assist with budget development. Translate business objectives to data science problems and vice versa.
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Job Title: Lead Data Scientist Location: Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey (Hybrid) Salary Range: $172,994.00/year - $201,000.00/year
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  • Build and implement predictive and prescriptive models using machine learning and statistics

  • Translate business objectives into data science problems and back

  • Present complex results clearly to non-technical stakeholders

  • Deploy models to production with monitoring and lifecycle management

  • Help plan the move of on-premise data and analytics systems to the Cloud

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build predictive and prescriptive models using machine learning algorithms and statistical methods
Translate business objectives to data science problems and vice versa.
Present complex results in a clear, accessible way for non-technical stakeholders.
implement necessary monitoring to deploy models in production
Contribute to the planning and conversion of on premise data and analytics systems conversion to the Cloud in conjunction with IT.
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$173K–$201K against $118K–$195K, the middle half of what similar US postings state.

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At BMW, jobs usually come down by about day 35.

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BMW is hiring

7 open jobs

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Salary Range: $172,994.00/year - $201,000.00/year Duties: Perform data discovery and build predictive and prescriptive models using machine learning algorithms and statistical methods. Apply data mining, analysis, modeling, and simulation techniques using standard tools and statistical methods. Build and implement models and algorithms following MDLC/MLOps and internal development standards. Present complex results in a clear, accessible way for non-technical stakeholders. Contribute to the planning and conversion of on premise data and analytics systems conversion to the Cloud in conjunction with IT. Utilize analytical, statistical, and programming skills to collect, analyze, and interpret large data sets. Use statistical tools/platforms including SAS, Python, and R to develop data-driven solutions to difficult business challenges. Partner with business stakeholders to identify and develop innovative modeling solutions and implement necessary monitoring to deploy models in production. Use standardized processes for managing the lifecycle of models and use appropriate tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy. Provide data and analytics to assist with budget development. Translate business objectives to data science problems and vice versa. Education & Experience Requirements: Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus three (3) years of experience as a Data Scientist or related occupation, driving model development, cloud analytics, and data-driven insights to support business decisions and stakeholder engagement; or, alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus five (5) years of experience as a Data Scientist or related occupation, driving model development, cloud analytics, and data-driven insights to support business decisions and stakeholder engagement. Specific skills/other requirements - Experience must include (quantitative experience requirements not applicable to this section): developing predictive models, reports, and dashboards using BI tools; building and deploying statistical and machine learning solutions using linear/logistic regression, support vector machines, deep neural networks, and Random Forest; managing, retrieving, and manipulating data from databases; performing project management using JIRA or any other project management software; utilizing SQL, Python, and R to analyze data, automate processes, and build predictive models; using AWS to deploy applications, manage cloud infrastructure, and optimize data storage; and, processing large-scale data, running fast queries, and analyzing distributed datasets using Hadoop, Presto, and Athena. Hybrid role - 3 days per week in office. Up to 5% domestic travel required.
Duties: Perform data discovery and build predictive and prescriptive models using machine learning algorithms and statistical methods. Apply data mining, analysis, modeling, and simulation techniques using standard tools and statistical methods. Build and implement models and algorithms following MDLC/MLOps and internal development standards. Present complex results in a clear, accessible way for non-technical stakeholders. Contribute to the planning and conversion of on premise data and analytics systems conversion to the Cloud in conjunction with IT. Utilize analytical, statistical, and programming skills to collect, analyze, and interpret large data sets. Use statistical tools/platforms including SAS, Python, and R to develop data-driven solutions to difficult business challenges. Partner with business stakeholders to identify and develop innovative modeling solutions and implement necessary monitoring to deploy models in production. Use standardized processes for managing the lifecycle of models and use appropriate tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy. Provide data and analytics to assist with budget development. Translate business objectives to data science problems and vice versa. Education & Experience Requirements: Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus three (3) years of experience as a Data Scientist or related occupation, driving model development, cloud analytics, and data-driven insights to support business decisions and stakeholder engagement; or, alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus five (5) years of experience as a Data Scientist or related occupation, driving model development, cloud analytics, and data-driven insights to support business decisions and stakeholder engagement. Specific skills/other requirements - Experience must include (quantitative experience requirements not applicable to this section): developing predictive models, reports, and dashboards using BI tools; building and deploying statistical and machine learning solutions using linear/logistic regression, support vector machines, deep neural networks, and Random Forest; managing, retrieving, and manipulating data from databases; performing project management using JIRA or any other project management software; utilizing SQL, Python, and R to analyze data, automate processes, and build predictive models; using AWS to deploy applications, manage cloud infrastructure, and optimize data storage; and, processing large-scale data, running fast queries, and analyzing distributed datasets using Hadoop, Presto, and Athena. Hybrid role - 3 days per week in office. Up to 5% domestic travel required.

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Demand for Data Scientist roles

New Data Scientist postings at the employers we follow are down 4% over the last 6 weeks compared with the 6 before.

Weekly new Data Scientist postings at the same employers, from the week of August 17 to the week of November 2. The fewest in a week was 1,403, the most 2,949, and the latest week had 2,098.
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About the role

We file this job under Data Scientist, by the work the posting describes.

Data scientists use statistics and models to answer harder questions, such as whether a change worked, what demand will look like next quarter, or which customers are likely to leave.

Postings usually ask for Python or R, SQL, statistics, experiment design and common machine learning methods.

Unlike an ML engineer, a data scientist's main output is often an analysis or a first model, not software running inside a product.

US government figures for data scientists

Median yearly pay, May 2025
$120,230
Expected change, 2025 to 2035
34.6% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-2051.

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Employer: BMW Financial Services NA, LLC


Job Title: Lead Data Scientist


Location: Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey (Hybrid)


Salary Range: $172,994.00/year - $201,000.00/year

 

Duties: Perform data discovery and build predictive and prescriptive models using machine learning algorithms and statistical methods. Apply data mining, analysis, modeling, and simulation techniques using standard tools and statistical methods. Build and implement models and algorithms following MDLC/MLOps and internal development standards. Present complex results in a clear, accessible way for non-technical stakeholders. Contribute to the planning and conversion of on premise data and analytics systems conversion to the Cloud in conjunction with IT. Utilize analytical, statistical, and programming skills to collect, analyze, and interpret large data sets. Use statistical tools/platforms including SAS, Python, and R to develop data-driven solutions to difficult business challenges. Partner with business stakeholders to identify and develop innovative modeling solutions and implement necessary monitoring to deploy models in production. Use standardized processes for managing the lifecycle of models and use appropriate tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy. Provide data and analytics to assist with budget development. Translate business objectives to data science problems and vice versa.

Education & Experience Requirements: Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus three (3) years of experience as a Data Scientist or related occupation, driving model development, cloud analytics, and data-driven insights to support business decisions and stakeholder engagement; or, alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus five (5) years of experience as a Data Scientist or related occupation, driving model development, cloud analytics, and data-driven insights to support business decisions and stakeholder engagement. Specific skills/other requirements - Experience must include (quantitative experience requirements not applicable to this section): developing predictive models, reports, and dashboards using BI tools; building and deploying statistical and machine learning solutions using linear/logistic regression, support vector machines, deep neural networks, and Random Forest; managing, retrieving, and manipulating data from databases; performing project management using JIRA or any other project management software; utilizing SQL, Python, and R to analyze data, automate processes, and build predictive models; using AWS to deploy applications, manage cloud infrastructure, and optimize data storage; and, processing large-scale data, running fast queries, and analyzing distributed datasets using Hadoop, Presto, and Athena. Hybrid role - 3 days per week in office. Up to 5% domestic travel required. 

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