Senior Data Scientist

Rockville, MD - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Who is USP

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the worlds leading health and science experts to develop rigorous quality standards for medicines dietary supplements and food ingredients. At USP we believe that scientific excellence is driven by a commitment to fairness integrity and global collaboration. This belief is embedded in our core value of Passion for Quality and is demonstrated through the contributions of more than 1300 professionals across twenty global locations working to strengthen the supply of safe high-quality medicines worldwide.

At USP we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverse expertise strengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supports equitable access to mentorship professional development and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships standards and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger more impactful outcomes for global health.

USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and is committed to ensuring fair merit-based selection processes that enable the best scientific mindsregardless of backgroundto contribute to advancing public health solutions worldwide. We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and uphold policies that create an inclusive and collaborative work environment.

Brief Job Overview

Use exploratory data analysis to spot anomalies understand patterns test hypotheses or check assumptions. Apply various Machine Learning (ML) techniques to perform classification or regression tasks to drive business impact and address identified needs in an agile manner. Utilize natural language processing techniques to extract information and improve business
workflows. Interpret and communicate results clearly and concisely to audiences with varying backgrounds and degrees of technical understanding. Develop and define data science workflows appropriate for projects and the team. Partner with internal stakeholders to identify opportunities where machine learning can add value. Collaborate with other data scientists data engineers and IT team to help ensure project delivery and success. Present Insights and Data Model results to business and scientific stakeholders.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Masters degree or foreign equivalent degree in Information Systems Management Information Technology
Business Analytics Data Science Mathematics Computer Science or a related field and three (3) years of related
work experience.
Must have three (3) years of experience with/in:
Data Science advanced analytics machine learning and statistics;
Building and deploying machine learning models using xgboost and decision trees;
Using statistical techniques for forecasting;
Advanced technical proficiency in the following: python/packages pandas numpy regex scikit-learn
xgboost visualization packages (such as matplotlib seaborn or plotly) and SQL;
Building dashboards using Tableau or similar platform;
Data extraction and scraping;
Translating stakeholder needs into technical project outputs;
Ecommerce Analytics on online store fronts inventory and item category.
Must have two (2) year of experience with/in:
Utilizing natural language processing techniques for text classification.
Telecommuting permitted as determined by the employer.
To apply please email resume to Sundar Nagarajan at and reference: MD0029

Supervisory Responsibilities

None this is an individual contributor role.

40 hrs/week Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Salary: $120714/yr. Standard company benefits

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Who is USPThe U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the worlds leading health and science experts to develop rigorous quality standards for medicines dietary supplements and food ingredients. At USP we believe that scientific excellence ...

Who is USP

Brief Job Overview