Associate Director-AI Science

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely even if theyre daring or different. Where the true you can learn grow and thrive. At Verizon we power and empower how people live work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love driving innovation creativity and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate lead and believe that listening is where learning crisis and in celebration we come together lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up everywhere & always. Want in Join the #VTeamLife.

Lead a data science and analytics team to create data-driven solutions and insights applying advanced data science techniques to solve network-related problems collaborating with other teams across AI&D to build and integrate predictive and prescriptive models that drive value for the business and working with various business units to ensure that the teams strategy is aligned with broader company goals (20%); Responsible for leading data mining extraction of valuable insights from large datasets validation of data quality and exploratory and targeted data analyses using statistical methods to uncover trends and patterns that can inform business decisions (30%); Lead the development of network models and data products using network performance data to provide insights for Network Field Engineering and Centralized Planning & Engineering and to build solutions that contribute to a self-optimizing and healing network (30%); Identify OKRs and KPIs for various projects to ensure that the economic impact of the models can be continuously measured and validated and create business cases and translate complex data findings into practical business implications for stakeholders (20%).

Bachelors or foreign equivalent degree in Information Technology Computer Science Math Statistics Physics Engineering Analytics or a related field and 8 years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or as a Data Analyst Data Engineer or Consultant Software or Network Engineer or in a related/similar position. Experience therein to include 8 years in manipulating data and drawing insights from large data sets using Python PySpark and SQL (including Pandas and NumPy); 5 years with data mining utilizing Hadoop Hive BigQuery Apache Kafka/Pulsar Apache Flink Apache Nifi Splunk Omni Sci and Java; 2 years with mobile network ecosystems including LTE/5G NR and core IP protocols applying RF and Signal Processing concepts to real-world scenarios utilizing industry-standard engineering tools for troubleshooting or optimization; and 2 years using AI/ML techniques including statistical modeling predictive analytics time series analytics scikit-learn XGBoost Matplotlib TensorFlow PyTorch OpenCV Keras AWS SageMaker GCP Vertex AI Tableau and Qlik Sense. Hybrid role ability to work from home.

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