Mgr Data Science

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We're committed to creating an environment where every person can thrive. Our employee experience is grounded in four tenets that guide how we support our people: purposeful careers, growth opportunities, community impact, and support to thrive.

In our relentless pursuit of excellence, we elevate diverse voices, fresh perspectives and bold thinking. And since we know transforming the future of energy is hard work, we provide competitive compensation, incentives, excellent benefits and the opportunity to build a rewarding career.

Are you in?Primary Purpose:

 

Apply the scientific method to extract knowledge and insights from data, which may take the form of time-series (smart-meters, smart-grid, and other IoT), structured (relational data stores), and unstructured (text and multi-media) data sets. Leverage these insights to deploy data-driven applications in support of strategic business priorities. Possess an advanced knowledge of predictive modeling techniques, and prior exposure with high-performance computing technologies. Use your skills to manage several projects running in parallel. Closely collaborate with various internal stakeholder and external partners to understand business needs, by providing and receiving regular feedback. Use these collaborations to plan, execute, and deploy analytics-based solutions. Mentor to more junior peers and oversee their activities where needed. Provide subject matter expertise in the areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, feature engineering, data mining, data manipulation/storage, and high-performance computing. A successful candidate will quickly adopt the team's established working processes and toolkit while growing his/her knowledge of the utilities industry. Position may be required to work extended hours for coverage during storms or other energy delivery emergencies.

Primary Duties:

 

• Develop key predictive models that lead to delivering a premier customer experience, operating performance improvement, and increased safety best practices. Supervise and lead a diverse team of 4-6 direct reports and/or contracted labor, as well as strategic partners across Exelon. Provide accurate and timely feedback regarding performance. (35%)
• Develop and maintain an environment that fosters a high-performance culture and learning. Analyze data using advanced analytics techniques in support of process improvement efforts using modern analytics frameworks, including but limited to: Python, R, Scala, or equivalent; Spark/PySpark; Hadoop file system; GPU-based computing systems (20%)
• Provide expert data and analytics support to multiple business units. Provide guidance and be a mentor to junior peers. (20%)
• Access and enrich data warehouses across multiple Company departments. Build, modify, monitor and maintain high-performance computing systems. (10%)
• Access and analyze data sourced from various Company systems of record. Lead the development of strategic business, marketing, and program implementation plans. (10%)
• Represent the Company at analytics focused industry forums and peer group events, bringing back leading practices to evolve the Company's analytics maturity. (5%)

Job Scope:

 

• Research and experiment on data science technologies, discover opportunities for new data analytics features, and influence product and technology strategies of the company.
• Develop algorithms (machine learning, statistical modeling, optimization) that power data analytics solutions.
• Drive the productization of the algorithms either by writing high-quality, reusable code modules or advising the engineering teams on implementing the algorithms.
• Communicate research results effectively in written and spoken forms to various audiences including product managers, system engineers, business executives, and customers.
• Manage/ Lead team of up to 4-6 indirect or indirect employees and consultants. Become a trusted mentor to peers and collaborators.
• Become a trusted mentor to peers and collaborators.
• Educate the organization on data science technologies and data analytics through internal presentations, training workshops, and publications.
• Represent the organization and advocate its data analytics efforts and capabilities through external conferences and publication opportunities.

Minimum Qualifications:

 

• Education: Bachelor's degree in a Quantitative discipline. Ex: Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Finance, Operations Research, Physics, Statistics, or related field Experience: 7-10 years of experience analyzing multi-terabyte datasets. Minimum of 3 years of experience applying advanced analytics techniques to diverse data sets data. Minimum of 3 years of experience in data mining in a business environment with large, complex datasets. 3-5 years of experience in a supervisory role, including mentoring and guiding junior peers, responsible to successfully managing people and delivering projects on time. Ability to build consensus, establish trust, communicate effectively and foster culture change.
• Analytical Abilities: Demonstrable strong knowledge in the following areas: machine learning, artificial intelligence, statistical modeling, data mining, information retrieval, or data visualization.
• Technical Knowledge: Proven experience in developing and deploying predictive analytics projects using one or more leading languages (Python, R, Scala, etc.). Experience working within an open source environment and Unix-based OS.
• Communication Skills: Ability to translate data analysis and findings into coherent conclusions and actionable recommendations to business partners, practice leaders, and executives. Strong oral and written communication skills. Experience presenting to diverse audiences including presenting to conferences and business symposia.

Preferred Qualifications:

 

• 5 years specifically within the Electric Utility industry, demonstrating a deep understanding of grid operations, engineering, reliability metrics, and asset management.
• Education: Masters, or PhD from a leading program in a Quantitative discipline.
• Experience: Prior professional experience in the utilities or broader energy sector. Prior exposure to data structures pertaining to smart-meters, billing, or outage management systems. Demonstrable strong knowledge around the full spectrum of data science lifecycle, including analytics-driven product delivery.
• Analytic Abilities: Superior understanding of relevant theories in machine learning, statistics, probability theory, data structures and algorithms, optimization, etc.
• Technical Knowledge: Ninja level coding skills (Python, R, Scala, etc) developing in a Unix environment. Proficiency in database management: create, edit, update, join, append and query data from columnar and big data platforms.
• Communication Skills: Ability to clearly translate executive and analytics leaders' vision and guidance into methods and analytics. Strong time management and presentation skills.

Benefits:

• Annual salary will vary based on a candidate’s skills, qualifications, experience, and other factors: $128,800.00/Yr. – $177,100.00/Yr.
• Annual Bonus for eligible positions: 20%
• 401(k) match and annual company contribution
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Generous paid time off options, including vacation, sick time, floating and fixed holidays, maternity leave and bonding/primary caregiver leave or parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program and resources for mental and emotional support
• Wellbeing programs such as tuition reimbursement, adoption and surrogacy assistance and fitness reimbursement
• Referral bonus program
• And much more

Note: Exelon-sponsored compensation and benefit programs may vary or not apply based on length of service, job grade, job classification or represented status. Eligibility will be determined by the written plan or program documents.