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Senior Data Scientist - Scientific AI, Life Sciences

McKinsey & Company
parental leave, paid time off
United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Feb 10, 2025
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Senior Data Scientist - Scientific AI, Life Sciences
Job ID: 94899

Do you want to work on complex and pressing challenges-the kind that bring together curious, ambitious, and determined leaders who strive to become better every day? If this sounds like you, you've come to the right place.
Who You'll Work With
You'll be working in one of our offices in North America in our Life Sciences practice.
You will work with cutting edge AI teams on research and development topics across our life sciences, global energy and materials (GEM), and advanced industries (AI) practices, serving as a Senior Data Scientist in a technology development and delivery capacity.
You will be part of the McKinsey's global scientific AI team helping to answer industry questions related to how AI can be used for therapeutics, chemicals & materials (including small molecules, proteins, mRNA, polymers, etc.).
In this role you will support the manager of data science on the development of data science and analytics roadmap of assets across cell-level initiatives. You will deliver distinctive capabilities, models, and insights through your work with client teams and clients.
Your impact within our firm
Your role will be split between developing new internal knowledge, building AI and machine learning models & pipelines, supporting client discussions, prototype development, and deploying directly with client delivery teams.
You will bring distinctive statistical, machine learning, and AI competency to complex client problems through part-time staffing on clients. With your expertise in advanced mathematics, statistics, and/or machine learning, you will help build and shape McKinsey's scientific AI offering.
As a Senior Data Scientist, you will play a pivotal role in the creation/dissemination of cutting-edge knowledge and proprietary assets. You will work in a multi-disciplinary team and build the firm's reputation in your area of expertise.
You will ensure statistical validity and outputs of analytics, AI/ML models and translate results for senior stakeholders. You will write optimized code to advance our Data Science Toolbox and codify analytical methodologies for future deployment.
Your qualifications and skills
  • Master's degree with 5+ years or PhD degree with 2+ years of relevant experience in statistics, mathematics, computer science, or equivalent experience with experience in research
  • Experience in client delivery with direct client contact
  • Proven experience applying machine learning techniques to solve business problems
  • Proven experience in translating technical methods to non-technical stakeholders
  • Strong programming experience in python (R, Python, C++ optional) and the relevant analytics libraries (e.g., pandas, numpy, matplotlib, scikit-learn, statsmodels, pymc, pytorch/tf/keras, langchain)
  • Experience with version control (GitHub)
  • ML experience with causality, Bayesian statistics & optimization, survival analysis, design of experiments, longitudinal analysis, surrogate models, transformers, Knowledge Graphs, Agents, Graph NNs, Deep Learning, computer vision
  • Ability to write production code and object-oriented programming
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This includes medical, mental health, dental and vision coverage, telemedicine services, life, accident and disability insurance, parental leave and family planning benefits, caregiving resources, a generous retirement contributions program, financial guidance,
and paid time off.

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Job Skill Code - TCBA - Senior Data Scientist II

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