Top Data Science Jobs in Chicago, IL

Leads data science and machine learning initiatives for payment-network applications, including fraud, risk, merchant acceptance, intelligence, and monitoring. Partners with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to deliver customer-focused products. Builds models through design, training, evaluation, validation, and implementation while translating technical findings into business outcomes and developing team talent.

Leads the design, development, and deployment of scalable AI, generative AI, and machine learning solutions. Oversees data infrastructure, integration, data quality, and advanced analytics while managing client engagements and executive relationships. Drives business development, strategic direction, innovation, and AI-driven automation. Mentors teams, develops future leaders, and fosters collaboration, integrity, and client satisfaction across complex projects.

Leads AI and GenAI data science workstreams for client engagements. Develops machine learning, deep learning, and NLP models; applies statistical and predictive modeling; designs scalable data science workflows and pipelines; evaluates model performance; communicates insights through visualizations and executive narratives; coaches teams; and supports responsible AI governance.

Build and deploy machine learning models for personal loan acquisition, including underwriting, pricing, verification, list selection, and campaign optimization. Analyze large-scale numeric and textual datasets using Python, Spark, AWS, H2O, and related tools. Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product managers, validate and backtest models, and translate statistical insights into business outcomes.

Build and implement machine learning models for personal loan acquisition, including customer selection, campaign optimization, underwriting, pricing, and verification. Partner with data scientists, engineers, and product managers; analyze large-scale numeric and textual datasets using Python, Spark, AWS, and related tools; validate and backtest models; and translate statistical insights into customer-focused business outcomes.

Develop predictive models and advanced analytics for credit risk, fraud, insurance, and marketing use cases. Lead client analytics engagements from design through implementation and presentation, analyze large-scale datasets, build scalable analytical frameworks, and translate findings into business recommendations. Collaborate with clients, sales teams, and internal stakeholders while supporting proposals and analytics consulting.

Analyzes complex data sets, develops Python-based data solutions and pipelines, and applies advanced analytics to support client strategy and business performance. Designs dashboards and visualizations, collaborates with cross-functional teams, manages stakeholders, improves data quality, and builds client relationships. The role also involves solving complex business challenges, identifying industry trends, and delivering high-quality work within PwC’s Risk & Regulatory practice.

Leads data science initiatives using machine learning, statistical modeling, and large-scale data analysis. Partners with software engineers and product managers to develop customer-focused products, builds and validates models across the full development lifecycle, translates technical findings into business outcomes, evaluates emerging technologies, and develops data science talent. Requires substantial experience with programming, machine learning, relational databases, cloud computing, and people management.

Leads data science and machine learning initiatives for payment-network applications, including fraud, risk, merchant intelligence, and monitoring. Partners with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to build scalable models and AI tools. Responsibilities span model design, training, evaluation, validation, and implementation using Python, AWS, H2O, Spark, and other technologies. The role also requires stakeholder communication, innovation, and team talent development.

Designs and optimizes AI and machine learning solutions, transforms data into insights, and develops production AI systems. Responsibilities include building data infrastructure, speech recognition and NLP tools, and reusable evaluation and monitoring capabilities. The role independently tests AI systems for performance, robustness, bias, explainability, and failure modes; evaluates technical controls; documents findings; communicates recommendations to clients; and mentors junior team members.

Leads the design, development, testing, and evaluation of AI and machine learning solutions. Directs data analysis, modeling, infrastructure, monitoring, and integration efforts while establishing standards for AI robustness, bias, explainability, failure modes, and technical controls. Manages large projects, advises clients, coaches teams, and develops reusable evaluation tools and evidence workflows for responsible AI deployment.

Design and deploy AI systems and machine learning models, perform data wrangling and analysis, and integrate solutions into data infrastructure. Develop scalable AI applications, relational data systems, evaluation tools, automated tests, and monitoring capabilities. Assess AI behavior, robustness, bias, explainability, drift, hallucinations, and guardrails while evaluating technical controls and communicating findings to clients and stakeholders.

Develop and implement AI and machine learning solutions, including algorithms, data models, infrastructure, evaluation tools, automated tests, monitoring, and responsible AI controls. Lead testing for robustness, bias, drift, explainability, hallucinations, and failure modes. Manage client accounts and technical workstreams, review evidence and controls, communicate trade-offs, mentor teams, and maintain delivery and professional standards.

Lead real-world evidence studies using complex clinical and molecular data, observational study design, survival analysis, causal inference, and machine learning. Collaborate with pharmaceutical partners, derive clinical endpoints, interpret results, develop reusable analytical code, and apply LLM-based tools to accelerate workflows. Communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders through reports, presentations, manuscripts, and conference materials while partnering cross-functionally to improve data quality and analytical practices.

Leads payer healthcare data science and operations consulting initiatives, using business analytics to improve payer processes and performance. Manages teams, client relationships, project resources, strategic planning, process optimization, quality standards, and operational transformation. Coaches junior staff, promotes innovative technologies, and identifies opportunities to enhance operational excellence and business outcomes.

Lead the design, development, and operation of scalable data pipelines, trusted data products, metrics, and feature-ready datasets. Establish data quality, governance, orchestration, testing, observability, and engineering standards using Python, PySpark, SQL, dbt, Airflow, and Databricks. Partner with analytics, product, and engineering teams to support AI adoption and productivity measurement, while mentoring a team of two and driving delivery through ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives.

Develop predictive risk management and business intelligence solutions for financial services clients. Lead descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics using large datasets and statistical techniques. Program in R, Python, and SQL, present insights to executives and customers, support proposals and product adoption, and mentor junior colleagues. The role is hybrid and requires approximately 10% to 20% travel.

Leads fraud and risk-focused data science initiatives, using Python and advanced analytics to generate strategic insights and improve business performance. Manages client engagements, data pipelines, project execution, and teams while mentoring staff and resolving stakeholder issues. Responsibilities include building data architectures, developing visualizations, improving processes, and maintaining professional, technical, and independence standards.

Own product analytics for a healthcare platform by translating business questions into research plans, uncovering insights, modeling feature impacts, defining success criteria, and leading A/B testing. Partner with Product, Data Engineering, Finance, Clinical, and Operations teams to influence roadmap decisions, improve provider experience and quality, and optimize marketplace performance.

Develops and deploys production machine learning models and data science solutions for business, legal, investigative, and regulatory needs. Designs AI evaluation frameworks assessing bias, accuracy, reliability, and performance; analyzes structured and unstructured data; builds pipelines and testing tools; and translates legal and business requirements into technical solutions. The role collaborates with lawyers, clients, and cross-functional teams, manages concurrent engagements, communicates insights, and supports revenue-generating professional-services delivery.

Develop and implement data science strategies for machine learning applications including lead scoring, churn modeling, pricing, personalization, and fraud detection. Own end-to-end initiatives spanning data analysis, feature engineering, model training, inference, and monitoring. Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, analytics, and business teams to deliver measurable impact, improve data capabilities, and communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Develop machine learning, deep learning, statistical, and Generative AI solutions using equipment and telematics data. Build models for anomaly detection, failure prediction, remaining useful life, and risk assessment. Support digital products through reliability monitoring, incident response, automation, connectivity planning, technical analysis, and performance optimization. Partner with engineers and data scientists on AI, analytics, IoT, and digital product initiatives.

Lead real-world evidence studies for pharmaceutical clients using complex clinical, molecular, claims, EHR, and registry data. Design observational analyses, derive endpoints, apply survival analysis and causal inference methods, interpret results, and communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Develop reusable analytical code and standards while incorporating LLMs and agentic workflows into research processes. Collaborate cross-functionally to improve data quality, products, and RWE methodologies, with a focus on oncology and clinical development.

Drive product and business impact through statistical modeling, experiment design, Bayesian marketing analysis, machine learning, NLP, LLM applications, and classifier implementation. Build growth metrics, monitoring pipelines, evaluation datasets, and AI trigger systems across search and Duck.ai. Analyze privacy-constrained data, deploy production-grade models, optimize SQL queries, and lead complex projects from scoping through production with minimal direction.

Lead the development of statistical and machine learning models for time-series and geospatial data. Build analytic solutions, datasets, ETL workflows, forecasting and anomaly-detection models, simulations, visualizations, and reports. Evaluate algorithm performance, optimize classifiers, document processes, and collaborate with engineers, analysts, mission partners, and stakeholders to deliver reliable mission-focused software and data capabilities.