Top Hybrid 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 data science for consumer and developer experiences, partnering with engineers and product managers to deliver customer-focused products. Builds, evaluates, validates, and deploys machine learning models using large-scale numerical and textual data. Applies statistical modeling, A/B testing, clustering, classification, sentiment analysis, time series, and deep learning while translating technical insights into business outcomes. The role also includes team leadership, talent development, and evaluating emerging AI and cloud technologies.

Leads international data science and analytics product development, managing multiple teams of analytics managers and professionals. Oversees predictive modeling, analytical product delivery, talent development, budgeting, capacity planning, resource allocation, project management, reporting, operational policies, and stakeholder alignment. Requires management of 20+ employees, advanced analytics expertise, customer problem framing, global market knowledge, and formal presentation skills. International travel up to 50% is required.

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.

Participate in a paid, project-based summer internship at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Interns work 40 hours weekly for 10–12 weeks, contribute to departmental assignments, interpret data and analytics, develop insights, support decision-making, present information, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders in an onsite or hybrid environment.

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.

Leads the data science function by managing and coaching data scientists, developing analytics methodologies, partnering with business leaders, and delivering predictive and prescriptive models. Drives adoption of analytical insights, educates stakeholders, manages vendors, recruits talent, and oversees team performance. Requires advanced expertise in statistics, machine learning, Python, R, SQL, Databricks, distributed computing, and cloud analytics.

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.

Senior Data Scientist responsible for partnering with business leaders to frame ambiguous problems, deliver statistical and machine learning solutions, communicate insights, and drive measurable adoption. The role includes end-to-end analytical ownership, stakeholder influence, executive communication, Agile backlog management, cross-functional collaboration with engineering and technology teams, mentorship, governance, and improving analytics maturity.

Develop, deploy, and monitor fraud detection models and pattern-recognition pipelines using Python, SQL, machine learning, and large transactional datasets. Partner with Fraud Operations to refine models, reduce false positives and negatives, analyze emerging fraud trends, and improve underwriting and verification strategies. Communicate insights to senior stakeholders, apply AI in production, and lead team members and initiatives.

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.