Lead Data Scientist

This is a 3 month contract to hire that is only open to W2, and would sit in Columbus, OH.

Our client's Enterprise Data and Analytics team is growing. They are looking for a Lead Data Scientist to assist with building and developing their Data Science team and lead them into the next generation of banking. They are reimagining how data is used across the bank to better serve their customers, support their communities, and make their colleagues' lives better. Their goal is to be the best performing Regional Bank in America, and they need data and analytics to meet that goal.

• Prioritizes analytical projects based on business value and technological readiness
• Performs large-scale experimentation and builds data-driven models to answer business questions
• Conducts research on cutting‑edge techniques and tools in machine learning, deep learning, and artificial intelligence
• Evangelizes best practices to analytics and product teams
• Acts as the go‑to resource for machine learning across a range of business needs
• Owns the entire model development process, from identifying business requirements, data sourcing, model fitting, presenting results, to production scoring
• Provides leadership, coaching, and mentoring to team members and develops the team to work with all areas of the organization
• Works with stakeholders to ensure that business needs are clearly understood and that services meet those needs
• Anticipates and analyzes trends in technology while assessing emerging technology’s impact(s)
• Coaches individuals through change and serves as a role model

• Up-to-date knowledge of machine learning and data analytics tools and techniques
• Strong knowledge in predictive modeling methodology
• Experience leveraging both structured and unstructured data sources
• Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex results to technical and non‑technical audiences
• Strategic, intellectually curious thinker with focus on outcomes
• Professional image with ability to form relationships across functions
• Ability to train junior analysts regarding day‑to‑day activities as necessary
• Proven ability to lead cross‑functional teams
• Strong experience with Cloud Machine Learning technologies (e.g., AWS Sage Maker)
• Strong experience with machine learning environments (e.g., Tensor Flow, scikit‑learn, caret)
• Demonstrated expertise with at least one Data Science environment (R/RStudio, Python, SAS) and at least one database architecture (SQL, No
  
  SQL)
• Financial Services background preferred

• Master’s degree and 5+ years of experience related work using statistics and machine learning to solve complex business problems, conducting statistical analysis with advanced statistical software, scripting languages and packages, building and deploying predictive models, web scraping, and scalable data pipelines
• Expert understanding of statistical methods such as Bayesian networks inference, linear and non‑linear regression, hierarchical, mixed models/multi‑level modeling

Master’s degree or PhD in computer science, statistics, economics or related fields.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Columbus, OH.

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $75.00/hr.

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre‑tax and Roth post‑tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long‑term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This position is anticipated to close on Feb 26, 2026.

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The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.