Title: Senior Data Scientist
Department: Data Science and Analytics
Location: 6300 Steeles Ave West, Woodbridge
Total Potential Compensation: $120,000-$165,000
Position Summary:
The successful candidate will assist in leveraging customer, digital and transportation datasets to create insights on pricing, marketing and customer travel behavior. The Sr. Data Scientist will assist the Director of Data Analytics and other key stakeholders to bring actionable data driven solutions to 407 ETR. They will have the expertise and knowledge to mentor more junior members while also having the business acumen to understand how to frame a business problem and deliver insight that is actionable. This position is part of a highly collaborative and energetic team in a start-up minded environment.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Assemble and analyze data to understand customer behavior from existing 407 ETR data, external data sources and emerging sources.
Building Targeting & Pricing models, as well as optimization using python, gurobi or the like.
Undertake analysis of target customer groups (segments) for specific marketing and pricing programs and assess opportunities and strategies for marketing.
Ad hoc analysis and modeling of data.
Lead project-based work with key business stakeholders.
Strong Mentoring and leadership skills to support and coach junior members on statistical techniques and experimental design.
Strong experience building customer analytic models like: price elasticity, attrition, lifetime value, churn and segmentation.
Ability to understand business stakeholder’s issues and create valuable insight.
Raise awareness and action of data science within the company to help focus on fact-based decisions.
Support the Department along with the Information Technology Management Department in planning the structure and storage of new customer related data fields.
Represent the department in committees within the organization.
Qualifications:
A University degree in Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or Computer Science.
Graduate degree in Statistics or Operations Research preferred.
6+ years working experience with data science techniques: clustering, regression models, classification, anomaly detection and other machine learning techniques.
Advanced coding skills with Python within AWS cloud environment is required. Knowledge of Tableau, Spark, Gurobi, Sagemaker is advantageous.
Well-developed business analysis, research and creative problem-solving skills.
Organizational skills and time management skills; planning and project management, and ability to meet multiple deadlines.
Strong communication skills and work ethic.
Highly collaborative team player with an entrepreneurial spirit.
We are actively seeking to fill this role as it is a current vacancy.
About 407 ETR
Highway 407 ETR is an all-electronic open-access toll highway located in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. The highway spans 108 kilometres from Burlington in the west to Pickering in the east.
407 International Inc. is the sole shareholder of 407 ETR and is owned by:
Cintra Global S.E., a subsidiary of Ferrovial S.A. (48.29%)
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and other institutional investors with non-controlling interests (44.20%)
Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) (7.51%)
Learn more at 407etr.com
Note: At 407 ETR, we are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment. We value the unique perspectives and backgrounds of all individuals, and we firmly believe that our individual differences make us stronger as a whole.
Our commitment to inclusion extends beyond recruitment and encompasses an inclusive workplace culture through raising awareness, ongoing training, and encouraging feedback. We aim to create a safe and supportive environment where all employees can thrive.
Accommodation for disabilities or other grounds protected by human rights legislation are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the employment selection process.
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