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Job Description:

Title: Research Scientist (P3)

Location: Remote - USA, Canada

Reports to: Managing Director, Research Science

Vacancy: New vacancy

The Role:

As a Scientist in Research Science, you will analyze and interpret the results of survey research studies that measure customer satisfaction, and provide technical programming expertise working with Python, SQL, and other automation tools. Your job is to work closely with other researchers and scientists in the execution of programs to run advanced statistical modeling, data mining and analysis on survey and non-survey data.

The Impact You Will Have in This Role:

How will their role impact the business, department, and/or the marketplace? You will support syndicated studies that address industry-level consumer needs and serve as customer satisfaction benchmarks in a variety of industries such as Automotive, Financial Services and Insurance, or other Auto-adjacent sectors. The outcome of your work will be used by clients to help them understand what is important to consumers, how their brand performs relative to their competition, what their brand needs to do to improve and the financial benefit of making these improvements.

You will have the opportunity to work with industry experts to learn how different industries are structured and how they leverage consumer information to guide product development and service improvement efforts. You will also have the opportunity to strengthen your project and data design and statistical skills by daily exposure to senior research staff at JD Power.

Research Science has global responsibility for the research design, analyses planning and execution of all advanced analytics at JD Power Research Science department. Additionally, the team is responsible for establishing and monitoring the adherence of research best practices that serve as the basis for the quality of all research products at JD Power. Our role is critical to the success of not only individual studies, but to the strength and credibility of the JD Power brand. You will report directly to the Research Science Managing Director and join a team of highly educated and enthusiastic data scientists and researchers that collaborate regularly with each other and with other teams across the firm.

What You'll Be Doing in This Role:

• Organized, detail oriented, and analytical thinker with experience in data modeling/mining, analysis, and reporting.

• Able to leverage broad scope of knowledge including business rules and methodologies when performing basic and advanced analyses on datasets

• Creates and maintains scripts/codes to clean and manipulate data, develop models, accurately calibrate model parameters, validate model performance, and create analytical outputs

• Able to take ownership of projects and work with other individuals and teams to ensure project accuracy and timeliness of information to clients

• Work with Research Science leads and other department leads in new product development

• Work in collaboration with other team members to develop, test, interpret, and present research on new and innovative approaches, methods, or techniques that can be applied to the advancement of our business

• Knowledge of and ability to work in a cloud computing environment is a plus

• Knowledge of survey design and sampling methodology is a plus

Qualifications of this Role:

• Python (required), SQL, SAS, SPSS

• Masters with 2+ years of work experience or Ph.D. in Data Science, Statistics, Data Engineering, Psychology, Economics or related quantitative major fields

• 4+ years of an advanced understanding of statistics and/or machine learning methods

• Must be able to work effectively and collaboratively in a team oriented, global, and multi-cultural environment.

• Fluent in English (read, write and speak)

The Hiring Manager says:

I'm looking for someone who can work as part of a broader engagement team and can use our data to help companies understand what drives customer satisfaction for their industry. This individual also has to work independently to analyze data using analytic packages (Python, SQL, SAS). If you're right for this role, you are a self-starter who is able to develop creative solutions to problems, not be afraid to ask questions as you learn our company's culture and do it all with enthusiasm.

This position has a starting salary range of $90,000 - $100,000 CAD / $100,000 - $110,000 USD per year. This is the range we reasonably and in good faith expect to pay for the role at the time of posting. An employee's pay within the range is determined by a number of factors, including relevant skills, education, qualifications, experience, performance, business or organizational needs, and geographic location.

Company Mission

Our mission in the market we serve is clear. To power every auto-related decision through proprietary data, advanced analytics, deep industry expertise, and seamless workflows that connect insight to action.

Our Values

We POWER Our Customer's Success

We are Innovative, Collaborative and Grounded in Data

We Make Things Easy

We Get It Done

We Start with Trust & Prove it Everyday

JD Power is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.

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