Data Scientist Lead
RB Global
Westchester, IL · Posted October 21, 2026
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About the job
The Lead Data Scientist will play a key role in advancing the analytics and data science capacity of the organization. She/he will hire and manage a team of data scientists who deliver scalable machine learning and advanced analytics solutions across the organization. The new hire will need to work closely with IT, executive, and product teams to integrate these into enterprise-scale solutions. The Lead will work with business stakeholders to ideate and prioritize team initiatives while communicating the methods and impact of the methods.
Leverage a deep knowledge of data science, data engineering and statistics best practices to ensure that the most applicable solutions are developed.
Complete advanced analysis of the company’s customer and business data, data.
Nurture solutions through the whole chain (problem, ideation, data sourcing, experimentation, development, deployment, monitoring).
Manage and mentor data scientists with in-depth technical oversight to foster their development and a positive, learning team environment while ensuring all work meets the expected level of quality and performance.
Team management and oversight
Model Development, deployment and evaluation
Meeting with and advising stakeholders
Solving operational challenges with business units which are depended upon
Sourcing, cleaning and understanding data in collaboration with the data management group
Perform other duties as assigned
10 years of demonstrated business impact through the conception, delivery, and scaling of machine learning and other analytic approaches, including machine learning and big data.
2+ years managing and mentoring other data scientists and analysts
2 years of consulting or leadership experience as a data scientist
Excellent verbal and written skills in English
Exceptional attention to detail
Experience working on an Agile development team