Data Science Consultant

Clarkston Consulting is seeking motivated, self-driven leaders who are energized by team results and interested in joining a firm that values its culture and people as its biggest strengths. Come join us as a Data Science Consultant, and in this role, you will deliver creative business solutions to our market-leading clients in the life sciences, consumer products, and retail industries.

Together, we can find the answers to our clients' most challenging business problems through a combination of our industry expertise, business process knowledge, and consulting excellence.

What You’ll Do

As a Data Science Consultant at Clarkston, you will:

• Conduct exploratory analysis, produce descriptive statistics and explain phenomena based on data 
• Develop statistical and machine learning models for POC and production-ready applications 
• Drive ideation, execution of experiments, and in-market tests  
• Provide coaching and mentorship to junior analysts   

How You’ll Grow

Beyond your day-to-day responsibilities, throughout your career at Clarkston you will:

• Have the support and mentorship of your Clarkston colleagues and leaders
• Expand your existing skillset with internal and external professional development opportunities

Requirements

What We’re Looking For:

• 3 years of data science experience, preferably in a consulting environment
• Experience drawing insights from large data sets and manipulating data using a variety of methods and tools 

• Solid base understanding of statistical techniques around correlation, regression, outlier detection, and significance 

• Strong experience building end-to-end predictive models, including parametric and non-parametric 

• Highly skilled in utilizing LLM (Large Language Models) tools 

• Experience using a variety of machine learning techniques for supervised and unsupervised learning that highlights the real-world advantages/drawbacks, including classification, regression, time series forecasting, clustering, and other use cases 

• Experience optimizing, testing, and documenting results of machine learning models 

• Knowledge of common machine learning pitfalls and how to avoid them, including normalization, feature selection, optimization, and validation 

• Experience querying databases and strong familiarity with SQL and Python 

• Knowledge of tasks access production environment and maintain results: analyzing model drift, version control, security strategy, monitoring and alerts 

• Understanding of the resource landscape with the ability to research and form opinions around the best vendor solutions for our clients 

• Ability to share your technical solutions and product ideas with the team through design review, pair programming, code/model reviews, and tech conversations 

• Masters or PhD in Math, Statistics, Engineering, or other relevant field for data science applications 

Travel Requirement

Travel is an integral part of this role and is estimated to average 30-50%. This may vary based upon client and project needs. When not traveling, consultants work from their home office. Relocation is not required.

More About Clarkston

Founded in 1991, Clarkston Consulting delivers technology and management solutions to market leaders in the life sciences, consumer products, and retail industries. At Clarkston, we cultivate success - for our clients, for our people, and for our firm. We utilize a team approach leveraging our collective expertise and industry knowledge to solve our clients’ business challenges.

Benefits

Our benefits include:

• Comprehensive Health and Wellness Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, and more)
• 401k with company contributions
• Paid vacation, personal days, holidays, and sick leave
• Paid Parental Leave and Family Building Benefits (Adoption, Surrogacy, and Infertility Support)
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Training and Professional Development investments, Tuition Assistance, and more

Visit Careers at Clarkston to learn more about our culture, benefits, and opportunities.

Clarkston Consulting is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring our firm is rich in diverse skills, competencies, strengths, personalities, and culture. We foster an inclusive environment that embraces the unique contributions of our people to further our purpose. Please visit Diversity @ Clarkston to learn more about our diversity initiatives.