Staff Data Scientist (Director)

Staff Data Scientist (Director)

Job ID

2025-6671

# of Openings

Category

Information Technology

City

Miami

State

FL

Company

Atlas Air, Inc

Employment Type (Portal Display)

Regular Full-Time

Overview

We are looking for a brilliant and highly motivated Staff Data Scientist to join our innovative Data Analytics and Optimization team! This isn't just another analytics role - you'll be at the forefront of transforming Atlas Air through the power of data.

In this position, you will develop data-driven technology solutions for a variety of high-dimensional resource management problems in aviation involving complex trade-offs under uncertainty. You will collaborate with leaders across our organization to uncover hidden opportunities, tackle challenging data puzzles, and build sophisticated predictive and prescriptive models that drive real-world impact. Your insights won't just live in dashboards - the fruits of your work will shape our strategic direction, be operationalized in our processes, and will fuel our competitive advantage.

The perfect candidate brings a powerful blend of programming prowess, machine learning mastery, and operations research skillfulness, along with the rare ability to translate complex technical concepts into compelling stories that inspire action among non-technical leaders.

If you're passionate about using cutting-edge science and technology to solve meaningful problems and want to be part of a team that values your analytical superpowers, this role is your next adventure!

Responsibilities

Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, product, and business stakeholders to identify opportunities for leveraging data to drive business solutions around airline operations.

• Lead complex data science projects from conception to implementation, working with various stakeholders (e.g., global control center, pilots, sales, etc.) to define objectives, timelines and success metrics.
• Translate business requirements into data science or analytics projects with well-defined deliverables and timelines.
• Design and conduct experiments to test hypotheses and measure the impact of work against objectives.
• Collect, process, clean, and analyze structured and unstructured data from various internal and external sources.
• Extract, transform, and analyze large datasets from various sources.
• Perform exploratory data analysis to uncover patterns, trends, and relationships within large datasets.
• Design, develop, and maintain sophisticated decision support tools leveraging machine learning and optimization models and algorithms to solve business challenges and unlock value.
• Create clear data visualizations and compelling narratives to communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Mentor less experienced data scientists, providing technical guidance, setting clear objectives, and fostering professional growth.
• Stay current with emerging techniques and technologies in data science and machine learning.
• Collaborate with data engineering to implement production-ready solutions.
• Monitor model performance and iterate on solutions as needed.
• Establish best practices and methodologies for the data science function.
• Research and implement new methodologies and technologies to improve Atlas Air's data and AI / ML

Qualifications

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Salary Range : $165,000 - $225,000

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Financial offer within the stated range will be based on multiple factors to include but not limited to location, relevant experience / level and skillset .

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