Principal Data Scientist

Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) - the leading destination for innovative management thinking. We reach lifelong learners to improve the practice of management in a changing world. This mission inspires each of us to unlock the leader in everyone - including you!

The opportunity:

Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) is seeking an experienced data scientist with a machine learning background to develop data-driven features and support strategic decision making.

This mission-critical role will contribute to HBP's next generation of EdTech and media products and support data initiatives across the organization. The role will initially work closely with HBP's Innovation Lab on the development of an LLM-based chatbot, which currently relies on content chunking, embedding, semantic search, and conversational models.

What you'll do:

• Conduct data science research and build ML models to support a variety of applications

• Participate in the software implementation, monitoring, and upkeep of user-facing and internal data products

• Perform a variety of data analyses to support decision making.

• Keep abreast of ML/AI literature and practice, identifying opportunities for improvement in our models

• Participate in ETL development (dbt), dashboard development (Tableau), and A/B testing

• Mentor other data scientists and analysts

• Identify opportunities to apply data science and analytics to support use cases across HBP

What we're looking for:

• 6-8+ years of data science/ML research experience working with large, real-world data

• Strong understanding of the algorithms underlying a variety of statistical and machine learning models

• Strong programming and algorithm development skills as applied to working with large data sets (ideally including Python, SQL, and a graph database)

• Experience deploying machine learning models to production

• Practicality, a bias for action, and comfort with ambiguity

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to draw robust conclusions from data

• Excellent communication and team collaboration skills

You'll stand out if you have:

• Experience with LLMs, search, personalization, and/or adaptive learning

What we offer:

As a mission-driven global company, Harvard Business Publishing is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion, trust, and engagement where everyone is welcome, valued, respected, and feels they belong. In addition to a competitive compensation and benefits package, we offer meaningful programs focused on career development and employee wellness, such as education reimbursement and early-release Summer Fridays!

HBP is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, or any other characteristic protected by law.

$200,000 - $250,000

Above is the annualized pay range for this position. In addition, this position includes the opportunity to earn our annual Performance Based Variable Pay Program. Actual salary will be set based upon a range of factors, including external benchmark market data, individual knowledge, skills, experience, location and internal equity.