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WM

Senior Data Scientist – Full Stack

WM

Senior Data Scientist managing analytics initiatives from problem framing to executive delivery at Waste Management. Requires expertise in data science and collaboration with senior leaders.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeHouston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
SQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own analytics initiatives end-to-end, from problem framing and data exploration through modeling, validation, deployment, and measurement.
  • Partner directly with business and senior leaders to clarify objectives, constraints, and success criteria without relying on others to translate technical ideas.
  • Prepare and deliver executive-ready presentations that explain methodologies and recommendations, and present findings directly to stakeholders while answering questions in real time and defending technical decisions.
  • Independently manage priorities, scope, timelines, risks, and stakeholder expectations across multiple concurrent efforts.
  • Design, build, and evaluate advanced statistical, machine learning, AI, and GenAI models, selecting modeling approaches based on business needs, data constraints, and operational feasibility.
  • Perform advanced data mining, feature engineering, and analysis on large and complex datasets.
  • Translate model outputs into actionable, operational insights.
  • Ensure data quality, reliability, and reproducibility; clearly communicate risks and limitations.
  • Collaborate with engineering and platform teams to integrate models into production workflows.
  • Produce clear, well-structured documentation covering problem definitions, methodologies, assumptions, results, and recommendations.
  • Create artifacts (slide decks, summaries, dashboards, Confluence pages) that enable reuse without direct hand-holding.
  • Establish and follow best practices for analytical rigor and reproducibility.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Education: Bachelor's degree (accredited) in Economics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or similar area of study, or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED and 4 years of relative work experience.
  • Experience: Five years of relevant work experience (in addition to education requirement).
  • Advanced knowledge and skills in one or more of the following is required:
  • - Knowledge and understanding in how to identify root causes of problems, create effective practical solution approaches, and implement solutions under the tactical demands of business operations.
  • - Experience leading and working as part of a integrated solutions development team to provide value to systems engineering and development for specific decision support application.
  • - Experience working with large-scale data sets in an advanced data mining analytic role.
  • - Practical knowledge and demonstrated experience of statistical models and methods.
  • - Knowledge of large relational databases, and SQL programming.
  • - Knowledge and working experience in SAS toolsets (SAS training preferred).
  • - Programming experience (preferably in C or C#).
  • Problem solving and analytical skills.
  • Ability to present, communicate and articulate complex information to all levels of the organization (including technical and non-technical audiences, Senior Leadership and Executive Leadership).
  • Committed and highly motivated team player.
  • Ability to demonstrate a customer service and customer focused mindset.
  • Proficiency with data mining and visualization tools.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • Short Term Disability
  • Stock Purchase Plan
  • Company match on 401K
  • Paid Vacation
  • Holidays
  • Personal Days

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Hard Skills & Tools
data explorationmodelingvalidationmachine learningAIGenAIdata miningfeature engineeringstatistical modelsSQL
Soft Skills
problem solvinganalytical skillscommunicationpresentation skillsstakeholder managementteam playercustomer service mindsetindependently manage prioritiesclarifying objectivesdefending technical decisions