Senior Data Scientist

Why Valtech? We’re the experience innovation company - a trusted partner to the world’s most recognized brands. To our people we offer growth opportunities, a values -driven culture, international careers and the chance to shape the future of experience.  

The opportunity

At Valtech, you’ll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact, and professional growth. Whether you're pioneering new digital solutions, challenging conventional thinking or building the next generation of customer experiences, your work will help transform industries.  

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The role  

Please note, we are only accepting applicants from the provinces of Ontario and Québec for this role.  For Québec-based candidates, fluency in English is necessary because the position entails collaboration with teams based in the rest of Americas and occasionally in Europe.

The Senior AI Data Scientist is a senior individual contributor role within Data Science, AI, & Agentic. This role is responsible for leading complex analytical, predictive, and applied AI workstreams, operating with a high degree of independence and serving as a trusted advisor on data science and AI strategy.

This role focuses on shaping and executing advanced modeling, experimentation, and applied AI solutions that address high-value business problems. The Senior AI Data Scientist translates ambiguous stakeholder needs into structured analytical approaches, model designs, evaluation frameworks, and actionable insights. They partner closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure that analytical and AI-driven solutions are both technically sound and practically impactful.

At this level, the role combines strong quantitative expertise with deep modeling capability, rigorous experimentation practices, and thoughtful application of AI methods. The Senior AI Data Scientist influences analytical direction, improves delivery quality through best practices and reusable approaches, and elevates the overall effectiveness of data science workstreams across engagements.

Role responsibilities

• Lead complex analytical, statistical, machine learning, and applied AI workstreams across multiple business areas, use cases, or stakeholder groups.
• Define data science approaches that align business questions, modeling opportunities, evaluation methods, and measurable outcomes.
• Translate ambiguous business and stakeholder needs into structured analytical strategies, model designs, hypotheses, feature approaches, validation plans, and actionable recommendations.
• Lead the design and execution of models and analyses across use cases such as segmentation, forecasting, propensity modeling, anomaly detection, experimentation analysis, recommendation-oriented analysis, and business decision support.
• Guide the use of structured, semi-structured, and selected unstructured datasets to derive insights and build business-relevant solutions.
• Own and improve notebook-based development, reproducible workflows, and analytical assets in Databricks and other cloud-based environments.
• Apply machine learning and AI methods to support classification, scoring, summarization, pattern detection, feature generation, and business process improvement use cases.
• Evaluate and apply LLM-enabled or AI-assisted workflows where they strengthen analysis, insight generation, decision support, or analytical productivity, while preserving statistical rigor, reproducibility, and human accountability.
• Establish and reinforce best practices for methodology selection, model evaluation, experimentation design, documentation quality, and reproducibility.
• Synthesize modeling outputs, analytical findings, and applied AI results into clear business implications and recommended next steps.
• Serve as a senior partner to client and internal stakeholders by advising on analytical tradeoffs, model usefulness, evaluation rigor, and solution direction.
• Review major analytical and modeling deliverables for clarity, rigor, quality, consistency, and business usefulness, and help raise standards across engagements through reusable patterns and stronger delivery practices.
• Collaborate with AI Scientists, AI Engineers, Analytics Engineers, Data Engineers, and Architects to align solutions with business needs, data realities, platform constraints, and technical patterns.
• Mentor junior and mid-level practitioners through technical guidance, quality review, and best-practice sharing, without formal people-management responsibility.
• Improve data science delivery by identifying opportunities for better workflows, stronger evaluation, clearer documentation, more scalable notebooks, and reusable analytical assets.
• Follow established governance, privacy, and responsible data and AI use standards in day-to-day work.

Core Skills/Competencies

• Deep working knowledge of statistics, probability, machine learning, experimentation, and analytical problem solving.  

• Strong ability to define data science approaches and modeling strategies in complex business environments.  

• Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, feedback, prioritization, and support for team development.  

• Strong understanding of supervised and unsupervised learning, feature engineering, model evaluation, experimentation design, and error analysis.  

• Strong ability to work with structured, semi-structured, and selected unstructured datasets.  

• Strong familiarity with applied AI methods, including LLM-enabled workflows, text-oriented analysis, AI-assisted feature extraction, summarization, and classification.  

• Strong familiarity with notebook-based development and collaborative data science workflows, including Databricks and MLflow-supported experimentation.  

• Ability to evaluate where applied AI strengthens a use case and where classical statistical or machine learning methods are more appropriate.  

• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences.  

• Ability to balance delivery quality, team workload, business urgency, and stakeholder expectations across multiple workstreams.  

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, including confidence in client-facing and leadership-facing settings.  

• Ability to collaborate effectively across distributed teams in the Americas and across multiple disciplines.  

AI Fluency/AI-Assisted Data Science Expectations

• Expected to be an active adopter of approved AI-enabled analytical, coding, experimentation, documentation, and productivity workflows that improve the quality and speed of data science work. Uses AI-assisted workflows to support exploratory analysis, feature thinking, code and notebook development, model documentation, experiment design, analytical summarization, and stakeholder communication while maintaining human accountability for method selection, statistical reasoning, validation, interpretation, and final recommendations.
• Understands that AI-generated code, modeling suggestions, analytical summaries, or methodological recommendations must be reviewed against source data, assumptions, statistical rigor, business context, governance expectations, and reproducibility standards before use. Demonstrates curiosity and practical enthusiasm for applying AI to improve analytical leverage, decision support, and delivery quality without weakening scientific discipline or human judgment.
• At this level, AI fluency means using AI responsibly while helping a team adopt AI-enabled practices with consistency and care. Expected to coach practitioners on safe, useful, and role-appropriate AI adoption; review AI-assisted outputs for quality and governance; and improve team delivery habits without weakening accountability or craft standards.  

Tools / Platforms  

Programming / Data Science  

• Python  

• Jupyter Notebooks  

• Pandas  

• NumPy  

• scikit-learn  

• SciPy  

• Statsmodels  

• XGBoost  

• LightGBM  

Data Science Workbench / Lakehouse Platforms  

• Databricks  

• Databricks notebooks  

• Databricks Machine Learning  

• Apache Spark  

• PySpark  

• MLflow  

Data & Querying  

• SQL  

• BigQuery  

• Snowflake  

• Other cloud data platforms as needed  

Cloud & AI Platforms  

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) 

• Vertex AI  

• Microsoft Azure  

• Azure AI services  

• Azure Machine Learning  

• Other cloud-based machine learning and analytics platforms as needed  

Applied AI / LLM Support  

• OpenAI-compatible APIs or enterprise LLM platforms as relevant to the client environment  

• Prompt evaluation and structured testing workflows  

• Embedding, text analysis, and unstructured data processing patterns  

• Model and workflow evaluation tooling as relevant to the client environment  

Visualization / Analysis Support  

• Matplotlib  

• Seaborn  

• Plotly  

• Looker  

• Power BI  

• Tableau  

Workflow / Collaboration / Versioning  

• Git  

• GitHub  

• Azure DevOps  

• Other collaboration and code management tools as relevant to the client environment  

Certifications Preferred, not required  

• Databricks associate or professional-level training or certification  

• Google Cloud data, ML, or AI training  

• Microsoft Azure data, ML, or AI training  

• Python, machine learning, experimentation, or applied AI coursework  

• Statistics, forecasting, or analytical modeling training  

• Leadership, coaching, or people management training is a plus  

Commitment to reaching all kinds of people  

We design experiences that work for all kinds of people - and that starts with our own teams. At Valtech, we’re intentional about building an inclusive culture where everyone feels supported to grow, thrive and achieve their goals. No matter your background, you belong here. Explore our Diversity & Inclusion site to see how we’re creating a more equitable Valtech for all.  

The benefits  

This is a full time position based in Canada. The offered salary range is $70,000 - 120,000  CAD annually, depending on experience and location.  

Valtech offers a comprehensive benefits package effective after three months of continuous service:

• A comprehensive insurance plan , where you can choose the module that best suits your needs—Gold, Silver, or Bronze. The employer may contribute up to 80% of your coverage depending on the selected module. This plan includes short- and long-term disability coverage .
• Dialogue via Sun Life provides virtual healthcare services, allowing you to consult with a healthcare professional for emergencies, prescription renewals, and more. You also have access to the Employee and Family Assistance Program , as well as a complete mental health support program .
• A $500 Personal Spending Account , which can be used for healthcare reimbursements, gym memberships, public transit passes, office supplies, or contributions to your RRSP through Valtech.
• A retirement plan where Valtech will match 100% of your RRSP contributions through a Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), up to a maximum of 4%. You can start contributing to your RRSP immediately, and to the DPSP after 3 months. The vesting of the DPSP will be after a 24 months of service. 
• Access to a flexible vacation under Valtech's policy to support your work-life balance, with 5 days available during your probation period and a prorated amount calculated for the remainder of the year.
• Personal Technology Reimbursement – $30/month for every employee-offered on day 1. 
• We close during the winter holidays and offer flexible scheduling throughout the year, so you can enjoy those sunny Friday afternoons—provided your weekly hours are completed.

Your application process

Once you apply, our Talent Acquisition team will review your application. If your skills and experience align with the role, we’ll reach out for next steps. Your CV should cover key information on relevant experiences and expertise. We do not require information such as age, gender, marital status, or a headshot in your application. We review all candidates based on skills, experience, and potential.

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We are committed to inclusion and accessibility. If you need reasonable accommodations during the interview process, please either indicate it in your application or let your Talent Partner know.  

About Valtech

Valtech is the experience innovation company that exists to unlock a better way to experience the world. By blending crafts, categories, and cultures, we help brands unlock new value in an increasingly digital world.  

At the intersection of data, AI, creativity, and technology, we drive transformation for leading organizations, including L’Oréal, Mars, Audi, P&G, Volkswagen Dolby, and more.  

At Valtech, we don’t just talk about transformation. We make it happen. Our people are the heart of our success, and we foster a workplace where everyone has the support to thrive, grow and innovate.  

Are you ready to create what’s next? Join us.