Senior Data Scientist (m/f/d)

Job description

Your mission You turn data into decisions for a pan-European business. As a Senior Data Scientist in our newly established AI UNIT within E.ON Drive Infrastructure (EDRI), a special unit built and run like a startup, you will help transform complex business challenges into data-driven decisions. Working closely with stakeholders across the organization, you will develop analyses, experiments, and models that create measurable business impact and shape the future of AI-driven decision-making at EDRI. You report to our Head of AI Strategy. Your Responsibilities Translate business challenges into analyses, predictive models, and actionable recommendations Build and validate statistical, machine learning, and optimization models to support strategic decision-making Design experiments and measure real business impact, beyond correlation, using rigorous analytical methodologies Collaborate with AI/ML Engineers to bring analytical models into production environments Communicate insights, assumptions, and uncertainty clearly to stakeholders up to CEO level Establish best practices and standards for analytics, experimentation, and model development Evaluate emerging AI models, AI tooling, and agentic systems and use what works to accelerate analysis workflows Drive data-informed decision-making across business functions and regions Share knowledge and support the development of junior colleagues – this is a senior individual contributor role Your profile You are a commercially minded Data Scientist who combines strong analytical rigor with the ability to influence business decisions. You enjoy tackling ambiguous problems, turning data into insights, and delivering measurable outcomes. Must have Proven experience delivering analyses and models that influenced real business decisions Strong background in statistics, including hypothesis testing, experimentation, and causal inference Excellent programming skills in Python and SQL Deep expertise in at least one area such as forecasting, optimization, causal inference, or Bayesian methods Ability to communicate complex analytical findings to non-technical audiences Strong commercial mindset with a focus on business impact and value creation Experience working with machine learning techniques and data-driven decision-making frameworks Curious, pragmatic, and passionate about solving complex problems through data and AI-dr…