About Careertakes

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Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Role Overview

Confidential Client is seeking a Data Scientist to join a Policy & Community-facing analytics team that supports transportation and mobility programs. You will build and maintain data pipelines, improve data governance and quality, bridge cloud-based analytics with legacy systems, and produce reproducible analysis that directly informs policy decisions (congestion, fares, driver pay, electrification, and infrastructure).

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What You’ll Do

• Conduct rigorous statistical analysis and produce maintainable, reproducible code to support policy recommendations.
• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines and ETL processes that integrate cloud-based systems with legacy data sources.
• Improve and enforce data governance practices, including documentation, data dictionaries, and lineage tracking.
• Monitor data quality and completeness; propose and implement fixes to upstream processes and aggregate tables.
• Manage complex, iterative data projects across policy and methodology cycles.
• Respond to ad hoc analytic requests with accurate, timely results.
• Present findings to senior staff and external stakeholders; translate technical results for non-technical audiences.
• Mentor junior analysts and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to produce high-quality, actionable analyses.

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Who We’re Looking For (Required Qualifications)

• Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., data science, statistics, public policy, economics, computer science) and a minimum of 2–3 years of applied research or data analysis experience; OR a doctorate in a relevant field with at least 1 year of professional experience; or equivalent education/experience.
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining data pipelines and data products.
• Proven ability to produce maintainable, well-documented code and reproducible analyses.
• Experience working with cloud-based analytics platforms and integrating them with legacy systems.
• Strong quantitative and statistical skills with an emphasis on practical, policy-focused analysis.
• Excellent communication skills: experience presenting technical work to senior and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and ad hoc requests.

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Nice to Have

• Experience working with transportation, mobility, or municipal policy data.
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks and best practices for documentation and data quality.
• Prior experience mentoring team members or leading small analytic projects.

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Location & Work Model

• Work location: New York, NY — this position is tied to the job location and will require presence in New York for on-site responsibilities. Any flexible or hybrid arrangements will be determined by the hiring manager and client policies.

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Other Important Notes

• Appointments may be subject to oversight or approval processes required by the client.
• Probationary period or onboarding requirements will be defined by the hiring organization.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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