Data Scientist

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 162037 - New York, New York, United States

Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition.

We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!
 

Colgate-Palmolive is reimagining traditional business processes and improving them by harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence.  In Global analytics and insights, we work to deliver AI connected solutions to relevant business questions for the global Colgate-Palmolive community. 

Data Scientists help build, orchestrate, and translate predictive GenAI models for the global team. If you are looking for a high impact position that directly affects the way Colgate sells products, this position is for you.  

Main Responsibilites:

• Data Analysis & Modeling
  • Analyze structured and unstructured datasets to discover insights
  • Orchestrate LLMs for commercial and innovation use cases
  • Develop sophisticated feature engineering
  • Build ML Ops and/or LLM Ops pipelines
• AI Strategy
  • Help driving the culture of data-driven decision-making throughout the company
  • Stay up to date with the latest trends in the AI community to suggest new methods for developing and existing projects
• Stakeholder Engagement
  • Partner with business teams to understand their needs, struggles, and general processes
  • Communicate technical findings to diverse sets of audience
• Team Collaboration
  • Collaborate with other data scientists, data engineers on projects

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 3 years of data analytics / programming experience
• Proficiency with GitHub and CI/CD
• Expertise in at least one analytical language: Python, Julia, R
• Experience with common data science packages, such as Pandas, NumPy, and scikit-learn
• Expertise in data querying languages such as SQL
• Proficiency with statistical concepts such as descriptive analysis, experimental design, Bayesian statistics and regression
• Proficiency with machine learning techniques such as clustering, tree-based methods, temporal difference and neural networks
• Visualizing and presenting data to stakeholders using: plotly, seaborn, ggplot, etc
•  Ability to work with cloud data architectures
• Experience with tuning of Large Language Models, RAG chatbots, document retrieval, agentic workflows

Preferred Qualifications 

• Consumer Goods Industry Experience 
•  Master's Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or Physical Sciences or PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or Physical Sciences

Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range $91,000.00 - $128,000.00 USD

Pay is based on multiple non-discriminatory, individualized factors including but not limited to experience, job-related knowledge and education, skills and office/market location. In addition to base salary, salaried employees are eligible for annual discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing and, for Executive-level (salary grade 16 and above) roles only, long-term incentives in the form of Restricted Stock Units and/or Stock Options.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable benefits plans then in effect, all salaried employees are also eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes:

• Insurance: Employees (and their eligible dependents) are eligible to participate in Company-sponsored Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Disability insurance plans.
• Retirement Plans: Employees are eligible to enroll in Colgate's 401(k) plan, which provides for company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements
• Vacation/PTO: Employees receive a minimum of 15 days of vacation/PTO leave annually
• Paid Holidays: Employees receive a minimum of 13 paid/floating holidays annually
• Paid Sick Leave: Based on location and consistent with applicable state and local law, employees receive a minimum of 40 hours of paid sick leave on January 1st of each year
• Paid Parental Leave: Eligible employees may take up to eight weeks of paid parental leave and 12 weeks of unpaid leave (varies for employees with fewer than 12 months of service and is subject to hours worked requirements)

Our Commitment to Sustainability
With the Colgate brand in more homes than any other, we are presented with great opportunities and new challenges as we work to integrate sustainability into all aspects of our business and create positive social impact. We are determined to position ourselves for further growth as we act on our 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Achieving our purpose starts with our people — ensuring our workforce represents the people and communities we serve —and creating an environment where our people feel they belong; where we can be our authentic selves, feel treated with respect and have the support of leadership to impact the business in a meaningful way.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.

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