Top Senior Data Science Jobs in Des Moines, IA

This role involves applying advanced data science and machine learning methods to healthcare data, leading teams, managing client relations, and developing analytics products for payers, while mentoring junior staff.

Lead product analytics to inform strategy and optimize user experience: translate business questions into analysis, build reliable analytics infrastructure, run A/B tests and ML/statistical analyses, track funnels and cohorts, support 0-to-1 product launches, and communicate actionable insights to cross-functional teams.

Lead design and delivery of scalable ML systems across the full lifecycle for recommendations, demand forecasting, targeting, and personalization. Collaborate with engineers, product, and stakeholders to set architecture, metrics, and production best practices; mentor data scientists; lead experimentation and deploy/monitor models using cloud and MLOps tooling.

Design and train LLMs and agentic systems for cybersecurity using RLHF/RLAIF and supervised fine-tuning. Build agent architectures, tooling, retrieval/memory, and evaluation pipelines with rigorous statistical benchmarking. Optimize prompts and inference, collaborate with engineers to productionize prototypes, and drive research on agent planning, safety, and reliability.

As a Staff Data Scientist at SentiLink, you will develop fraud detection models, conduct analyses, collaborate across teams, and drive the development of financial risk products.

Own and evolve revenue calibration models tying CX interactions to revenue, design causal inference and experimentation frameworks, build LLM-powered classification/NLP pipelines, productionize models with Analytics Engineers, define segmentation and behavioral signals, and ensure statistical rigor for executive reporting and regulatory defensibility.

Lead and deliver end-to-end data science projects: design, build, deploy, and monitor ML/statistical models for credit risk, pricing, collections, and fraud. Partner with cross-functional teams to integrate models into production, set model development standards, mentor engineers, and maintain reliable ML pipelines and monitoring systems.

Lead development of orthomosaic tile imagery products for FireSat and SBEM: design and implement scalable mosaicking, orthorectification, and radiometric normalization algorithms; write production-ready code; author technical and customer-facing documentation; validate scientific quality; engage stakeholders and act as product owner for SBEM granule product; collaborate with engineers and scientists.

Lead radiometric calibration and image processing for multispectral infrared instruments, commission FireSat satellites, and develop/execute SBEM calibration plans. Implement production-ready pipelines, perform R&D to improve calibration, write production-quality code, and collaborate cross-functionally to maintain operational remote sensing data products and services.

Lead and grow a 4–6 person data science team, set the roadmap, deliver marketplace forecasting and production ML (matching, scoring), embed data science cross-functionally, and establish modeling, experimentation, and monitoring best practices.

Embedded on the central Data Science team, you will define the right problems, build metrics, run analyses and experiments, create reports, and drive data-informed recommendations end-to-end across growth, product, AI/automation, or partnerships.

Embed on a central Data Science team to define problems, build analyses, metrics and experiments, surface insights, and drive cross-functional decisions that move product, growth, AI/automation, or partnerships metrics end-to-end.

Lead the technical development and automation of enrollment forecasting models, collaborating with various departments to enhance decision-making and forecast accuracy.

Lead and mentor data scientists to design, develop, and deploy machine learning and predictive models. Drive model strategy, evaluate modeling approaches, integrate data sources, and partner with business and tech teams to operationalize scalable, cloud-based ML and decisioning systems with governance and observability.

As a Senior Data Scientist, you'll optimize search relevance, retrieve content, analyze data, and collaborate with teams to enhance product strategies.

Lead a data science team developing data-driven solutions for CMS Medicare quality reporting. Build and optimize predictive models and backend jobs using Python, PySpark, and Databricks. Conduct code reviews, debugging, documentation, ML monitoring, and stakeholder collaboration. Ensure deliverable quality, participate in Agile ceremonies, and drive process and performance improvements.

Lead data-driven strategy by partnering with senior executives, design and deliver sophisticated analytical solutions on large-scale data, build trusted cross-functional relationships, and mentor data scientists to raise analytical quality across the organization.

Lead data-driven strategy by partnering with senior executives to deliver rigorous analytical solutions. Design and implement sophisticated analyses on large-scale data, build trusted cross-functional relationships, mentor data scientists, and influence long-term product and business decisions.

Design and implement data-centric cybersecurity solutions: develop ML algorithms and automation for security tools; discover, parse, map, and transform legacy RMF artifacts into OSCAL; migrate and analyze security data; reproduce dashboards/workflows in eGRC; collaborate with Professional Services; produce migration assessments and reports.

The Senior Data Scientist will analyze data to drive product strategy, optimize performance, and support product launches, collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The Staff Data Scientist will design and optimize deep learning models for fraud detection, mentor peers, and lead data science initiatives.

As a Senior Data Scientist, you'll develop fraud detection models, perform detailed analyses, and work closely with teams to drive product innovation and business outcomes.

Lead a 5–8 person Data Science team to develop and operationalize FWA detection models using SAS and Python on multi‑payer healthcare claims. Oversee model development, data pipelines, quality reviews, stakeholder presentations, and collaboration with SMEs and BI developers. Split role ~40% management, 60% hands-on coding/analysis.

Design, build, and deploy predictive GTM models (LTV, attribution, propensity). Lead experimentation and causal analyses, define KPI measurement frameworks, partner with Data Engineering, and translate statistical insights into actionable recommendations for Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success.

Develop and tune ML models, productionize and deploy strategies for ML systems, and align cross-functionally to communicate performance metrics.