Top Data Science Jobs in Des Moines, IA

Develop and implement agentic and generative AI solutions, including LLMs, RAG, AI security, and related platforms. Support research and development, technical proposals, prototyping, and client consulting. Apply data science and engineering best practices, integrate and analyze data, gather requirements, and translate technical concepts for clients and stakeholders.

Supports migration of reporting assets from SAP BusinessObjects to Qlik by rebuilding, testing, validating, documenting, and troubleshooting reports. Responsibilities include creating dashboards, writing SQL queries, updating Qlik scripts and expressions, tracking migration changes, migrating scheduled jobs, and supporting user acceptance testing and training documentation under senior developer guidance.

Analyzes structured and unstructured datasets supporting U.S. Navy electronic warfare systems. Develops statistical, machine learning, NLP, data modeling, visualization, and reporting solutions to improve system readiness, reliability, maintainability, operational availability, and lifecycle performance. Integrates logistics, engineering, maintenance, and operational data; identifies trends and risks; and presents data-driven findings to technical and program stakeholders.

Develops analytical models and applications for U.S. Navy electronic warfare and sustainment systems. Applies data mining, statistical analysis, NLP, machine learning, and data modeling to structured and unstructured data. Integrates logistics, engineering, maintenance, reliability, and operational data to assess readiness, performance, risks, and availability. Creates visualizations, dashboards, reports, and briefings, while collaborating with engineers, logisticians, operations researchers, and program personnel to support lifecycle management and data-driven decisions.

Lead end-to-end data science projects: acquire and prepare messy datasets, develop and evaluate models tied to business outcomes, operationalize models at scale, run experiments, drive ethics/privacy, partner with customers and teams, and coach cross-disciplinary colleagues.

Lead end-to-end data science for customer-embedded, production solutions: acquire and prepare messy datasets, develop and evaluate models tied to business outcomes, run experiments, deploy operational models at scale, coach cross-disciplinary teams, and drive strategy, ethics, and privacy discussions.

Lead discovery and development of intelligent payment products using data science and machine learning. Analyze large-scale transaction data to optimize routing, interchange, acceptance, fraud risk, supplier connectivity, customer acquisition, and payment economics. Build predictive models, recommendations, optimization signals, and decisioning capabilities; validate business value through experimentation; and partner with Product and Engineering to productionize solutions. Provide technical leadership, mentor analysts, and advise senior Payments stakeholders on high-value opportunities.

Leads development of statistical and machine learning models for time-series, geospatial, kinematic, and radar data. Responsibilities include feature engineering, forecasting, anomaly detection, data integration, ETL, visualization, algorithm evaluation, simulation, dataset creation, and stakeholder communication. The role also contributes to mission-focused software applications, APIs, data pipelines, documentation, code reviews, and agile development while requiring an active Top Secret or CBP/DHS suitability clearance.

Leads product analytics for Xbox Growth, using statistical, econometric, causal inference, experimentation, forecasting, and machine learning methods to guide product strategy, measure engagement and monetization impact, and identify growth opportunities. Partners with Product, Engineering, and executives, builds reusable analytical tools and self-service capabilities using agentic AI, influences investment decisions, and mentors data science team members.

Develops data science models, analytical processes, visualizations, dashboards, and reports for U.S. Navy electronic warfare systems. Integrates logistics, engineering, maintenance, reliability, and operational data to evaluate system readiness, reliability, maintainability, performance, risks, and lifecycle sustainment. Applies data mining, statistical analysis, NLP, and machine learning to support operational decisions and collaborates with engineers, logisticians, analysts, and program personnel.

Develop autonomous AI agents capable of goal setting, decomposition, planning, tool use, memory, and long-horizon execution. Build evaluation frameworks for alignment, reliability, and safety; identify goal misalignment and undesirable behaviors; and integrate agent systems with APIs, databases, search engines, and other tools. Responsibilities include designing production-ready machine learning systems, collaborating across teams, and advancing agent autonomy through planning, causal reasoning, model-based reinforcement learning, and language modeling.

Lead ecosystem-level data science and econometric analyses across Xbox, Game Pass, Console, PC, and Store experiences. Evaluate growth, engagement, monetization, experiments, incrementality, and investment ROI using statistical and causal inference methods. Build reusable analytical products and self-service capabilities, influence executive decisions, and mentor team members.

Own product experimentation, causal analysis, KPI frameworks, predictive modeling, and user segmentation to improve growth, engagement, retention, and revenue. Partner with Product, Engineering, and Design to translate ambiguous questions into rigorous analyses and launch recommendations. Develop lifecycle intervention intelligence, evaluate treatment effects and persistence, communicate uncertainty, and influence roadmap decisions through reusable analyses and clear narratives.

Own company-wide KPI, modeling, and measurement workstreams; develop trusted metrics, KPI trees, forecasts, causal analyses, scenarios, and diagnostic tools. Partner with Data Engineering, Product, Engineering, Finance, and Commercial teams to connect business drivers to retention, monetization, revenue, and margin. Build reproducible SQL and Python workflows, communicate uncertainty and assumptions, and drive adoption of analytical frameworks and recommendations.

Leads company-wide data science priorities, KPI frameworks, measurement standards, causal modeling, scenario planning, and agentic analytical automation. Builds reproducible SQL and Python workflows, validates predictive and causal relationships, establishes trusted metrics, partners with Finance, Product, Commercial, Engineering, and Data Engineering, and mentors scientists. The role drives adoption of governed self-service analytics and communicates assumptions, uncertainty, and business trade-offs to leadership.

Develop AI-enabled decision intelligence products and advanced analytics for clinical development and operations. Apply statistical analysis, predictive modeling, generative AI, conversational analytics, and workflow automation to solve business challenges. Partner with technical, product, and clinical stakeholders to build scalable solutions, evaluate AI quality, track business impact, and promote responsible AI practices in a regulated biotechnology and pharmaceutical environment.

Develop and deploy machine learning, AI, causal inference, and statistical solutions for advertising measurement products. Own projects from prototyping through production, conduct experiments, explore large-scale data, and collaborate with product, engineering, analysts, and account teams to improve attribution and marketing ROI.

Build and deploy machine learning models on large healthcare datasets, extract actionable insights, develop scalable data processing systems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and communicate findings to stakeholders to improve patient outcomes.

Lead analytics for client engagements across data onboarding, study planning, predictive modeling, production deployment, and ongoing optimization. Develop models for audience targeting, segmentation, propensity scoring, and campaign optimization, primarily for commercial pharmaceutical applications. Partner with business, analytics, and IT stakeholders, lead technical workshops, present findings to senior audiences, and manage client relationships. Build machine learning pipelines using Python, SQL, and cloud technologies, while contributing client insights to internal product development.

Develop revenue optimization and risk mitigation strategies using experimentation, causal inference, forecasting, Monte Carlo simulations, and machine learning. Build data pipelines, improve analytics infrastructure, generate insights for client-facing teams, and influence Product and Engineering roadmaps. The role requires strong strategic thinking, business impact orientation, and collaboration in a remote-first environment.

Build and deploy applied data science models for auto insurance carrier matching, media buying, bidding, and ad serving. Own the full modeling lifecycle, including data discovery, validation, deployment, monitoring, and adaptation to late labels, sparse sessions, feedback loops, and market drift. Partner with business stakeholders and an ML engineer to scale production models and deliver measurable acquisition and ROAS outcomes.

Develops and manages predictive marketing models, including propensity, cross-sell, upsell, churn, and attribution models. Oversees data sources, model validation, recalibration, MLOps governance, monitoring, and lifecycle management. Delivers marketing analytics projects, improves workflows, applies emerging AI tools, and communicates data-driven recommendations to nontechnical stakeholders. Requires strong statistical modeling, programming, SQL, visualization, cloud data, and cross-functional decision-making skills.

Set the technical vision for data science, lead complex statistical and machine learning model development from concept through production, and architect scalable modeling platforms and pipelines. Develop credit risk, pricing, and loss forecasting models; establish model governance standards; partner with senior leaders; mentor data scientists; and communicate technical strategy to executives. The role emphasizes production deployment, monitoring, cloud architecture, and high-impact decision-making across the business.

Leads people analytics research using causal inference, quasi-experimental methods, statistical modeling, and large workforce datasets. Partners with Recruiting, Compensation, Talent, Legal, and business leaders on hiring, retention, promotion, pay equity, quality-of-hire, and organizational effectiveness. Translates research into visualizations and actionable decisions, leads compensation analytics and governance reporting, and uses AI tools to accelerate analysis and synthesis.

Leads development and deployment of statistical, machine learning, and causal inference models for customer decisioning. Designs experiments, estimates treatment effects and incremental value, evaluates targeting performance, and integrates analytical solutions into governed production systems. Partners with business and technology teams, communicates complex findings, and continuously improves models using experimental and operational results.