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The Lab Consulting

Data Scientist

The Lab Consulting, Houston, Texas, United States, 77246

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We are a mid‑sized Management Consulting, Automation, and Data/Process Science firm, established in 1993, serving Fortune 1000 companies throughout North America. We have developed a unique, template‑based and data‑centric approach to our client projects, which are conducted off‑site from our Houston office. The Lab is proud to announce we have invested in a new office build out in the Galleria area and currently operate at 50% capacity in the office.

We are seeking a data scientist who is passionate about business processes, automation, operational data measurement, and the intellectual challenge of analyzing them. The ideal candidate has experience in successful data science roles, performing strategic analysis and operations improvement projects. You will be part of a management consulting and data science team that performs analysis on client data and assists with the development, implementation, and integration of pioneering solutions using a variety of methods, techniques, and tools. You will ensure rigor, optimize the analytical storyline, and develop clear documentation of operational analysis.

You will gather, analyze, and document business processes, develop business cases, build analytics dashboards, and provide domain knowledge to the team. Leveraging collaboration skills and the ability to extract insights from complex data sets, you will ask the right questions and find the right answers.

Simultaneously, you will help senior management standardize consulting tasks and related work products to reduce analytical cycle time, lower labor costs, and minimize document rework and editing. You will also contribute to refining and extending our findings and tools database/website, which includes benchmarks, best practices, and thousands of business process maps.

Responsibilities

Interface with clients to gather operational data for analysis

Analyze raw data from consulting client projects across multiple industries, assessing quality, cleansing, and structuring for downstream processing

Design accurate and scalable prediction algorithms

Collaborate with the team to bring analytical prototypes to production

Generate actionable insights for business improvements

Work alongside clients and internal team members to develop interactive, customer‑facing business dashboards

Develop methods to transform data for analysis and reporting

Manage the structure and functionality of our internal databases

Maintain and build tools to assist research teams in updating, organizing, and expanding existing database content

Navigate client roadblocks that slow down projects

Proactively report to the internal team and clients on overall progress, potential issues, and areas for improvement

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a quantitative field (Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, etc.)

At least 1–2 years of experience in quantitative analytics or data modeling

Deep understanding of predictive modeling, machine‑learning, clustering, and classification techniques and algorithms

Fluency in a programming language (Python, C, C++, Java, SQL)

Familiarity with Big Data frameworks and visualization tools (Cassandra, Hadoop, Spark, Tableau)

Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type Full‑time

Job Function Consulting

Benefits

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

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