Senior Data Scientist The Company Hertz is one of the largest global mobility organizations and is currently undergoing a significant digital transformation. Hertz is committed to becoming an essential component of the modern mobility ecosystem which includes leading in digital-first customer experience, shared mobility and electrification. The salary range for this position is starting at $105,000; commensurate with experience. The Role At Hertz, we are at the forefront of innovation, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to build the best damage management technologies in the transportation industry. We want the brightest AI & ML minds to join our Damage Science Team to help us develop and/or maintain capabilities. Examples of projects the team work on include the below:L • Rationalize Repair Estimates and Invoices with Large Language Models (LLMs): Implement sophisticated LLMs to make intelligent repair routing decisions, ensuring repairs are conducted efficiently and cost-effectively. • Forecast Repair Needs: Develop models to predict future repair & maintenance needs based on historical data and trends. • Optimize Decision Making: Create models to determine if we should keep/sell/salvage a vehicle. • Demand Planning: Forecast customer demand at a given location at a given time. What You Will Do: • Formulate the strategic and tactical steps to carry out the model development lifecycle end-to-end (i.e. problem statement definition, exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, model development / tuning, and model implementation). • Build and maintain descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive models to measure the performance of the new products and services • Define and implement best practices to generate accurate analytics, reports, visualizations, and dashboards to explain results simply and succinctly to technical, non-technical, and senior management • Build partnerships and work cross-functionally to identify use cases and opportunities to enhance operational efficiency and drive business value through positive impact on OKRs. • Work with an owner mentality to drive business impact even if that means supporting pipeline creation or decision support analytics. What We are Looking For: • 5 years hands-on experience in a data scientist role • 3+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL) and scripting languages (e.g. Python) • 3+ years of end-to-end machine learning model development experience (e.g. problem statement definition, exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, model development / tuning, and deployment) • Demonstrated experience using machine learning to drive a business impact • Experience in a ML or data scientist role with car rental or technology company. • Bachelor or Masters degree in Computer Science, or other quantitative discipline such as statistics, mathematics, physics or engineering What You’ll Get: • Up to 40% off any standard Hertz Rental   • Paid Time Off • Medical, Dental & Vision plan options • Retirement programs, including 401(k) employer matching • Paid Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance • Employee Assistance Program for employees & family • Educational Reimbursement & Discounts • Voluntary Insurance Programs - Pet, Legal/Identity Theft, Critical Illness • Perks & Discounts –Theme Park Tickets, Gym Discounts & more