Scout Motors
Lead Data Scientist, Demand Forecasting
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 9 hours ago
PythonSQLMachine LearningData ScienceMLOpsStatisticsForecastingCadenceResearchDemand Planning
About the role
- As a VW Group-backed EV company in the run-up to launch, Scout has reservations data, an enthusiastic and loyal community, and a product about to enter the market - but not the years of historical sales a demand model usually leans on.
- This is the first dedicated modeling seat in Integrated Business Planning.
Responsibilities
- Build Scout's first demand forecasting model - probabilistic rather than point-estimate, forecasting unconstrained demand at the grain the business plans on.
- Convert reservation backlog with explicit probabilities, phase the timing of that conversion, and layer in organic demand as its own signal.
- Own the demand data end to end - source, define, and steward the data that feeds the forecast
- build the pipelines and the feature/data layer
- own data quality and the shared definitions everyone downstream depends on.
- Partner across the business to get the inputs and outputs right - work with the teams that own the signals feeding the forecast and the teams that consume it, so the model is grounded in real inputs and lands in a format the business can actually use.
- Make the forecast legible - document methodology and assumptions, quantify uncertainty honestly, and explain the model's logic clearly to non-technical stakeholders in Finance, Commercial, Production, and Procurement.
- Productionize with IT and Product - partner with engineering to move the model from notebooks into the IBP digital product (pipelines, deployment, monitoring, retraining)
- Lay the foundation for what's next - build the data and modeling base that Scout's future AI/ML planning capabilities will extend.
Requirements
- Applicants should expect that the role will require the ability to convene with Scout colleagues in person and travel to participate in events on behalf of the company from time to time.
Nice to have
- 401(k) program with:
- automotive, manufacturing, or other physical-product demand
- demand sensing or hierarchical forecasting
- experience embedding models inside a digital product.
- What you'll gain
- Competitive insurance including:
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Compensation
- In addition, Scout provides competitive compensation and benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
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