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Data Scientist Statistician Lead - Product Safety Data Analytics

at General Motors

📍 Warren, Michigan, United States of America Hybrid Posted April 03, 2026
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 8+ years
Education Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Econometrics, Operations Research, or other relevant quantitative discipline
Category Data & Analytics

Lead Data Scientist/Statistician at GM driving product safety analytics with a focus on scalable data solutions, AI/ML, and executive-level storytelling. The role blends statistics, data engineering, and leadership to monitor safety issues and enable data-driven decisions.

  • Develop and standardize safety analytics practices
  • Lead scalable data solutions for safety monitoring
  • Build AI/Generative AI capabilities for safety insights
  • Communicate results to executive leadership
  • Mentor data science team

Stack includes Python, R, Java, PySpark; ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn); LangChain; SQL; Databricks; data pipelines; time series analyses; anomaly/diagnostics/prognostics; large-scale analytics; vehicle safety domain knowledge

The ideal candidate is a senior data science leader with 8+ years in statistics, AI/ML, and data analytics, holding a Master's in a quantitative field. They excel at building scalable data products, mentoring teams, and communicating complex results to executives, with strong knowledge of GM data ecosystems and cloud data infrastructure.

8+ years of work experience in applied statisticsAI/MLengineeringdata scienceor a related fieldMS in StatisticsMathematicsEconometricsOperations Researchor other relevant degreeStrong background in statistical data analyses (reliability analysisANOVAtime seriescategorical datamultivariate analysissampling design)Strong background in anomaly detectiondiagnostics and prognosticsroot cause analysisExperience in large-scale data analyticsProgramming & Frameworks: PythonRJavaPySparkPyTorchTensorFlowScikit-learnLangChainSQLML & AI: LLMsGenerative AIRAGReinforcement LearningNLPDecision TreesClusteringData Engineering: DatabricksSQLData PipelinesData Preprocessing & Feature EngineeringEffective communication to executive leadershipUnderstanding of vehicle safety technologies
Ph.D. in a quantitative discipline10+ years of work experience in applied statisticsAI/MLengineeringdata scienceDeep knowledge of GM's Data EcosystemDeep knowledge of GM's Cloud Technology Stack for Data ScienceNLP solutions from problem to deploymentProduction deployments of generative AI with business value
DatabricksSQLPythonPySparkLangChain
8+ years in applied statistics AI/ML data science; MS in quantitative discipline; statistical analyses; anomaly detection; diagnostics; prognostics; large-scale data analytics; Python; R; Java; PySpark; PyTorch; TensorFlow; Scikit-learn; LangChain; SQL; LLMs; Generative AI; RAG; Reinforcement Learning; NLP; Decision Trees; Clustering; Databricks; Data Pipelines; Data Preprocessing; Feature Engineering; Time Series; Reliability Analysis
PythonRJavaPySparkPyTorchTensorFlowScikit-learnLangChainSQLLLMsGenerative AIRAGReinforcement LearningNLPDecision TreesClusteringDatabricksData PipelinesData PreprocessingFeature EngineeringTime SeriesReliability AnalysisAnomaly DetectionDiagnosticsPrognostics
communicationpresentationleadershipteam collaborationbusiness acumendata storytelling
Industry Manufacturing
Job Function Lead the data science/statistics function to identify, analyze, and monitor emerging vehicle safety issues using advanced analytics and AI
Role Subtype Data Scientist
Tech Domains Python, SQL / PostgreSQL
data scientiststatistician leadlead data scientistpythonrsqlpysparknlpllmsgenerative airagreinforcement learningdata pipelinesdatabrickstime seriesanomaly detectionreliability analysisdata modelingdata analyticsai infrastructurePythonSQLDatabricksPysparkLLMsGenerative AINLPReinforcement LearningData PipelinesTime Series

8+ years required experience not met, Lack of MS in quantitative discipline, No experience with large-scale data analytics, No experience with LLMs/Generative AI or anomaly diagnostics, Ill-suited for hybrid work setup

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