Senior Data Science Consultant (Applied AI)

Location: New York, United States; minimum 3 days per week in office, with 4 days preferred

Salary: $300,000–$350,000 cash compensation

Company

hirify.global is a specialist recruitment partner representing an opportunity with a major global private equity investor expanding its Data Science capability in New York.

What you will do

• Build analytical and machine learning models supporting live investment diligence and commercial decision-making.
• Investigate businesses, customer behavior, risks, growth opportunities, and potential AI applications across industries.
• Shape AI roadmaps and prioritize use cases by expected value and feasibility.
• Develop MVPs and proofs of concept using predictive and prescriptive modeling, agentic AI, optimization, simulation, and broader analytics.
• Partner with portfolio company stakeholders to move priority use cases from strategy into practical experimentation.
• Present technical findings as commercially focused recommendations to investment professionals, executives, and senior stakeholders.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on Data Science experience with genuine depth in modeling and applied machine learning.
• Strong Python skills and comfort with modern analytical and data platforms.
• Ability to connect technical work to measurable commercial outcomes rather than focusing primarily on engineering complexity.
• Experience structuring ambiguous business problems and identifying appropriate analytical approaches.
• Clear, concise communication skills and confidence working with senior commercial stakeholders.
• Consulting, private equity, strategy, or another high-performance commercial environment is strongly relevant; technically strong candidates from technology backgrounds may also fit.
• For senior candidates, experience managing multiple workstreams and mentoring or leading junior team members.
• Ability to understand and defend technical work, including where AI-assisted development tools are used.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent role split roughly evenly between pre-deal investment diligence and post-deal value creation.
• Direct exposure to investment teams, portfolio companies, senior executives, multiple industries, datasets, and AI use cases.
• Focus on measurable business impact rather than technical complexity for its own sake.
• Regular office attendance in New York is required: at least 3 days per week, with 4 days preferred.