Senior Data Scientist – Business Analytics - AI
AMD · San Jose, CA · 5 days ago
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About the Role
At AMD, we believe technology can change lives for the better. This Senior Data Scientist – Business Analytics & AI role is a senior individual contributor position responsible for driving data-driven decision making through advanced analytics, machine learning, and intelligent automation. You will partner closely with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable analytics solutions, predictive insights, and AI-enabled capabilities across business and financial domains.
Responsibilities
- Data Science & Advanced Analytics
- Perform advanced business and financial analysis, including trend analysis, variance analysis, and scenario modeling.
- Support forecasting, revenue analysis, and performance tracking across multiple business dimensions.
- Build, test, and refine machine learning models to improve forecasting accuracy and predictive insights.
- Apply statistical, predictive, and ML techniques to large, complex datasets.
- Evaluate model performance, interpret results, and communicate insights to non-technical stakeholders.
- Continuously evolve analytics from descriptive to predictive and prescriptive use cases.
- Automation & AI Enablement
- Identify opportunities to automate recurring analytical processes using AI, ML, and scripting tools.
- Develop intelligent solutions that reduce manual effort and improve speed, scalability, and reliability.
- Contribute to AI-driven insights, alerts, and decision-support capabilities embedded in analytics workflows.
- Dashboarding & Reporting
- Design, build, and maintain interactive dashboards and reporting solutions using Power BI.
- Develop and optimize SQL-based data models to support reporting, analytics, and self-service insights.
- Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and performance across dashboards and reporting assets.
- Translate complex datasets into clear, actionable insights for business and finance stakeholders.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with stakeholders across business, finance, data engineering, and IT to deliver end-to-end analytics solutions.
- Own analytics problems from definition through implementation with minimal supervision.
- Communicate findings, recommendations, and technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
- Act as a trusted data science and analytics partner across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in data science, analytics, business intelligence, or related roles.
- Strong proficiency in SQL and experience working with large, complex datasets.
- Hands-on experience with Power BI or similar data visualization tools.
- Solid understanding of forecasting, revenue, and financial concepts.
- Experience applying machine learning techniques to business or financial problems.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building and deploying ML models for forecasting or predictive analytics.
- Proficiency in Python, R, or similar languages for data science and automation.
- Experience applying AI-based automation to analytics or reporting workflows.
- Experience working in a global, matrixed organization.
- Technology or data-intensive industry experience.
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Benefits
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