Principal Data Scientist

Who we are:
Geotab ® is a global leader in IoT and connected transportation and certified “Great Place to Work.” We are a company of diverse and talented individuals who work together to help businesses grow and succeed, and increase the safety and sustainability of our communities.

Geotab is advancing security, connecting commercial vehicles to the internet and providing web-based analytics to help customers better manage their fleets. Geotab’s open platform and Geotab Marketplace ®, offering hundreds of third-party solution options, allows both small and large businesses to automate operations by integrating vehicle data with their other data assets. Processing billions of data points a day, Geotab leverages data analytics and machine learning to improve productivity, optimize fleets through the reduction of fuel consumption, enhance driver safety and achieve strong compliance to regulatory changes.

**Who you are**:
We are always looking for amazing talent who can contribute to our growth and deliver results Geotab is seeking a Principal Data Scientist with previous experience in Geospatial related projects to actively work on the designing of data modeling processes, as well as to actively contributing to broad technical strategies, decisions and processes that impact the delivery of analytical solutions.

**What you’ll do**:
As a Principal Data Scientist you will be influencing and delivering projects with organizational impact and priority, acting as a technical lead and mentor for the department as well as working hands on different projects. This role requires collaborating and building relationships with other data scientists, developers at all levels, contributing towards the development of the department’s roadmap.

**How you’ll make an impact**:

- Regularly communicate and work with senior management stakeholders and product managers to ensure that the product and technical roadmap aligns with Geotab’s data capabilities and potential and shape priorities.
- Assist executive management in developing and evaluating the long-range impact of new programs and strategies affecting the Data and Analytics Department.
- Collaborate and share technical knowledge across teams to influence Geotab’s ability to meet cross-functional company goals and achieve larger technical ambitions.
- Work with leadership to align the data science strategy with overarching vision, mission, and technical goals of the department.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify business opportunities, solve complex problems, and leverage data-driven insights to inform decision-making processes.
- Participate in discussions with the CEO, department leads, or team leads as needed to assist in developing and attaining strategic objectives
- Work to continually establish and refine best practices in data analytics and data science coding standards
- Serve as a technical coach and mentor to teams across the department by actively playing a part in the formation of technical strategies, setting decisions and authoring methodology.
- Keep up-to-date documentation for all areas of responsibility
- Share technical knowledge to large groups internally and externally, stay well-informed of the industry state-of-the-art, and bring ideas of new technologies, techniques, and practices to the team
- Take ownership of technical architecture, identify and contribute to the department’s technical strategy and roadmap, and execute to improve products, infrastructure and processes.
- Break down complex projects into simple systems that can be effectively built and maintained by less experienced data scientists/ developers.
- Design and implement systems and frameworks that can succeed long term and work well with other platforms at Geotab
- Stay aware of changes around the company to anticipate and prevent obstacles from hindering team performance.
- Become a peer to others across the department and drive inter-department technical engineering initiatives that improve product, infrastructure, and processes.
- Demonstrate Geotab’s core values and culture through collaboration across teams, encouraging recognition and engagement initiatives, attending company events, and demonstrating thought leadership in areas of expertise.
- Participate in the recruitment process
- Work with people managers to evaluate the technical acumen of less experienced data scientists and plan growth opportunities

**What you’ll bring to this role**:

- Bachelors degree in a related field.
- 12+ years of previous experience in the following areas:

- Proven track record of leading complex data science projects from conception to delivery, preferably in a business or industry setting
- Geotab’s dominant programming languages for data science (i.e. Python, and SQL), with experience in other relevant languages an asset (e.g. R, C, JavaScript).
- Object-oriented programming principles.
- Big data data mining and warehousing programs (e.g. e