Data Scientist 1715143 Nuveen Investment Management Chicago, IL September 5, 2018 - COMPANY OVERVIEW: Nuveen is the investment management arm of TIAA. It is one of the largest global asset managers with specialist knowledge across a wide array of asset classes, including fixed income, equities and alternatives. Nuveen is driven not only by the independent investment processes across the firm, but also the insights, risk management, analytics and other tools and resources a truly world-class platform provides. As a global asset manager, our mission is to work in partnership with our clients to create outcome-focused solutions to help them secure their financial future. For more information about the firm please visit our website at - POSITION SUMMARY: The Advanced Analytics team is responsible for leveraging statistical and analytical techniques to drive the firms distribution strategy, inform senior leadership decisions, and have a quantifiable impact on sales. As an Analyst your role will identify and present to senior leaders competitive advantage opportunities through statistical analysis of client, market and third-party data. We are shaping the future of asset management product sales and distribution and are looking for bright, creative minds to join our team! RESPONSIBILITIES: - Use best practices to develop statistical, machine learning techniques to build models that address business needs - Design, execute and deploy projects aimed at solving high-impact business problems using machine learning, natural language processing, and related data science techniques - Work on data and business problems to drive improved business results through designing, building, and partnering in the implementation of models - Manage data and data requests to improve the accuracy of our data and decisions made from data analysis - Use and learn a wide variety of tools and languages to achieve business results (R, SQL, Python, Tableau) - Collaborate in the teams efforts in improving the development of effective business decision making through the use of data and machine learning/predictive modeling - Develop a strong asset management business acumen that can identify business problems and develop optimal modeling approaches that address those problems - Communicate to team members, leadership and stakeholders on findings to ensure models are well understood and incorporated into business processes - Develop and execute a communication strategy, with appropriate coaching, that keeps all relevant stakeholders informed and provides an opportunity to influence the direction of the teams work QUALIFICATIONS: Required - Bachelors degree, preferably in the sciences and one year of data science/modeling experience or enrolled in and actively pursuing a Masters degree program related to data science, statistics, mathematics or engineering - SQL experience or a si milar relational database platform such as Oracle - Experience developing statistical models levering R or Python - Tableau experience preferred - Prior experience in financial services preferred Desired - Ability to effectively communicate complex information and analysis in written and graphical form to deliver storylines that influence senior business leader decisions - Knowledge of advanced statistical data analysis and modeling methods - Experience with data mining, machine learning, natural language processing, and data visualization - Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to work collaboratively across multiple business areas - Familiarity with conventional software development languages such as Scala, JavaScript, C# and Java Equal Employment Opportunity is not just the law, its our commitment. Read more about the - . If you need assistance applying due to being visually or hearing impaired, please email - . We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment regardless of age, race, color, national origin, sex, religion, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected status.