Gensler
Data Scientist
At Gensler, we design for people. We leverage our global perspective and local presence to innovate at every scale. We’re not just designers. We’re tinkerers, craftspeople, visionaries, innovators, and thought leaders. Fueled by passion and entrepreneurial spirit, our people bring new ideas to solve the world’s most challenging problems, like designing a more resilient, inclusive, and equitable future for our communities and cities.

Our people-centered, “People First” culture and “One Firm-Firm” motto promotes integrated teams that unite to shape the future of cities. Gensler’s vision is to “Create a Better World through the Power of Design,” and we do that by our deep commitment to our clients and by fostering a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive environment that enables our people to create impactful solutions together.

Data Scientist, Gensler Research Institute

At Gensler, we design for people. We leverage our global perspective and local presence to innovate at every scale. We’re not just designers. We’re tinkerers, craftspeople, visionaries, innovators, and thought leaders. Fueled by passion and entrepreneurial spirit, our people bring new ideas to solve the world’s most challenging problems, like designing a more resilient, inclusive, and equitable future for our communities and cities.

Our people-centered, “People First” culture and “One Firm-Firm” motto promotes integrated teams that unite to shape the future of cities. Gensler’s vision is to “Create a Better World through the Power of Design,” and we do that by our deep commitment to our clients and by fostering a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive environment that enables our people to create impactful solutions together.

Your Role

As a Data Scientist with the Gensler Research Institute, you will work closely with our Global Research Leads and the Institute’s team of data, editorial, and design specialists to lead complex analytics on multi-phase, mixed-methods research projects. This role’s initial focus will be on major strategic initiative focused on shaping the future of cities, with a goal to quantify how human experience is influenced by physical, social, and economic environments at the city scale. Your efforts will be focused on multiple aspects of research execution and data analyses, including, but not limited to, survey question design, testing, post-research data analyses, database analysis and the development of insights for publication in research white papers and reports. Using various kinds of data (survey data, socio-economic data, built environment data), develop, evaluate, validate models to develop and execute various indices at the city scale. Additionally, you will work with the Data Development Team to help develop and enhance a data lake and data warehouse solution, develop the infrastructure for a suite of dashboards, and develop and deploy Machine Learning solutions. Qualified candidates should be collaborative, flexible, self-motivated, quick learners, and have an entrepreneurial spirit. This position is based on site in either our DC or NYC office. 

What You Will Do

Collaborate with Gensler Research Institute project leads, subject matter experts, and analysts to develop and refine research instruments focused on measuring the human experience related to the built environment. Lead the creation and analysis of large datasets for the development and launch of various indices, with an initial focus on the refinement and creation of an index focused on Cities and the urban experience. Create and implement strategies to account for cross cultural biases in multi-national, multi-cultural studies Improve survey data collection through optimized question design and advisory on development of survey questions by other practitioners. Work both independently and collaboratively as needed to mine data sets, both structured and unstructured, for insights Develop, evaluate, and deploy machine learning solutions on a broad range of structured and unstructured data sets in contexts that call for supervised and unsupervised approaches. Partner with Data engineering teams to develop and improve our data lake and data warehouse Work with analysts and product managers to deliver data models for Tableau and/or PowerBI dashboards Maintain excellent documentation, conform to literate coding practice, and commit to strong version control 

Your Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree (master’s preferred) in a quantitative field like statistics, physics, math, economics, finance, computer science, etc. 10+ years professional experience working with data Fluency in Python (numpy/pandas/sklearn/TensorFlow) and SQL in a Data Science setting Fluency in statistical packages and data management tools (e.g., R, SPSS, SQL etc.) a plus Demonstrated ability to develop and evaluate machine learning models from real data sets. Experience with NLP, particularly topic modeling, sentiment analysis, and text classification a plus Expert in survey research and methodology, including:Survey question design Survey data analysis Evaluation of survey instrument for further refinement Strong data visualization skills, and a history of deploying data visualization tools in a modern dashboarding software (Tableau, Qlik, PowerBI, etc.)Exceptional data munging skills including comfort with transaction level data A flexible mindset and a willingness to work at all levels of the analytics value chain is a must. 

**If this position is based in New York, the base compensation range will be $100k-130k, plus bonuses and benefits and contingent on relevant experience**

Life at Gensler

Gensler is committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Through our Five Strategies to Fight Racism, we continue to create a just and equitable future for our colleagues and our communities with our clients. We are a solid voice for social change as we impact people’s lives and fight racism. At Gensler, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace environment.

At Gensler, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions to “Well-being Week,” our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests.

We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, profit sharing, employee stock ownership, and twice annual bonus opportunities. Our annual base salary range has been established based on local markets.


Washington, DC