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About You:
You are a high achiever looking to thrive in a fast-paced environment. You take pride in your own work but are comfortable collaborating with a team of highly motivated individuals. You can communicate clearly and concisely with teammates and clients, and you enjoy strong company culture and camaraderie. You can navigate multiple corporate functions, including global lines of service and corporate centers of excellence. You possess strong interpersonal skills and are willing to take on diverse tasks to achieve the team’s common goal. You value personal and professional growth and are ready to take the next step in advancing your career.

If this sounds like you, well, then you will love the culture at Avison Young!

About Us:
Avison Young is a global commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm, offering transaction, management, financial and consulting services. We’ve designed our corporate structure to best serve our clients by enhancing collaboration across our organization.

Real estate can have an enormous positive impact on people’s lives – and we’re in the business of making spaces and places work better for people. Our purpose is to create real economic, social and environmental value as a global real estate advisor, powered by people.

We care about each other and we have each other’s backs. This makes Avison Young a great place to be a client, and a great place to work. We support the whole person and their complete wellness – economic, mental and physical – because what’s best for our business comes from our people bringing their whole selves to work.

Of course we love it here, but outsiders think we’re pretty great too: Avison Young was awarded the prestigious America’s Best Midsize Employers for 2022, presented by Forbes and Statista, Inc. We’re proud to be regularly recognized for our team, services and culture and our team members enjoy comprehensive compensation and benefit programs. Through our customized work options, we give our people the flexibility to create a work environment that puts their overall well-being first. After all, we are powered by people.

The Data Science Manager will principally lead the Data Science team in developing strategic data products and services that advise commercial real estate strategy. This team specializes in the application of algorithmic, statistical, machine learning, and other advanced techniques in solving for location and financial outcomes. This role will have accountability for the development of proprietary models, processes, and procedures to ingest, maintain, visualize, and analyze both proprietary and third-party data at a global scale.

• Spearhead development and implementation of Data Science deliverables across products, tools, and services
• Partner with market intelligence, advisory, and sales teams in the exploration and conceptualization of products and solutions
• Partner with software development teams to architect, implement, and evaluate models in support of product roadmap
• Support ingestion, management, and of proprietary and third-party data at a global scale
• Develop, grow, and secure technical talent across your team and the broader information technology teams through the organization
• Explore advancements in new technologies and software as applicable to business opportunities

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a data science, mathematics, computer science or related field required
• Master’s or Ph.D. degree in data science, computer science, or related information technology field preferred, or equivalent experience
• 6+ years data analysis experience in Data Science or equivalent field
• 2+ years client-facing experience, preferably in commercial real estate sector
• 2+ years people management experience preferred

Experience you might have:

• Working on solutions for commercial real estate problems
• Working with and managing data in geospatial or relational databases
• Expert proficiency in Python, SQL, predictive modeling, machine learning and data visualization technologies
• Experience with DataBricks, Airflow, DBT, or other ETL systems
• Expertise in cloud-based technologies, e.g., Snowflake and Databricks
• Experience with ESRI, QGIS, Carto, or other GIS systems
• Experience with R, Java, or other programming languages

Avison Young practices as an equal opportunity employer in all services locations around the world.  We are committed to building and maintaining a workforce diverse in experience, skills and knowledge with uniformity in service excellence, commitment and integrity. 

The firm maintains a strict policy to ensure employment opportunities are equal and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, protected veteran or military service status, or any other elements protected by law.

For those requiring assistance with disabilities, information relating to the need for accommodation and accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially. 

Avison Young is committed to employing the best talent with the most fair and equitable recruitment practices. Apply with us TODAY! 

Benefits offered to full time W2 employees:

• Traditional and Roth 401k with generous employer match and immediate vesting
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave after one year of tenure
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Company paid Short & Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Critical Illness and Accident Coverage
• Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter & Transit Pre-Tax Benefits
• Wellness program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Work-Life Balance:

• Competitive paid vacation days
• 2 personal/wellness days
• Paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays
• Annual volunteer day for Day of Giving