Job Profile
At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Data Scientist Lead within PNC's Data, Modeling & Analytics Retail Lending Insights & Analytics organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA, Wilmington, DE, New York, Tysons Corner, VA, Cleveland, OH or East Brunswick, NJ.
Role Overview:
This Data Science Lead role focuses on delivering decision ready insight through Descriptive (“what happened?”) and Diagnostic (“why did it happen?”) Analytics, with concrete outputs such as executive dashboards, KPI frameworks, trend and cohort analyses, drill downs, segmentation, driver analysis, and root cause investigations. The role is accountable for translating complex data into clear performance narratives by defining standardized metrics, ensuring data quality and lineage, and embedding analyses into scalable BI assets rather than ad hoc reporting. As needed, the role performs Prescriptive Analytics (“what should we do?”) by turning findings into decision recommendations through scenario analysis, sensitivity testing, and practical optimization or decision models, and by operationalizing insights into dashboards, alerts, and playbooks. Predictive Analytics (“what will happen?”) is in scope but not required, with forecasting, risk or propensity scoring, and applied machine learning viewed as nice to have capabilities.
This role leads and prioritizes an analytics roadmap, coaches analysts and data scientists, and promotes disciplined use of tools such as SQL, Python, modern BI platforms, cloud data technologies, Git, and applied statistics. Strong partnership with product, operations, risk, and business leaders is essential to frame the right questions and deliver executive ready storytelling that connects analysis to action. The role enforces data governance, documentation, and audit ready practices, ensuring metric consistency and trusted reporting across teams. An experiment and measurement mindset is expected, applying test and learn or A/B testing to evaluate impact. Any models or advanced techniques used are monitored for performance, reliability, and fairness, with assumptions and limitations communicated transparently.”
Preferred skills & experience:
- Proven experience delivering Descriptive and Diagnostic Analytics, including KPI frameworks, executive dashboards, trend/cohort analysis, segmentation, driver analysis, and root cause investigations that inform business decisions.
- Strong capability to translate analytical findings into Prescriptive Analytics, such as clear decision recommendations, scenario and sensitivity analysis, and practical optimization or decision models embedded into dashboards, alerts, or playbooks.
- Demonstrated delivery leadership, including owning and prioritizing an analytics roadmap, coaching analysts and data scientists, setting analytical standards, and ensuring consistent, high impact outcomes.
- Hands on proficiency with SQL, Python, BI visualization tools e.g., Tableau & Plotly, cloud data platforms, Git, and applied statistics, along with a strong foundation in data quality, metric definition, governance, documentation, and experimental or test and learn approaches.
PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.
PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.
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Directs and consults on analytical projects that leverage vast amounts of structured and unstructured data to extract actionable business insights.
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Directs the data gathering, data processing and data mining of large and complex datasets. Provides deep technical expertise to advance the data science capabilities of analytics teams.
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Serves as a representative of PNC; understands the needs and challenges PNC is facing and provides thought leadership around data science activities both internally and externally.
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Supervises the implementation of advanced analytics projects, and as an expert in the field, helps other data scientists present the analytical processes and outcomes to management.
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Partners with Data Architects, Data Analysts, Data Engineers and Visualization Experts to develop data-driven solutions for the business.
PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:
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Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
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Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.
Analytical Thinking, Competitive Advantages, Data Analytics, Data Mining, Data Science, Machine Learning (ML)
Data Architecture, Data Mining, Disruptive Innovation, Information Capture, Machine Learning, Modeling: Data, Process, Events, Objects, Prototyping, Query and Database Access Tools
Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree. Higher level education such as a Masters degree, PhD, or certifications is desirable. Industry relevant experience is typically 8+ years. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.
Masters
No Required Certification(s)
No Required License(s)
Base Salary: $112,000.00 – $208,000.00
Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data and on individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business and/or individual performance.
Generally, this opening is expected to be posted for two business days from 08/18/2026, although it may be longer with business discretion.
PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.
In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.
To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit pncthrive.com.
If an accommodation is required to participate in the application process, please contact us via email at [email protected]. Please include “accommodation request” in the subject line title and be sure to include your name, the job ID, and your preferred method of contact in the body of the email. Emails not related to accommodation requests will not receive responses. Applicants may also call 877-968-7762 and say "Workday" for accommodation assistance. All information provided will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.
At PNC we foster an inclusive and accessible workplace. We provide reasonable accommodations to employment applicants and qualified individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to perform the essential functions of their positions.
PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law.
This position is subject to the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) and, for any registered role, the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (SAFE Act) and/or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which prohibit the hiring of individuals with certain criminal history.
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