Data Scientist, Center of Excellence - Americas Commercial Operations

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you'll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact on the lives of our patients and customers. Are you ready to join us?

We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. As a Data Scientist for the Center of Excellence in the Americas Commercial Operations team, you will develop analytical models, predictive insights, visualizations, and AI-enabled solutions that support complex business decisions. This role partners closely with IT teams to ensure analytical solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise technology standards. It is designed for someone who can independently deliver high-quality analytical work while continuing to grow in strategic thinking, communication, and business partnership.

The ideal candidate combines strong modeling foundations with excellent data visualization and storytelling skills, enabling them to translate complex analyses into clear, compelling insights for non-technical audiences.

In this role, a typical day will include:

• Partner with business stakeholders to clarify analytical needs, shape them into actionable modeling initiatives, and ensure alignment with IT, enterprise architecture, and data platform capabilities.
• Build, validate, and interpret statistical, predictive, and machine learning models supporting forecasting, segmentation, performance analysis, and decision support.
• Develop clear visual narratives and analytical summaries that highlight insights, trends, and tradeoffs, and present recommendations with appropriate business context.
• Apply AI agents, LLMbased tools, intelligent automation, and emerging AI techniques to enhance analytical workflows and insight generation, ensuring secure and compliant implementation with IT.
• Build, deploy, and maintain data science solutions in AWS environments; use SQL and Python to develop data pipelines, modeling workflows, and analytical assets, leveraging NLP exposure when applicable.
• Translate analytical outputs into concise, businessready narratives for diverse stakeholder groups.
• Collaborate with Associate Data Scientists and peers, providing guidance on analytical approaches, visualization, communication, and solution delivery; partner with IT, Data Engineering, and Cloud Architecture teams to design secure, scalable solutions.
• Ensure all analytical models, data pipelines, and deployed solutions comply with IT security, governance, architecture, data management standards, and responsible AI principles.

What You Will Bring to Alcon

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of directly related experience (High School + 10 years; Associate's + 6 years; Master's + 0 years)
• Ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English
• 2 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Interest in strategic thinking and longterm analytical impact
• Experience with AWS services
• Experience with AI agents, intelligent automation, or advanced analytics
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks, visualization standards, and
• 2 years of relevant experience in data science, analytics, or a related field

How You Can Thrive at Alcon:

• See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities
• Join Alcon's mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career!
• Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off, and much more!

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