About the role
Your missionYou turn data into decisions for a pan-European business. As a Senior Data Scientist in our newly established AI UNIT within E.ON Drive Infrastructure (EDRI), a special unit built and run like a startup, you will help transform complex business challenges into data-driven decisions. Working closely with stakeholders across the organization, you will develop analyses, experiments, and models that create measurable business impact and shape the future of AI-driven decision-making at EDRI. You report to our Head of AI Strategy.
Your Responsibilities
Translate business challenges into analyses, predictive models, and actionable recommendations
Build and validate statistical, machine learning, and optimization models to support strategic decision-making
Design experiments and measure real business impact, beyond correlation, using rigorous analytical methodologies
Collaborate with AI/ML Engineers to bring analytical models into production environments
Communicate insights, assumptions, and uncertainty clearly to stakeholders up to CEO level
Establish best practices and standards for analytics, experimentation, and model development
Evaluate emerging AI models, AI tooling, and agentic systems and use what works to accelerate analysis workflows
Drive data-informed decision-making across business functions and regions
Share knowledge and support the development of junior colleagues – this is a senior individual contributor role
Your profileYou are a commercially minded Data Scientist who combines strong analytical rigor with the ability to influence business decisions. You enjoy tackling ambiguous problems, turning data into insights, and delivering measurable outcomes.
Must have
Proven experience delivering analyses and models that influenced real business decisions
Strong background in statistics, including hypothesis testing, experimentation, and causal inference
Excellent programming skills in Python and SQL
Deep expertise in at least one area such as forecasting, optimization, causal inference, or Bayesian methods
Ability to communicate complex analytical findings to non-technical audiences
Strong commercial mindset with a focus on business impact and value creation
Experience working with machine learning techniques and data-driven decision-making frameworks
Curious, pragmatic, and passionate about solving complex problems through data and AI-driven insights
Nice to have
Experience taking models into production
Hands-on experience with GenAI or LLM-based tools
Experience in energy, mobility, or other asset-heavy industries
We hire for spikes, not for resumes. Don't tick every box? Apply anyway and show us what you have built.
Why us?People take centre stage: Become part of a dynamic, ambitious and agile team that develops solutions for the eMobility market and be part of our EDRI events
With us, you get the best of both worlds - 100% start-up with the support of a large company
The freedom you need: We offer you hybrid working with flexible working hours
Workation: Enjoy the flexibility to work temporarily from abroad – within the EU
You will receive a competitive salary
A company pension scheme is of course also one of the benefits with us
Sustainable learning opportunities: We support you with a training budget of 5,000 euros per year
You get everything you need to get started: onboarding with welcome gifts and all the hardware you need
ContactDiversity counts at E.ON. We welcome all people and are convinced that differences make us stronger. Become part of our inclusive and diverse corporate culture! Seize the opportunity to become part of our E.ON Drive Infrastructure team and not only create prospects for the future of E.ON, but also for your own. We look forward to getting to know you! LauraJunior Recruiter Do you have any questions or difficulties with your application? Please contact me at -----Find more English Speaking Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow