Data Scientist

Ropes & Gray is a preeminent, global law firm. The firm has been ranked in the top-three on The American Lawyer's prestigious "A-List" for seven years and is ranked #1 on Law.com International's "A-List" in the U.K.—rankings that honor the "Best of the Best" firms.

The firm has approximately 2,500 lawyers and professionals serving clients in major centers of business, finance, technology, and government in Boston, Chicago, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C.

The firm has consistently been recognized for its leading practices in many areas, including asset management, private equity, M&A, finance, real estate, tax, antitrust, life sciences, health care, intellectual property, litigation & enforcement, privacy & cybersecurity, and business restructuring.

Ropes & Gray is an equal opportunity employer.

The Ropes & Gray Insights Lab is a differentiated solution for corporate governance and risk in complex business environments. Combining legal talent and subject matter experts in compliance, data, culture, and behavioral science, we help clients assess risk, map organizational culture impacting that risk, design and retool compliance programs, and implement actionable insights from qualitative and quantitative data. The Ropes & Gray Insights Lab is part of Ropes & Gray, a preeminent global law firm with 1,500+ lawyers and legal professionals in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, London, Dublin, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, and Seoul.

We are seeking a data scientist to help expand the quantitative analysis of people, behaviors, companies, and investments we undertake for our clients. You will develop and use code-based solutions to understand business risks investors are facing, investigate employees suspected of wrongdoing, and assess DEI and ESG efforts of companies.

You will work with lawyers, behavioral scientists, and other data and visualization experts to help clients use their data to its fullest potential and find insights in it that drive their decision making.

You will play a substantial role in the development of innovative Lab products and services; advise clients on the use of data and analytics to drive more effective decision-making; and play an integral role on multidisciplinary teams that design bespoke, analytically-powered client solutions. You will also be deeply involved in the development of the analytics work bench used by the Lab’s growing data science team.

THE PERSON:

As the ideal candidate you will have strong business-acumen and a demonstrated track record of designing and delivering innovative, analytically-powered products and services. You will be comfortable wrangling data, analyzing it, and communicating the stories it contains. You will also have strong communication skills (writing, interpersonal, public), be comfortable with statistical fundamentals, and possess the drive to come up with an idea and then deliver high quality results quickly. You must also be comfortable translating complex methods and insights into language that is easily consumable to audiences not as well-versed in data and analytic methods—including attorneys and clients. You can be based in any of our US offices.

• A bachelor’s degree or substantial professional experience in statistics, computer science, engineering, applied mathematics, or other quantitative field
• Five to seven years of related professional experience.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: ethical decision-making (compliance, ethics, risk management); diversity, equity, and inclusion; organizational culture; corporate social responsibility.
• Experience in developing algorithms, building analytical models, or using machine learning to address business challenges.
• Proven experience in a similar role with a track record of growth and development.
• Substantive experience with data extraction and transformation in Python using Pandas and Jupyter Notebooks.
• Substantive experience designing and building web-based data exploration and data visualization experiences.
• Creative, strategic, and business-minded problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.

Ropes & Gray is proud to offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to our business support team members. The firm also offers comprehensive health and well-being benefits, personal and professional development, career growth opportunities and a collegial and supportive culture. The anticipated pay range for this role is $125,000 -  $150,000, which represents our good faith and reasonable estimate of the starting salary range at the time of posting. In addition, this role is eligible for a discretionary bonus based on performance. The actual offered rate for this position will be determined based on job-related, non-discriminatory factors, including qualifications and experience, geographic location, education, external market data and consideration of internal equity.  

This position requires hybrid on-site presence as an essential function of the role. Consistent and predictable on-site presence is required for ongoing business continuity, professional development and effective collaboration with colleagues and management.