Data Science
Data Science is an individual-contributor career path within Data & Analytics. Professionals progress from guided execution to independent delivery, senior problem solving, cross-team leadership and enterprise-level expertise without requiring people management.
- Función
- Data & Analytics
- Arquetipo
- Science
- Nivel más alto
- L7 · Distinguished Data Scientist
Para qué existe
Enables the organization to deliver reliable outcomes in data science by building progressively deeper expertise, judgment, ownership and business impact.
Responsabilidades típicas
Execute discipline-specific work; apply professional standards; solve increasingly complex problems; collaborate with stakeholders; improve quality and efficiency; share expertise; at senior levels, shape practices and decisions beyond the immediate team.
Dónde se trabaja
Common in Data & Analytics teams across technology companies, shared-services organizations, consulting firms, multinational operations and other employers that require data science capability.
Cómo avanza la carrera
Associate Data Scientist → Data Scientist → Senior Data Scientist → Staff Data Scientist → Principal Data Scientist → Senior Principal Data Scientist → Distinguished Data Scientist
Niveles de esta carrera
Seis etapas estándar. La séptima existe solo donde la carrera la contempla.
- L1Associate Data Scientist
- L2Data Scientist
- L3Senior Data Scientist
- L4Staff Data Scientist
- L5Principal Data Scientist
- L6Senior Principal Data Scientist
- L7Distinguished Data Scientist
Nivel distinguido opcional. No todas las carreras llegan acá.
Qué se espera en L6 · Senior Principal Data Scientist
Senior-principal enterprise expert; influences multiple domains, geographies or major business outcomes. The focus is successful individual contribution at this stage, not people management.
Las cinco dimensiones que cambian
- Autonomía
- Acts as an enterprise expert with broad autonomy.
- Alcance
- Enterprise-wide or multi-business scope.
- Complejidad
- Systemic, novel and high-consequence challenges.
- Influencia
- Enterprise leaders, communities of practice and major external stakeholders.
- Impacto en el negocio
- Enterprise transformation, standards, risk reduction and sustained business impact.
- Ambigüedad
- Very high.
Cómo se ve un buen desempeño
Senior Principal Data Scientist consistently demonstrates the expected autonomy and judgment for L6, delivers outcomes appropriate to the scope of the role, applies required Human, Professional and Technical skills at the mapped proficiency, and produces evidence of impact rather than relying on tenure alone.
Evidencia típica
Completed work with measurable quality/outcome; stakeholder feedback; examples of problems solved and decisions made; reusable artifacts or improvements; demonstrated skill proficiency; mentoring/influence evidence at senior levels.
Habilidades esperadas en L6
Agrupadas en humanas, profesionales y técnicas. La proficiencia meta usa la escala P1–P7, y cada fila dice qué significa ese nivel para esa habilidad.
Humanas25
| Humanas | P | De apoyo |
|---|---|---|
| AccountabilityExecution & Self-Management | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Active listeningCommunication & Language | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| AdaptabilityExecution & Self-Management | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Clear verbal communicationCommunication & Language | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Clear written communicationCommunication & Language | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| CollaborationCollaboration & Relationships | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Continuous learningExecution & Self-Management | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Critical thinkingThinking & Problem Solving | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Cross-functional collaborationCollaboration & Relationships | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Decision makingThinking & Problem Solving | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Executive communicationCommunication & Language | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Executive presenceInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Influencing without authorityInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Organizational awarenessInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| ProfessionalismEthics & Professional Conduct | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Stakeholder alignmentInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Strategic thinkingThinking & Problem Solving | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Structured problem solvingThinking & Problem Solving | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Systems thinkingThinking & Problem Solving | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Time managementExecution & Self-Management | P7Enterprise / Industry AuthorityCentral | Industry-level authority who creates new practices, influences the profession and represents the organization externally. |
| Change championingInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Giving constructive feedbackCommunication & Language | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Knowledge sharingCollaboration & Relationships | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| MentoringCollaboration & Relationships | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| NegotiationInfluence & Leadership Without Authority | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
Profesionales14
| Profesionales | P | De apoyo |
|---|---|---|
| Analytics problem framingData & Analytics Practice | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Data classification policyCybersecurity, Privacy & Data Governance Standards | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Data ethicsData & Analytics Practice | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Data product managementData & Analytics Practice | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Data protection impact assessmentsCybersecurity, Privacy & Data Governance Standards | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Data quality managementCybersecurity, Privacy & Data Governance Standards | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Data stewardshipCybersecurity, Privacy & Data Governance Standards | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Data storytellingData & Analytics Practice | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Resource managementProject, Program & Portfolio Management | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| SAFe / scaled agileAgile, Product & Delivery Methods | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Schedule managementProject, Program & Portfolio Management | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| ScrumAgile, Product & Delivery Methods | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| User story definitionAgile, Product & Delivery Methods | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Value stream managementAgile, Product & Delivery Methods | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
Técnicas13
| Técnicas | P | De apoyo |
|---|---|---|
| Data lake / lakehouse engineeringDatabases & Data Platforms | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Data modelingDatabases & Data Platforms | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Data visualization implementationAnalytics, BI & Data Visualization | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Deep learningData Science, ML & AI | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Google Compute EngineCloud Platforms | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Machine learningData Science, ML & AI | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Python data analysisAnalytics, BI & Data Visualization | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| SQLProgramming Languages | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| SQL analyticsAnalytics, BI & Data Visualization | P6ExpertDe apoyo | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| ScalaProgramming Languages | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Supervised learningData Science, ML & AI | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Unsupervised learningData Science, ML & AI | P6ExpertCentral | Enterprise expert who sets standards, shapes strategy and develops capability across functions. |
| Microsoft Excel advanced analyticsAnalytics, BI & Data Visualization | P5AdvancedDe apoyo | Recognized advanced practitioner who defines approaches and solves ambiguous cross-team problems. |
Qué cambia al pasar de L6 a L7
Moving from Senior Principal Data Scientist to Distinguished Data Scientist means demonstrating sustained performance at a larger scope with greater autonomy, complexity, influence and business impact—not simply spending more time in role.
Cómo se demuestra que ya estás
Repeatedly performs key aspects of Distinguished Data Scientist before promotion; demonstrates the required skill increases; handles novel problems with few precedents.; receives credible stakeholder evidence; shows measurable outcomes at the next-level scope.
Cómo prepararse
Take stretch assignments at the next-level scope; deepen the listed skill gaps; seek feedback from experienced practitioners; document measurable outcomes and decisions; mentor/share knowledge where appropriate; pursue relevant learning or certification when it strengthens capability.
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