Senior Principal Data Scientist, Advanced Forecasting
Edwards Lifesciences · Irvine, CA
$145,000–$205,000from the description
Jul 13, 2026
Irvine, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual contributor role within Corporate Finance (FP&A) focused on building and operationalizing statistical and AI/ML forecasting models — covering revenue, margin, operating expenses, and cash flow — and integrating their outputs into the company's Anaplan planning platform. The position also involves establishing a cross-functional Advanced Forecasting Center of Excellence, including governance standards, validation routines, and training materials. It suits an experienced quantitative professional with a strong background in Python or R, statistical modeling, and financial planning processes.
Senior level · 10+ years · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 65 people in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 20–120
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,593 (middle half $93,359–$172,124). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role title is 'Senior Manager' but the work is primarily hands-on data science / advanced forecasting (time-series, ML, Monte Carlo, causal models) rather than people management; 15-2051 Data Scientists is the best fit, with 15-2031 Operations Research Analysts as a close runner-up given the FP&A/planning orientation.
The job is located on-site in Irvine, CA. The CBSA used is Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (31080), which encompasses Irvine/Orange County.
All skills appear under the 'Preferred' / 'What else we look for' section. The required section states only a degree and years of experience — no specific technologies are hard-gated.
The experience requirement is tiered: 10 years with a Bachelor's, 8 years with a Master's, or 4 years with a Ph.D. The minimum (10 years) is used for the overall years minimum.
Python/R are listed together as interchangeable options ('Python or R'); SQL is listed alongside them but is a distinct, separately-named tool and is emitted separately.
Oracle, JDE, Concur, and Salesforce are listed together as examples of 'related tools and applications' under a single preferred bullet; Oracle is used as the primary name with the others as alternatives.
Databricks/Azure/AWS are listed as examples of cloud/data platforms; Databricks is used as the primary name with Azure and AWS as alternatives.
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