Data Scientist - Data & Automation
Job Description
PNC’s Data & Automation organization is seeking a Data Scientist to support AI governance operations, analytics, and reporting activities.
Responsibilities
- Manage governance forum operations, including agenda creation, meeting preparation, decision tracking, action item follow-up, and documentation management.
- Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders across Legal, Ethics, HR, Risk, and Technology using relationship-building and influencing skills.
- Support annual Responsible AI reporting activities, including program innovation and intellectual property tracking.
- Work in a highly visible capacity with output reviewed by senior leadership and contributions to the program’s official audit trail and governance record.
- Perform analytics on structured and unstructured data to identify actionable business insights.
- Contribute to data gathering, data processing, and data mining for large and complex datasets.
- Develop algorithms using advanced mathematical and statistical techniques such as machine learning to predict business outcomes and recommend optimal actions to management.
- Run analytical experiments methodically to uncover opportunities for product and process optimization.
- Present business insights to management using visualization technologies and data storytelling.
- May partner with Data Architects, Data Analysts, Data Engineers, and Visualization Experts to build data-driven solutions for the business.
Requirements
- 3+ years of relevant or direct industry experience.
- Master’s degree.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Suite.
- Proficiency in Python, with Tableau and Power BI preferred.
- Experience aligned to AI Risk Management.
- Analytical thinking and data-focused capabilities across:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Analytics, Data Mining, Data Science, Machine Learning (ML).
- Data Architecture, Disruptive Innovation, Information Capture.
- Modeling: Data, Process, Events, Objects.
- Prototyping and Query/Database access tools.
- Certifications are often desired.
- No required certifications and no required licenses specified.
- No required or preferred language assessments specified.
- In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job-specific certifications, and experience (including military service) may be considered.
Technologies
- Microsoft Suite
- Python
- Tableau
- Power BI
- Machine Learning (ML)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Benefits
- Medical/prescription drug coverage with a Health Savings Account feature
- Dental and vision options
- Employee and spouse/child life insurance
- Short and long-term disability protection
- 401(k) with PNC match, pension, and stock purchase plans
- Dependent care reimbursement account
- Back-up child/elder care
- Adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement
- Educational assistance, including select programs fully paid
- Robust wellness program with financial incentives
- Maternity and/or parental leave
- Up to 11 paid holidays each year
- 9 occasional absence days each year (unless otherwise required by law)
- 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level
Location and Work Model
- Onsite role based in Pittsburgh, PA
- Position overview indicates base locations may include Pittsburgh PA, Strongsville OH, Dallas TX, or Birmingham AL
- PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance
Compensation
- Base salary: USD 86,250 – 158,125 per year
- Salaries may vary by geographic location, market data, and individual skills, experience, and education
- Role is incentive eligible; payment based on company, business, and/or individual performance
Application Window
- Expected to be posted for two business days from 09/23/2026, though it may be longer with business discretion
Disability Accommodations
- If you need an accommodation to participate in the application process, contact [email protected] and include “accommodation request” in the subject line title, plus your name, job ID, and preferred method of contact
- You may also call 877-968-7762 and say “Workday” for accommodation assistance
- Information provided will be kept confidential and used only to the extent required to provide reasonable accommodations
- PNC provides reasonable accommodations to employment applicants and qualified individuals with a disability who need accommodations to perform essential functions
Equal Employment Opportunity
- PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of protected characteristics
- Position is subject to Section 19 of the FDIA and, for registered roles, SAFE Act and/or FINRA requirements that prohibit hiring individuals with certain criminal history
California Residents
- Refer to the California Consumer Privacy Act Privacy Notice to understand how PNC may use or disclose personal information in hiring practices