AVP/VP - Data Scientist - BFSI

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Job Title: Analytics Professional (VP (D)-Band with Team Lead function 2-3 people)

Job Description:

The Information Analytics Service unit supports the firm's business functions in generating insight from structured and unstructured data for their business and strategic initiatives (e.g., Big Data & Smart Analytics and growth programs). A team of professionals in text, data and visual analytics provide services in three key areas:

- Defining the business question to be answered with appropriate analytics models

- Identifying and preparing the relevant information/data sources for analysis, and

- Validating analytics scenarios by means of functional prototypes or pilot solutions.

The Opportunity

To extend the existing Analytics Team we are seeking an Analytics Professional who will develop and mange a small Team of data scientists in Bangalore to accelerate the deployment and improvement of Analytical Services in tight cooperation with peers, internal experts and business clients.In particular, the role will involve:

- Generating business insight using data analytics and information visualisation methods to answer business problems in different (Re-)Insurance domains.

- Designing and developing analytics solutions to move towards data-driven innovation in alignment with business priorities and key targets.

- Driving enhancements of analytics products and services to improve business value and service quality according to business needs and industry best practices.

The ideal candidate has a background in computer science/engineering, computational linguistics or information science and possesses working experience in at least one (and ideally a combination) of the following domains: data & text mining, machine learning and information visualisation.

Key Tasks

- Contribute in an agile team of data scientists to develop data-driven solutions for various Insurance and Reinsurance business problems (i.e., ad-hoc analysis request as well as business projects).

- Establish a data ecosystem to manage pools of internal and external data, drive the adoption, utilisation and continuous improvement of new analytical methodologies to generate business insight.

- Apply analytical methods and algorithms to build data products that streamline the process from data collection to insight generation.

- Validate, interpret and present data findings to both an expert and non-expert audience.

- Standardise analytical processes and workflows to streamline service provision as well as further develop the firm's Analytics Suite.

- Ensure further development of the firm's Analytics Suite in interplay with system engineers, solution architects and internal business experts.

- Foster new data-driven approaches to generate business insight in order to address unanswered business problems in a proactive way.

- Build-up sustainable relationship with key business and IT stakeholders to become a trusted partner for the field of data analytics.

About You About us

Essentials

- Master Study or Ph.D. in a quantitative discipline: e.g., statistical, applied mathematics, physics, operations research, computer science or computer engineering.

- 5+ years of experience in relevant areas of advanced analytics.

- Strong analytical & conceptual skills to understand key business needs and design tailored solutions to solve specific business problems.

- Ability to translate business problems into information & mining questions and communicate complex analysis results in a clear, precise and actionable manner.

- Expert knowledge in a combination of analytic, scripting and visualisation tools for the integrated analysis of transactional, text, speech and behavioural data.

- Proven track-record in implementing business solutions in the area of information retrieval, natural language processing/text mining, data analytics and information visualisation.

- In-depth experience with statistical computing languages such as R, Matlab, SAS, SPSS.

- Fluency with at least one programming language such as Python, Java.

- Proficiency in relational databases/SQL.

- Excellent verbal and written English skills, ideally multi-lingual.

Behavioural Competences

- Team leader/player with a can do attitude

- Ability to work in an interdisciplinary and multi-cultural environment

- High degree of flexibility, independent and proactive working style

- Ability to work well under pressure and on multiple and conflicting priorities

- Strong commitment to quality and timely customer service

Desired

- Knowledge/experience in the field of behavioural analysis

- Familiarity with Big Data concepts and tools

- Project management experience is a plus