Data Scientist - KPO

DATA SCIENTIST, CHENNAI, INDIA

Are you the one looking to change the world with Math and Models- At the core, we believe that business transformation (math + data + business knowledge). In the past, we have worked with a heady mix of algorithms, analysis, large databases and ROI to positively transform many a client's business performance

We would expect you to :

- Solve problems that are challenging and take them right 'on the face' to solve it at any cost, come what may.

- Identify, develop and implement the appropriate statistical techniques, algorithms and data mining analysis to create new, scalable solutions that address business challenges across the organization, as well as provide actionable insights with a clear impact on ROI.

- Innovate new modelling and machine learning approaches

- Communicate your findings to the appropriate teams through visualizations

- Collaborate and communicate findings to diverse stakeholders

- Define and develop, maintain and evolve data models, tools and capabilities for predicting

- Establish trusted technical advisor relationship and promote and drive innovation and thought leadership

- Independently handle delivery of analytics assignments

- Coordinate with onsite consultants to ensure high quality, on-time delivery

- Take responsibility for technical skill-building within the organization (training, process definition, research of new tools and techniques, etc).

- Provide solutions but not limited to: Customer Segmentation & Targeting, Propensity Modeling, Churn Modeling, Lifetime Value Estimation, Forecasting, Recommender Systems, Modeling Response to Incentives, Marketing Mix Optimization, Price Optimization

- Create interactive tools using cutting-edge visualization techniques (beyond standard visualization like Tableau, Spotfire, Qlikview etc.)

- Ability to work with various forms of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data sources

- Strong results driven leader who wants to make an impact in solving real life problems.

- Ability to partner with diverse stakeholders and influence Outcome.

You'll be a valuable addition to our team if you have :

- Bachelors/ Masters/ PhD degree in Math, Computer Science, Information Systems, Machine Learning, Statistics, Econometrics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research or related technical degree

- A minimum of 5 years experience in a related position, as a data scientist or business analyst building predictive analytics solutions for various types of business problems

- Advanced knowledge of statistical techniques, machine learning algorithms, data mining, text mining

- Programming background and expertise in building models using at least one of the following languages: SAS, Python, R

- Exposure to Big Data platforms like Hadoop and its eco-system (Hive, Pig, Sqoop, Mahout)

- Bonus points for implementation of Big Data and/or Streaming data analytics or visualization

- Strong individual planning and project management skills, able to juggle multiple tasks and priorities.

- Self-motivated and driven to deliver agreed results on-time

- Strong story-telling & articulation skills ability to convert analytical output into clear, concise, and persuasive insights & recommendations for technical & non-technical audience

- Strong influence and relationship management skills; comfortable interacting with all management levels; Prior experience in providing strategic analysis and consulting

- Track record of delivering strong business results.