Head - Analytics - Online/Internet

Job description

- Execute solutions to business problems using data analysis, data mining, optimization tools, and machine learning techniques and statistics

- Build data-science and technology based algorithmic solutions to address business needs

- Anticipates and Evaluates impact of analytical solutions on related projects as part of the developing complex analytical algorithm/solutions for various business problems

- Execute large scale models using Logistic Regression, Linear Models Family (Poisson models, Survival models, Hierarchical models, Na- ve-Bayesian estimators), Conjoint Analysis, Spatial models, Time-series models, Text mining

- Stays current with analytical advancements, determine and deliver through right algorithm for suitable solutions

- Prioritizes workload, ensure high quality of solutions, adherence to standards and best practices, high performance, and timely delivery.

- Provides advanced analytical knowledge and expertise to the broader organization

- Identifies and escalates issues and, when necessary, pulls appropriate teams together to solve challenge/issue, etc

- Encourages team members to deep dive into analytical problems.

- Participates in internal & external technology & analytical forums and discussions

Skills:

- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or Mathematics/Statistics.

- Experience in applying machine learning, statistical pattern recognition, and data mining algorithms to prediction problems.

- Strong experience with advanced SQL and good experience in big data ecosystem - Hive/Pig/MapReduce, Spark

- Experience with at-least one programming language - e.g. Java, Python, R

- Comfortable working in a start-up environment - small teams with changing priorities.

- Willingness to try new technologies and languages and ability to grasp and learn quickly.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills.