Nuevora - Senior Data Scientist

To be a part of the Analytics Solutions team. The Analytics Solutions team helps in identifying strategic decisions and business innovation for pioneering the next generation enterprise practices in the Analytical & Advisory space across domains. The Analytics Solutions supports classifying future growth initiatives, market opportunities and charting the roadmap with competitive offerings, new products and services besides identifying scales and means for optimization.

The position supports development and maintenance of quantitative models and provides analytical leadership to one or more functions Technology, Insurance, Telecommunication, Travel, Banking, Mortgage, Retail, Healthcare, and Government.

Key Responsibilities :

- Work in the Predictive Modelling team as a Senior Data Scientist

- Provide independent in-depth strategic modeling approach for specific domain

- Model Validation and Ensuring proper model implementation through analytics with proper documentation of analytical findings for record

- Participate in Analytics Solutions Training events to impart industry knowledge

- Support Competency development by providing materials supporting Analytics Solutions Initiatives in marketing and solutions

- Support Product R&D initiative by providing Advanced Statistical Insights & Algorithms

The selected candidate will be involved in the whole process of model development, including developing a research agenda to support internal and external client needs, model calibration, testing and documentation, assisting in the production-quality model implementation, and writing and presenting research papers.

Person Specification :

Knowledge/Experience :

- Understanding of the issues and future challenges in more than one domain on Analytics ( Technology, Insurance, Telecommunication, Travel, Banking, Mortgage, Retail, Healthcare, and Government) by working for a research or consulting company / Financial Services organization

- Experience of strategic analysis and research

Competencies/Skills :

- Research the evolving datasets and advanced analytical techniques to develop new offerings/solutions

- Deliver client impact by collaboratively implementing these solutions

- Provide thought leadership by developing Sutherland's point of View in this space

- Developing advanced algorithms that solve problems of large dimensionality in a computationally efficient and statistically effective manner

- Implementing statistical and data mining techniques e.g. hypothesis testing, machine learning, and retrieval processes on a large amount of data to identify trends, figures and other relevant information

- Collaborating with clients and other Sutherland's stakeholders to effectively integrate and communicate analysis findings

- Lead, provide guidance and project management support to the Analyst/Senior Analyst's on the team

Educational Qualifications :

- Should have a Masters degree from premier institutes (Eg: IIT, ISI, Madras School of Economics and Delhi School of Economics) (PG - M.Sc and/or Ph.D - Statistics) or non-premier institutes

- Strong mathematical background with the ability to understand algorithms and methods from a mathematical viewpoint and an intuitive viewpoint.

Key Skillsets : Machine Learning, Statistical Modelling, Regression techniques, Mahut, SAS, R, Data Visualization and Streaming