Zycus - Director - Data Science

Description

ABOUT ZYCUS :

Zycus is a leading global provider of A.I. powered Source-to-Pay suite for procurement, finance, and AP organizations. Our comprehensive product portfolio includes eProcurement, eInvoicing, Spend Analysis, eSourcing, Contract Management, Supplier Management, Financial Savings Management, Project Management, Request Management, Supplier Network, Insight Studio, and Merlin A.I. Suite.

The Merlin A.I. Suite is a unique platform of pre-packaged intelligent BOTs to automate run-of-the-mill procurement and A.P. tasks with intelligent and predictive suggestions. It enables teams to improve productivity through optimal efforts, enhance accuracy with minimal human intervention, and focus on strategic activities. Driven by Artificial Intelligence, Zycus- Merlin A.I. BOTs introduce cutting edge technologies in procurement operations, making it truly autonomous and cognitive.

- Our spirit of innovation and passion to help organizations create a more significant business impact is reflected among the hundreds of procurement solution deployments that we have undertaken over the years.

- The artificial intelligence (AI)-based platform will allow procurement teams to to build and deploy bots across the source-to-pay process.

- The bots will be used by firms leveraging more than 1,100 APIs from Zycus- solution suite.

- By deploying the intelligent bots from Merlin A.I. Studio-, procurement can put themselves in cruise control mode as the bots work towards accomplishing tasks with zero human intervention,- The Fortune 500-serving firm explained in its press release

- Be it running an RFI event, discovering contract risks, negotiating with suppliers or transnational procurement; all one needs to do is launch the bot and see the magic unfold.-

- It will empower procurement to transform their routine, repetitive & mundane procurement tasks, so that time, effort & resources can be optimized towards more strategic initiatives.-

Requirements :

- We are especially looking for applicants with a strong background in Analytics and Data mining (Web, Social and Big data), Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition, Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics, Statistical Modelling and Inferencing, Information Retrieval, Large Scale Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing, Econometrics and Quantitative Marketing, Applied Game Theory and Mechanism Design, Operations Research and Optimization, Human Computer Interaction and Information Visualization.

- Applicants with a background in other quantitative areas are also encouraged to apply. If you are passionate about research and developing innovative technologies of interest to Zycus and the research community at large, the BigData Experience Lab may be the right place for you.

- All successful candidates are expected to dive deep into problem areas of Zycus's interest and invent technology solutions to not only advance the current products, but also to generate new product options that can strategically advantage Zycus

Skills :

- Master's or Ph.D. in statistics, mathematics, or computer science

- Experience using statistical computer languages such as R, Python, SQL, etc.

- Experience in statistical and data mining techniques, including generalized linear model/regression, random forest, boosting, trees, text mining, social network analysis

- Experience working with and creating data architectures

- Knowledge of machine learning techniques such as clustering, decision tree learning, and artificial neural networks

- Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts, including regression, properties of distributions, and statistical tests

- 5-7 years of experience manipulating data sets and building statistical models

- Experience using web services: Redshift, S3, Spark, DigitalOcean, etc.

- Experience with distributed data/computing tools: Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Gurobi, MySQL, etc.

- Experience visualizing/presenting data.

Director - Data Scientist will report in to Senior Vice President Engineering & the roles & responsibilities are as below :

- Work as the data strategist, identifying and integrating new datasets that can be leveraged through our product capabilities and work closely with the engineering team to strategize and execute the development of data products

- Execute analytical experiments methodically to help solve various problems and make a true impact across various domains and industries

- Identify relevant data sources and sets to mine for client business needs, and collect large structured and unstructured datasets and variables

- Devise and utilize algorithms and models to mine big data stores, perform data and error analysis to improve models, and clean and validate data for uniformity and accuracy

- Analyze data for trends and patterns, and Interpret data with a clear objective in mind

- Implement analytical models into production by collaborating with software developers and machine learning engineers.

- Communicate analytic solutions to stakeholders and implement improvements as needed to operational systems

Benefits : Along with a competitive compensation structure, Zycus believes in an open culture learning environment, where everyone gets a chance to share their ideas and deliver par excellence. Here's a sneak peek to our life at Zycus.

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