Data Science Manager

Naden Blair
London
1 year ago
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Our client is looking for an ambitious and dynamic Data Science Manager.In this role, your skills and deep understanding of Data Science and Analytics will be key in uncovering valuable insights to guide their clients' decisions. You'll rely on your solid skills in data analysis, machine learning, and statistical modelling to lead smaller projects and contribute to larger ones. Moving beyond purely technical work, you'll start to manage their talented people and lead their analytics initiatives


Your skills & experience


You will:

run a range of key standard methodologies and execute them independently;

present the findings and implications of the results to a non-technical audience;

align client business problems into analytical solutions;

conduct research to identify new opportunities for data science applications within the industry and spot new opportunities to meet client needs;

develop custom scripts or tools to streamline routine tasks;

present results of data science solutions, ensuring they are clearly translated to internal and external clients;

get involved in team development initiatives and run new methodologies;


You must:

have at least 3-5 years’ experience running statistical analysis on a range of data sources, especially survey data within the market research industry;

have excellent communication skills and can easily and clearly explain complex concepts in plain English;

have experience leading in major projects and can easily and clearly explain complex analytical concepts to colleagues and clients in plain English;

Technically, you are comfortable with supervised and unsupervised methods such asclustering and regression.

Technical must-haves:

You have solid experience in Conjoint analysis, either using the Sawtooth suite of programmes or otherwise;

You have solid experience running Segmentation projects using different clustering methods;

You are expert with R and/or Python.


You must be able to commute to their London office twice a week and have the right to work in the UK

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