Data Science Manager

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Job Role: Data Science Manager

Location: London

Career Level: Manager

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Accenture is recognised worldwide for business performance and inclusion and diversity.

As a team: The Data and AI revolution is changing everything. It’s everywhere – transforming how we work and play. Accenture is driving these exciting changes and bringing them to life across 40 industries in more than 120 countries.

Accenture’s Data & AI practice covers the range of Data and AI skills, from Strategy, Data Science, Data Architecture, AI Engineering and Visual Insights. When combined with Accenture’s broader Strategy and Consulting practice, we bring together the unique ability to drive end to end business change through the application of Data and AI.

You’ll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you’ll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

• Lead, motivate and inspire teams of Data Scientists
• Create bespoke machine learning solutions to model/solve problems and help develop the team
• Solve challenging business problems using advanced machine learning methods such as Deep Learning and quantitative analytics
• Understand business requirements and support the development of business cases
• Run discovery analytics to identify new and innovative opportunities
• Partner with developers and engineers to deploy, embed and scale machine learning models to deliver complex/critical projects
• Devise reusable assets, solutions and develop best practices for current and future business problems
• Lead analytical discussions and influence analytical direction of clients teams
• Communicate and provide guidance to senior client leadership and teams
• Contribute data science expertise to new sales activities

• Relevant work experience in data science, machine learning, and business analytics
• Practical experience in coding languages e.g. Python, R, Scala, etc. (Python preferred)
• Strong proficiency in database technologies e.g. SQL, ETL, No-SQL, DW, and Big Data technologies e.g. PySpark, Hive
• Experience working with structured and unstructured data e.g. Text, PDFs, jpgs, call recordings, video
• Knowledge of machine learning modelling techniques and how to fine-tune those models e.g. XGBoost, Deep Neural Networks, Transformers, ResNets, VAEs, GANs, Markov chains
• Experience using specialized machine learning libraries e.g. Fastai, Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, HuggingFace
• Ability to read, understand and implement new techniques in the field of machine learning as they emerge
• Experience using Cloud technologies e.g. AWS, GCP or Azure
• Specialised visualisation techniques e.g. D3.js, ggplot
• Strong verbal/written communication & data presentation skills

• Ability to lead large projects and drive through to completion
• Mastery of problem solving and solutioning
• Proven history and background in statistics/mathematics/macroeconomics

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, gym subsidy, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice.

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. With 509,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.com

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

• Employment type: Full-time

• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting

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