Data Scientist

As people increasingly move across channels and platforms, Kantar Media’s data and audience measurement, targeting, analytics and advertising intelligence services unlock insights to inform powerful decision-making.

Working with panel and first-party data in over 80 countries, we have the world’s fastest growing cross-media measurement footprint, underpinned by versatility, scale, technology and expertise, to drive long-term business growth for our clients and partners.

Our versatility, scale, technology, and expertise enable our 5000 people across Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, North America, and Africa to understand audiences and help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.

Job Title: Data Scientist

Location: Grays Inn Road, hybrid working

Full time/Permanent

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Role Description

The Data Fusion Team provides research and technical expertise, support, oversight, and methodological development to our global operating services and sits within the Research and Data Sciences Department.

Within the Research Team the Data Scientist will use python to develop new analyses and methodologies for statistical modelling of audience measurements, TGI consumer data and market research in general. Transforming client requests into actionable items and best modelling choices is a crucial part of this job. Attention to details, critical thinking, and clear communication are necessary skills.

The Data Scientist position report to the Data Science Manager within the Research & Data Science Team in Kantar. Occasionally the employee might be part of collaborations across different teams and must report to different project managers.

We are currently a hybrid working team, working both in our London offices and remotely.

Job Role Requirements

• Develop new and enhance existing mathematical, statistical and machine learning algorithms.
• Investigate data for quality and completeness, identifying errors/anomalies, understanding how these would affect any modelling and controlling for these in development of such models.
• Help to build and deliver internal and external reports and assist with proposals and project design.
• Take the lead in data science projects, run independent project management.
• Interact with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders as appropriate to identify product requirements.
• Understand and contribute to our current libraries and build robust and scalable libraries.
• Contribute to and maintain our repositories.
• Assist our integration to cloud-based computing and storage solutions, through Databricks and Azure
• Occasionally the employee might be part of collaborations across different teams and must report to different project managers.

Role Requirements

• Advanced programming with Python and related data science libraries (pandas, numpy, scipy, etc) [at least 2 years, possibly at production level]
• Data science skills: statistical analyses, machine learning techniques. Previous experience in statistical matching and segmentation techniques is a great bonus
• Communication skills: capability to clearly communicate concepts to colleagues (and potentially clients) both verbally and in writing
• Capability of taking initiative and working independently
• Proven track record of managing projects independently
• Master/PhD in highly numerate discipline (preferably mathematics and statistics).

Desirables:

• Familiar with repository-based version controls (e.g., git/Azure DevOps)
• Experience with Azure Databricks platform

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear, and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion, and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted, and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and wellbeing is taken into consideration. We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate based on age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

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