Data Scientist, United Kingdom - BCG X

Boston Consulting Group
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3 days ago
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Who We Are Boston Consulting Group partners withleaders in business and society to tackle their most importantchallenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was thepioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, wehelp clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change,enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, anddriving bottom-line impact. To succeed, organizations must blenddigital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bringdeep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectivesto spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edgemanagement consulting along with technology and design, corporateand digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquelycollaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels ofthe client organization, generating results that allow our clientsto thrive. We Are BCG X We’re a diverse team of more than 3,000tech experts united by a drive to make a difference. Working acrossindustries and disciplines, we combine our experience and expertiseto tackle the biggest challenges faced by society today. We gobeyond what was once thought possible, creating new and innovativesolutions to the world’s most complex problems. Leveraging BCG’sglobal network and partnerships with leading organizations, BCG Xprovides a stable ecosystem for talent to build game-changingbusinesses, products, and services from the ground up, all whilegrowing their career. Together, we strive to create solutions thatwill positively impact the lives of millions. What Youll Do Our BCGX teams own the full analytics value-chain end to end: framing newbusiness challenges, designing innovative algorithms, implementing,and deploying scalable solutions, and enabling colleagues andclients to fully embrace AI. Our product offerings span from fullycustom-builds to industry specific leading edge AI softwaresolutions. As a Data Scientist, youll be part of our rapidlygrowing team. Youll have the chance to apply data science methodsand analytics to real-world business situations across a variety ofindustries to drive significant business impact. Youll have thechance to partner with clients in a variety of BCG regions andindustries, and on key topics like climate change, enabling them todesign, build, and deploy new and innovative solutions. Additionalresponsibilities will include developing and delivering thoughtleadership in scientific communities and papers as well as leadingconferences on behalf of BCG X. Successful candidates areintellectually curious builders who are biased toward action,scrappy, and communicative. We are looking for talented individualswith a passion for data science, statistics, operations researchand transforming organizations into AI led innovative companies.Successful candidates possess the following: - Comfortable in aclient-facing role with the ambition to lead teams - Likes todistill complex results or processes into simple, clearvisualizations - Explain sophisticated data science concepts in anunderstandable manner - Love building things and are comfortableworking with modern development tools and writing codecollaboratively (bonus points if you have a software development orDevOps experience) - Significant experience applying advancedanalytics to a variety of business situations and a proven abilityto synthesize complex data - Deep understanding of modern machinelearning techniques and their mathematical underpinnings, and cantranslate this into business implications for our clients - Havestrong project management skills What Youll Bring - TECHNOLOGIES:Programming Languages: Python Additional info FOR U.S. APPLICANTS:Boston Consulting Group (“BCG”) is an Equal Opportunity/AffirmativeAction employer. All qualified applicants will be considered foremployment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexualorientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability,protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristicprotected by applicable law. The first year base compensation forthis role is: Data Scientist I: $110,000 USD Data Scientist II:$145,000 USD Data Scientist III: $160,000 USD Senior DataScientist: $190,000 USD Lead Data Scientist: $225,400 USD BCGoffers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dentaland vision coverage, telemedicine services, life, accident anddisability insurance, parental leave and family planning benefits,caregiving resources, mental health offerings, a generousretirement program, financial guidance, paid time off, and more.Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Allqualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexualorientation, gender identity / expression, national origin,disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristicprotected under national, provincial, or local law, whereapplicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered ina manner consistent with applicable state and local laws. BCG is anE - Verify Employer. (Click here)(https://careers.bcg.com/global/en/e-verify) for more informationon E-Verify.

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