CORE DESCRIPTION

Responsible to execute the strategic roadmap and create value through delivery of internal and external artificial intelligence solutions and products. Oversight of a portfolio of data science projects, providing strategic and technical guidance on solving a variety of use cases across the Group and for its customers. Develop machine learning and deep learning competencies and manage and develop a ''full-stack'' team of data science specialists. The role''s focus will be on NLP, bothtext and speech, but projects can span Computer Vision and other domains.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

-  Define and implement the AI strategy and product roadmap in relation to the TKG strategy, and provide input into thebroader strategic direction of  Strategic Insights

-  Cultivate and manage working relationships with a variety of stakeholders to support the design and delivery of data scienceprojects and solutions

-  Develop business cases for new solutions or products, and establish the value for existing projects

-  Determine the most appropriate data science tools/ approaches for specific projects

-  Execute end to end data science projects and product development processes

-  Engage with our data engineering team to ensure any AI products or solutions are managed

-  Identify and manage resource requirements including people and systems

-  Lead and develop a team of data scientists and provide hands on guidance

-  Establish, document and champion data science best practices in the team

-  Help Strategic Insights become thought leaders in the areas of data science and artificial intelligence

-  Stay abreast of new developments and solutions in the market to ensure we don''t fall behind

-  Contribute to our agile way of work and our innovation culture

-  Consistent documentation of all implemented systems and processes

CORE COMPETENCIES

FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE

Statistical and mathematical foundations; Data science and analytics frameworks (NLP and Computer Vision); Programming (Python, R, Git, Linux); Cloud computing (GCP preferable); Big Data (Cloudera, Hadoop, Spark)

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

Strategic thinking; Innovative thinking; Communication (written and verbal); Stakeholder management; Planning & organizing (Miro, Confluence & Jira); Research & development

ATTITUDES/ LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

Business Leadership; Market Leadership; Personal Leadership; Problem solver; Takes initiative; Hard working; Can do attitude; Innovative thinker; Works well in teams; Works well under pressure; Relishesdynamic/ changing environment; Time management

MINIMUM PERSON REQUIREMENTS

REQUIRED CERTIFICATION/PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

Data science and cloud certifications will be advantageous (GCP, Azure, AWS).