Senior Lead Data Scientist

SUMMARY:

Senior Lead Data Scientist

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.

POSITION INFO:

Responsibilities:

• Define and implement the AI strategy and product roadmap
• Cultivate and manage working relationships with a variety of stakeholders to support the design and delivery of data science projects 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

Qualification & Skills:

• 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)
• Planning & organizing (Miro, Confluence & Jira);
• Data science and cloud certifications (GCP, Azure, AWS).
• Post graduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field (NQF level 7); OR a qualified Actuary with data science
• 7 years of work experience in the field of data science with at least 2 years having been on management/ specialist level.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform.

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