Senior Lead Data Scientist

 

Recruiter:

ARCS

Job Ref:

PTA000077/FS

Date posted:

Friday, September 17, 2021

Location:

Centurion, South Africa


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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