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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