Senior Specialist – Lead Data Scientist (AI)

SUMMARY:
Our client in the telecommunications industry is seeking a Senior Specialist Lead Data Scientist (AI) to join their team in Cape Town (work remotely). Candidates must have 7 years of work experience in the field of data science, with at least 2 years having been on management/ specialist level. Candidates must possess a Post graduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field (NQF level 7); OR a qualified Actuary with data science experience.

POSITION INFO:
Position: Senior Specialist – Lead Data Scientist (AI)
Industry: Telecommunications
Location: Cape Town, Western Cape (Remote)
Salary: To be discussed
Closing date: Wednesday, 22 September 2021

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, both text and speech, but projects can span Computer Vision and other domains.

• Define and implement the AI strategy and product roadmap in relation to the TKG strategy and provide input into the broader strategic direction of Strategic Insights.
• 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.

• 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)

• Data science and cloud certifications will be advantageous (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 experience. 
• A Master''s degree (NQF level 9) will be an advantage

• 7 years of work experience in the field of data science with at least 2 years having been on management/ specialist level. 
• Experience in ICT/Telecommunications will be an advantage.

• Experience in Natural Language Processing.
• Strong statistical & mathematical foundations.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform.
• Expected to stay abreast of new data science developments and to put them into practice.

• Only candidates who meet the above requirements will be considered.
• Please send CV’s in MS Word format to --------Please upload your CV here--------  
• If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks, unfortunately your application has not been successful.

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• The exercising of your rights provided for by POPIA. 
• To acknowledge that Hutech International Group (Pty) Ltd will keep the record of your personal information confidential.

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