Snr Specialist: Lead Data Scientist (AI)

Recruiter:

Praesignis (Pty) Ltd

Job Ref:

JHB000387/IS

Date posted:

Friday, September 17, 2021

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Monthly

SUMMARY:
Our client is recruiting for a Senior Specialist: Lead Data Scientist (AI) who will be responsible to execute the strategic roadmap and create value through delivery of internal and external artificial intelligence solutions and products. Develop machine learning and deep learning competencies and manage and develop a "full-stack" team of data science specialists.

POSITION INFO:

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Define and implement the AI strategy and product roadmap in relation to the client strategy, and provide input into the broader strategic.
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.

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.

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