Data Science Manager

My client is a global professional services company that provides a wide range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology, and operations.

In this role you will:

• Lead, motivate and inspire teams of Data Scientists
• Create bespoke machine learning solutions to model/solve problems and to help develop the team
• Solve challenging business problems using advanced machine learning methods such as Deep Learning and quantitative analytics
• Understand business requirements and support the development of business cases
• Lead analytical discussions and influence analytical direction of client’s teams
• Contribute data science expertise to new sales activities

Qualifications:

• Relevant work experience in data science, machine learning, and business analytics
• Practical experience in coding languages eg. Python, R, Scala, etc.(Python preferred)
• Strong proficiency in database technologies eg. SQL, ETL, No-SQL, DW, and Big Data technologies eg. pySpark, Hive, etc.
• Experienced working with structured and also unstructured data eg. Text, PDFs, jpgs, call recordings, video, etc.
• Knowledge of machine learning modelling techniques and how to fine-tune those models eg. XGBoost, Deep Neural Networks, Transformers, ResNets, VAEs, GANs, Markov chains, etc.
• Experience using specialized machine learning libraries eg. Fastai, Keras, Tensorflow, pytorch, sci-kit learn, huggingface, etc.
• Must demonstrate the capacity of reading, understanding and implementing new techniques in the field of machine learning as they emerge.
• Experience of using Cloud technologies eg. AWS, GCP or Azure
• Specialised visualisation techniques eg. D3.js, ggplot etc.
• Strong verbal/written communication & data presentation skills;
• Arabic speakers preferred

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