Job description

Are you a data science professional needing to move your career to the next level?

Be a go-to person in your area of expertise in paving the path as a technical leader whilst bringing unmatched clarity to once impossible challenges.

If this sounds interesting – you may well be just who we need. Apply to this position.

Reference Number for this position is KB49593 which is a Permanent position based in Midrand offering a cost to company salary of R500,000 – R600,000 per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Kavisha Bissessar

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Requirements

Education and experience:

• Degree in Applied Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Econometrics, Statistics.
• Proven experience of three to four years as a Data Scientist or similar.
• Proven track record of team mentorship and technical leadership.
• Hands-on experience with R, Python, SAS, SQL, Power BI.
• Strong familiarity and experience with Statistical analysis, NLP & Machine learning techniques.
• Experience gained in consumer risk and marketing would be advantageous.

Apply if you are excited to:

• Work on finding solutions to complex analytical problems.
• Build, lead, and coach a team of quantitative modellers and data scientists.
• Drive the usage of advanced analytics techniques in the company.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to your team; inspire innovative thinking in the analytics space
• Planning projects, and building analytics models, leveraging on large volumes of data across sources in a variety of forms.

Posted on 07 Jul 14:07