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Data Scientist - Consulting Firm - Contractual (6-12 yrs)
Outsized
posted 2mon ago
Flexible timing
Key skills for the job
At Outsized, we match clients in financial services and management consulting to high-quality independent consultants and boutique/specialist firms for the execution of their key projects.
Our Client is a leading payments and consulting firm and they are seeking Data Scientists to develop and validate predictive models using machine learning techniques for one of their clients which is a bank. The role involves working with cross-functional teams to develop select use cases.
This is a 12-month contractual role based in Jeddah.
Responsibilities-
- Develop, and assist in implementation of predictive models using machine learning techniques for various business needs, such as pro-active retention, finding hidden affluent customers, customer segmentation, and identifying target segments for below the line marketing campaigns
- Lead end-to-end data science project from data collection, cleaning, preprocessing, exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, model development and validation
- Manage end-to-end data science projects, including problem definition
- Collaborate with Client internal stakeholders to define project scope, deliverables, and timelines
- Work closely with Data Engineering teams to establish data pipelines and infrastructure for efficient model development and deployment
- Communicate insights and recommendations to non-technical stakeholders through visualizations, presentations, and reports
- Actively and efficiently liaison with the payment network's teams
- Monitoring and ongoing analysis of progress
- Provide comprehensive model documentation at the end of the project and plan project handover initiatives
Your Background:
- At least 4 years' hands-on Data Science experience, specialising in predictive modelling and machine learning within the financial services sector
- Proven track record managing end-to-end data science projects, with the ability to work independently once the scope is defined
- Strong stakeholder management and problem-solving skills focused on data-driven decision-making
- Skilled in analysing large datasets to identify trends and generate actionable insights
- Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Collaborative team player with the ability to influence across functions
- Master's or PhD in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field
- Proficient in SAS, SAS EM, and Python
Functional Areas: Other
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