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About the Role
Emirates Group seeks a Data Scientist Team Lead to manage data science projects, develop machine learning models, and drive business value. Requires MSc/PhD, 7-10+ years analytics experience, and team management.
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Responsibilities
- Manage team of Data Scientists, ensuring culture, strategy and vision are passed to the teams
- Support and drive DS execution within team, targeting and developing relationships with key internal stakeholders
- Derive business insight from large, structured, semi structured, and unstructured data sets
- Develop, formulate and execute big data models to solve complex business problems
- Build prescriptive models to identify multi dimensional trends and patterns
- Work with cross functional team members to identify and inject high value actionable insights
- Develop and recommend enhancements to existing tools to advance data science capabilities
- Perform validation and testing of models to ensure adequacy
- Clearly document and communicate outcomes of data science initiatives
- Inspire and promote adoption of advanced analytics and data science across the organization
Requirements
- MSc/PhD in data science, operations research, mathematics, science, data mining, artificial intelligence, applied statistics, machine learning, or economics
- 7 10+ years of hands on experience in the Analytics ecosystem
- Experience managing Data Science or Analytics Teams or acting as Manager in a consulting company
- 3 5 years hands on experience with big data technologies (Spark and Hadoop ecosystem) and deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow, Keras, etc.)
- 5 7 years hands on experience with SQL, R, Python
- 2 4 years hands on experience with DevOps frameworks (Git, CI/CD, Docker)
- 3 5 years hands on experience building libraries and packages to be re used by others
- 3 5 years hands on experience building DS Solutions for production usage
- Team player with a problem solving attitude
- Experience leading and delivering advanced analytical projects to large, complex organisations
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Job Purpose
- At Emirates Group our Analytics Centre of Excellence (ACoE) is a centralized unit that provides data and analytics support to Emirates Group businesses.
- As a Data Scientist Team Lead you will manage and drive data science projects through the application of mathematical modelling, machine learning, problem structuring and big data analysis to solve complex business problems across the Emirates Group portfolio.
In this role you will
- Manage team of Data Scientists, ensuring the culture, strategy and vision are passed to the teams
- Support and drive DS execution within team, targeting and developing relationships with key internal stakeholders and clients
- Derive business insight from large, structured, semi structured, and unstructured data sets
- Develop, formulate and execute big data models to solve complex business problems
- Build prescriptive models to identify multi dimensional trends and patterns
- Work with cross functional team members to identify and inject high value actionable insights
- Develop and recommend enhancements to existing tools to advance data science capabilities
- Perform validation and testing of models to ensure adequacy and reformulate models as necessary
- Clearly document and communicate the outcomes of the data science initiatives
- Inspire and promote the adoption of advanced analytics and data science across the organization
Qualifications
- MSc/PhD in a relevant field such as data science, operations research, mathematics, science, data mining, artificial intelligence, applied statistics, machine learning or economics.
Experience
- 7 10+ years of hands on experience in the Analytics ecosystem
- Experience Managing Data Science or Analytics Teams or acting as Manager in a consulting company
- 3 5 years hands on experience with big data technologies (Spark and Hadoop ecosystem) and deep learning frameworks (Tensorflow, Keras, etc.)
- 5 7 years hands on experience with SQL, R, Python
- 2 4 years hands on experience with DevOps frameworks (Git, CI/CD, Docker)
- 3 5 years hands on experience building libraries and packages to be re used by others
- 3 5 years hands on experience building DS Solutions for production usage
- Team player with a problem solving attitude
- Experience of leading & delivering advanced analytical projects to large, complex organisations
- Able to challenge and review the quality and value generated from analytical output
Salary & Benefits
- Attractive tax free salary
- Generous travel benefits including discounted flights and hotel stays
- Excellent leave and healthcare package
- Transport benefits, life insurance and more
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