Senior Manager: Data Science

3 days ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Ikwezi Human Capital Full time

**Job Overview**:
As a Senior Data Scientist your primary role will be to lead and participate in data science projects, solving a variety of use cases across the Group and for its customers. You will be an expert in employing and evolving data science tools and frameworks across on-prem and cloud big data infrastructure to assist the Insights team to unlock measurable value for the group. Together with a team of lead and senior data scientists you will develop our machine learning and deep learning competencies and will train and develop our junior data science resources.

**Responsibilities**:

- Engage with stakeholders to lead and support data science project delivery solving business problems or developing solutions
- Using mathematical, statistical and machine learning techniques to solve problems
- Programming solutions using data science programming languages (Python, R etc.)
- Executing end to end exploratory data analysis and product development processes
- Implementing visualization (Tableau, PowerBI), advanced analytics and data science solutions for customers
- Lead and develop a team of junior data scientists
- Strong support to the lead data scientist
- Contribute to our agile way of work and our innovation culture

Operational:

- Work with the data management team to retrieve data from source
- Guide most appropriate data science tools and/or approaches for specific projects
- Contribute to our ML/DL codebase through reusable modules
- Developing & peer reviewing code
- Building best practice standards

**Functional Knowledge Required**:
Statistical foundations; Mathematical foundations; Data science and analytics frameworks; Programming experience (Python, R, Git, Linux);
Cloud computing experience (GCP preferable); Big Data (preferably Hadoop, PySpark)

**Functional Skills Required**:
Problem Solving; Coding capability (specifically Python, R, Git, Linux); Cloud computing (GCP preferable); Machine learning; Research &
development ability; Communication (written and verbal); Stakeholder management

**Qualifications Required**:
Post graduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or a related field (NQF level 8);
OR a qualified Actuary with data science
experience.

A Masters degree (NQF level 9) will be an advantage.

**Experience Required**:
5-7 years relevant experience, at least 2 years of which must have been in a data science environment.

2 years of the above experience must have been in a management or supervisory role.

Experience in ICT will be an advantage.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: R850,000.00 - R1,200,000.00 per year

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