Data Scientist

Job description

Job Description:

Work alongside like-minded Data Scientists and Analysts to apply best practice statistical and analytical techniques to business issues

Key accountabilities and measures
• Use expert knowledge of data science techniques and statistics to regularly deliver complex projects with a robust commercial approach
• Regular drumbeat of delivery of data science projects – both large and small – that drives business benefit and gives M&S a competitive advantage
• Deliver high quality actionable data science by performing ad hoc analysis to predict, measure and interpret business trends.
• Demonstrate a culture of analytical ‘curiosity’ through innovative, data driven insights on business questions
• Work alongside Senior & Lead Data Scientist to develop the data science agenda within the CIU
• Implement a highly visual and commercial approach when delivering data science projects that engages and challenges the thinking of non / less technical audiences. Clearly and concisely communicate data science insight that then gets buy in
• Similarly work alongside the rest of the CIU Analytics team to champion/implement self-service and data-driven decisioning for the CIU client base with a strong emphasis on automation to lift the team out of BAU
• Act as support to CIU analysts and other M&S functions, such as Marketing, Merchandising or Logistics to identify opportunities and appropriate solutions to problems
• Work as part of a team to scan and maintain a presence within the market for opportunities in optimisation, analytical techniques, visualisation, tools and big data working with M&S Big data / IT Teams to prioritise and scope improvements

Key skills
• PhD or MSc. in a numerate subject is preferred e.g. Machine Learning, Computer Science, Statistics
• Experience in developing and deploying machine learning algorithms using Python or R.
• Proficient with SQL and NoSQL data bases
• Prior experience of using Apache Spark to develop and deploy data science projects.
• Comprehensive proficiency in key programming languages (e.g. Python, Java, R, SPARK, SQL, etc) and software development skills.
• Expert in mining large & complex data sets - both structured and unstructured data and including (but not limited to) efficient extraction of data, transformation and application

Key relationships and stakeholders
• CIU and Loyalty wider team
• Internal clients from the business, especially various Leadership teams