Data Scientist - Consultant

Data Scientist - Consultant In the United Kingdom- London

Simon-Kucher is a global consultancy with more than 2,000 employees in 30 countries. Our sole focus is on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for our clients. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy - product, price, innovation, marketing, and sales - based on deep insights into what customers want and value. With nearly 40 years of experience in monetization topics of all kinds, we are regarded as the world's leading pricing and growth specialist.

This is an excitingopportunity to join our Data Science team in London!

How you will create impact:

As aData Scientist at Simon-Kucher, you will be an integral part of theproject teams working to drive top-line growth for our clients, linkedprimarily with our UK and Netherlands focused projects. You will beresponsible for the core components of the model development process, fromdata wrangling / pre-processing to Machine Learning model development,testing, and implementation. Throughout this process, you will also gatherand communicate meaningful data insights to your project team. Otherresponsibilities include:

• Datawrangling, extraction, and pre-processing in SQL or Python
• Conductingexploratory data analysis and communicating insights through cleardescriptions and visualizations in Tableau or PowerBI
• Developing,testing, and implementing Machine Learning models
• Conductingresearch on recent developments in Machine Learning and AI, with a focuson topics related to pricing, sales, and marketing
• Beinga topic expert on Machine Learning and AI for your project team, enablingstrong project planning and team performance

Your profile:

• Degreein a quantitative field, such as computer science, engineering,statistics, operational research, data science, or equivalent experience
• 2+years work experience in data science, working in a commercial setting orin consulting
• Experiencewith Machine Learning and statistical modelling techniques
• Strongprogramming skills in R and/or Python
• Experienceapplying advanced analytics and Machine Learning to solve businessproblems
• Experiencewith data visualization software / libraries (Tableau, PowerBI)
• Comfortworking both on a team and autonomously
• Strongwritten and verbal communication skills, ability to simply and conciselyexplain complex analytical topics
• Entrepreneurialspirit-we are a fast-growing team with vast opportunities for growth

Inaddition, these areas of knowledge and experience would really make yourapplication stand out:

• Implementationexperience with Machine Learning models and applications
• Knowledgeof cloud-based Machine Learning engines (AWS, Azure, Google, etc.)
• Experiencewith large scale data processing tools (Spark, Hadoop, etc.)
• Abilityto query and program databases (SQL, No SQL)
• Experiencewith distributed ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.)
• Familiaritywith collaborative software tools (Git, Jira, etc.)
• Experiencewith user interface libraries / applications (Shiny, Django, etc.)
• Experiencein developing ML or statistical models in the field of pricing (e.g. priceelasticity modelling) or dynamic pricing
• Domainexpertise in pricing, demand forecasting, or time-series data

What we offer:

• Work within a corporate culture defined by our entrepreneurialspirit, openness, and integrity
• Broaden your perspective with our extensive training curriculum andlearning opportunities
• Push your development with support from our holistic feedback anddevelopment processes
• Hybrid work, mixing your work location between our London office,client sites, and the option to remote work for an element of your time
• Enjoyour range of benefits and our focus on your wellbeing

Does this sound like you? Let's connect. Simply press the 'Apply now' button. Please include a covering letter defining your motivation and fit with the role. You're application will be marked incomplete without it.