Careers | Lead Data Scientist | CA Commercial
About this role
Read CA's latest press releases Join us Lead Data Scientist - London / Washington DC London and Washington DC | Closing date April 15, 2018 We’re looking for an experienced Lead Data Scientist to join our team in our London or Washington DC office. The role Main Duties and Responsibilities: Ownership and responsibility for delivery of client and internal projects within the Applied Data Science team. Leading teams of up to 5 data scientists and data engineers in project delivery. Provide oversight and direction to the Applied Data Team. Project scoping and post-sales technical support. Foster a spirit of teamwork amongst team members, and demonstrate a workplace culture that aligns with the SCL Group company culture. Coach, mentor and develop team members, supporting them in achieving individual goals and objectives. Communicate updates regularly with other managers, directors and senior management, and team needs to the Core and Engineering teams. Empower team members to take responsibility for their role and individual objectives. Regularly communicate and exchange feedback with individual team members, participate in a program of performance review. Other Responsibilities: Delegate responsibility and effectively, ensure accountability, and provide regular feedback (both positive and negative). Facilitation of knowledge sharing. Development of processes and procedures to enhance quality, efficiency and productivity of team. Communicate updates regularly with other managers, directors and senior management. Disseminate organisation information through department meetings, one-on-one meetings and appropriate emails, IM and regular interpersonal communication. Maintain organisation’s expectations for productivity, quality and timeliness. Management of early stage recruitment pipeline. Skills and Abilities Knowledge and application of machine learning techniques to real world problems. Hands-on programming experience using Python for machine learning with SciPy stack and scikit-learn. Applied knowledge of SQL and databases. Some knowledge of object-oriented programming paradigms, unit testing, version control and documentation. Applying abstract mathematical concepts to noisy real-world data. The ability to work effectively with people from a variety of backgrounds. Strong knowledge of fundamental statistics and experience applying abstract mathematical concepts to noisy real-world data. Ability to balance multiple projects, often with simultaneous and competing deadlines. Takes ownership and accountability for tasks. Scopes projects for feasibility and provides input to statements of work. Effective at communicating to clients the complex methodologies used and the real world impact of results. Communicates effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, both verbally and on paper. Desirable Skills Experience with, or a keen desire to gain experience with, big data technologies such as Hadoop and Spark. Experience Breadth and depth of applying data science concepts to client projects. Experience of applying multiple data science and machine learning techniques to a range of datasets, delivering insight or business value for end customers. Experience of leading and managing teams of up to 5 data analysts, data scientist and data engineers. Political, B2C or media experience (beneficial). Knowledge Master's or PhD level qualification in physics, mathematics, engineering, computer science, or a similarly quantitative field.
What this role is, and what else it is called
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