Trainee Decision Scientist

Job Title : Trainee Decision Scientist

Experience : 3–5 years

Location : Bangalore

Employment Type : Full-Time

Overview

Our client – one of the largest data science companies – is seeking to hire a Trainee Decision Scientist.

Roles & Responsibilities

Take actions to ensure healthy growth of the engagement – with focus on high quality delivery and client relationships

Collaborate with the client services team to assess and take decisions regarding the health of the

engagement

Work with your team to solve complex problems. Typically, these business problems cannot be solved using a linear / single line of thought. Use first principle thinking, coupled with basics of math and technology to arrive at a robust solution design, while collaborating with the others in the team

Provide support for projects in areas ranging from : core data engineering, design architecture, cloud capabilities to mathematical model building, evaluation, and operational support

We have an open work culture, and we encourage sharing of ideas. You would see yourself sharing ideas and participating in discussions with team members across teams. You would be dealing with problems from team members, direct reports and superiors from various backgrounds and experiences. Collaborate with the various business functions, like Sales, Marketing, Talent Management and Delivery & Innovation, helping them from your experiences in delivery, and learning their way of operating, in return

The workday stretches into late evenings and you would find yourself talking to the client, presenting insights from work and engaging the clients in discussions around growth and future pipeline development. You would have to work on defining this pipeline and ensuring growth is driven by great delivery and satisfactory client engagement

In short, a day would involve delivery – be it brainstorming on a project, QCing codes on Python / R / SAS or whatever technology it takes, preparing a deck for delivering insights and growth, collaborating with the India Leadership to come up with new ideas and solution design, driving client conversations centered around growth and guiding team members across the lifecycle of the engagement

Skills & Competencies

Possess strong analytical / logical thinking skills and clarity of thought to identify and solve business problems

Ability to learn complex businesses very quickly, define problems accurately while paying attention to detail in the solution

Good to have experience in Excel, VBA / Macros, SQL, SAS / R

Competency and interest in Business Technology, both academically and professionally, is preferred

Ability to extract and analyze data from multiple sources using analytical tools

Ability to manage and multi-task under tight deadlines

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Demonstrated leadership within or outside a work setting. You should be someone who frequently takes initiative and is eager to break new ground

Preferable Qualities - Ready to take ownership of multiple applications - Ready to stretch beyond normal hours during build and high support activity times

Preferred Qualifications

Graduated B.E / B.Tech / MBA / MS

B.E & B.Tech >

4 years

MBA & MS >

3 years