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Job Title Lead Data Scientist

Description

A well-funded education technology firm is seeking a Lead Data Scientist to be part of their product team. The Lead Data Scientist will lead and expand the data science function in the firm and help to gain useful insight out of their data gold mines. This role will require responsibilities such as leading a lean data science team, planning projects, be hands-on in building analytics models and production / deployment. You should have a strong problem-solving ability and a knack for statistical analysis. If you're also able to align our data products with our business goals, we'd love to meet you. This position will be part of the Product team and your ultimate goal will be to help improve their products and business decisions by making the most out of our data. Responsibilities
Manage a team of data scientists, machine learning engineers and big data specialists
Lead data mining and collection procedures Ensure data quality and integrity Interpret and analyze data problems, turning business problems into data insights
Conceive, plan and prioritize data projects
Build analytic systems and predictive models
Test performance of data-driven products
Visualize data and create reports
Experiment with new models and techniques Has in-depth knowledge and expertise in the process of converting an unstructured problem to useful and actionable insights using data science/analytics.
Requirements
Proven experience as a Data Scientist or similar role, with 5 - 8 years experience.
Demonstrate the ability to distil complex business problems, solutionize and turn them into measurable, actionable and optimizable outcomes.
Have experience in building, maintaining and evaluating models in a production (real time and offline) environment.
Design and build scalable systems
Experience building a team from scratch with a strategic vision on how the firm can be even more data driven.
Have done production in real time and offline
Strong in the common data science tongues (R, Python, Scala, ...), with deep expertise in common data science tools/package (sklearn, mllib, tensorflow, torch, etc.)
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
Experience building a team from scratch with a strategic vision.
Good Stakeholder management skills
Strong organizational and leadership skills, with a bias to action
Masters Degree or PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics or similar field
Willing to relocate to Abu Dhabi
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Salary: AED28,000.00 - AED35,000.00 per month Work Remotely:
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