Data Scientist - Multiple Positions (2)

ABOUT OUR CLIENT:

Our Client has launched a new digital business. A digital innovation, product development, and commercialization firm. This first-of-its-kind firm will bring unique capabilities to create and grow disruptive digital products and platforms. Our Client goes beyond providing consulting, design, and technology services to form strategic venture teams with its clients in order to rapidly develop, launch, and grow transformational digital products, platforms, and businesses.

We are looking for an Data Scientist who is passionate about building the data foundation, products and capabilities to help drive the rapid growth of new digital business. Our purpose is to help companies imagine, bring-to-life and launch digital businesses and solutions that have transformative customer impact. To do this, we’ve assembled a group of world-class business/strategy, product design, and technology professionals with deep knowledge and experience in digital businesses and solutions – from mobile applications and ecommerce, to new and emerging digital solutions yet to be realized.

As a data scientist, you will use your skills to:

• Demonstrate and communicate a passion about building the data foundation, products and capabilities that drive business growth

• Build innovative data products: e.g., real-time services, such as personalization; A/B testing; audience segmentation; unified profile; commerce graph; as well as a big data platform on Hadoop and Spark with real-time data ingestion and processing.

• Conceptualize, define, and oversee regular updates around key product metrics as the company’s challenges and data evolve.

• Execute descriptive analyses, ranging from identifying product opportunities to understanding user behavior.

• Cultivate strong collaborations with product, engineering, senior stakeholders.

• Share your technical solutions and product ideas with the BCG DV team through design review, pair programming, code reviews, and tech talks.

• Balance competing priorities while adhering to deadlines and aligning resources with value demands

As a data scientist, you will need:

• 5+ years of experience in analytical field

• Experience in statistical modeling and/or machine learning

• Experience with a programming language like Python, Java, R and C++

• Ability to translate data insights into product decisions

• Enthusiasm for learning new things and going deep into detailed data analysis

• Willingness to teach others

• Workflow flexibility and strong teamwork skills

• MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or related areas

Additional valued capabilities include:

• PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or related areas

• 2 years of relevant work experience, including expertise in recommender systems, personalization, collaborative filtering and content based filtering

• Experience with distributed systems such as Hadoop/MapReduce, Spark, streaming data processing, cloud architecture

• Experience with Python, Unix, or statistical software packages (R, SAS) for data manipulation

• Familiarity with SQL or other querying language

• Ability to work with dashboard and visualization software such as Tableau, D3, Mixpanel, Flurry or Google Analytics

• Confidence with analytical tools such as Excel, R, Python, Stata,or Matlab

*Must work on-site

*Environment is super causal, similar to a start-up tech feel. Very beachy California style. This is an In-house digital agency.

*Perks: Cater luncheons, open work desk environment, comfortable work stations included ergonomic styles