A well-known retailer with a turnover of £500 million per year are currently undergoing a huge transformation in their data department. Following the recent appointment of a new Director of Data, they have created a new role for a Data Scientist to harness the wealth of Data they have and to help them in their mission to become a more data focused business. Despite their size, there's a lot of progress to be made with Data so it's a perfect opportunity to progress your career and earn some accolades.
This opportunity is pretty much fully remote as they take a flexible approach to remote working, so you will only be required in their North Manchester based office 1-4 days a month.
You will also benefit from:
- A competitive salary
- Free parking and an onsite canteen
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Generous staff discount on their wide range of products (including home, clothing, electricals, jewellery and health & beauty)
- Corporate Gym membership
- An award-winning culture with enormous growth in their digital sector, so you can naturally grow and progress with this division of the business
As a Data Scientist, the key deliverables can be summarising in the following:
- Support and establish the Data Science capability of Enterprise Data Products & Insight. Create, develop, monitor, and refine new and existing data science products to drive commercial value from our data assets.
- Develop both internal and partnership with select third parties data science products which will drive value for the business
- Collaborate with stakeholders to take data science products through from test to deployment, whilst also ensuring user adoption within the business
- Monitor integrated data science products to ensure ongoing effectiveness and to tack benefits
- Support in identifying opportunities for new data science techniques and concepts to be developed that could drive value for the business
- Adhere to, champion, and seek to improve Enterprise Data Products and Insight processes and best practices
We are looking for applicants with the following experience:
- BSc or MSc in numerate subject (Maths / Stats / Engineering / Computer Science)
- Strong commercial acumen and experience of delivering data science in a commercial setting
- An understanding of machine learning and statistical and predictive modelling techniques such as regression, classification, neural networks and clustering
- Proficient in SQL and other languages such as Python; able to query, cleanse, manipulate and analyse data
- Ability to build trust and rapport with business stakeholders to build effective relationships
- Ability to explain analysis and analytical concepts and recommendations clearly and succinctly
- Aptitude and attitude for increasing technical skills
- Excellent critical thinking and solution creation skills
- Excellent problem solver
- Curious in nature and a proactive self-starter
If this sounds like you, I'd love to hear from you!
