Associate Data Scientist

Associate Data Scientist

Kaplan

Job Title 

Associate Data Scientist

Job Description

Associate Data Scientist

Do you have a passion for using your skills to develop innovative solutions?  Are you interested in working on a team of professionals at a globally respected education organization and using your talents for building solutions that help thousands of students achieve success?  If so, join us and take your career to the next level.  We are building a team of talented individuals to work on innovative products for education.

The associate data Scientist role is a creative problem solver who utilizes statistical/mathematical principles and modeling skills to uncover new insights that will significantly and meaningfully impact business decisions and actions.  She/he applies their data science expertise in identifying, defining and executing state-of-art techniques for academic opportunities and business objectives in collaboration with other Analytics team members. The Senior Data Scientist will execute analyses & outputs spanning test design and measurement, predictive analytics, multivariate analysis, data/text mining, pattern recognition, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Successful candidates will have good communication and presentation skills, critical thinking skills, and the ability to break down complex problems. Quick learners are preferred over many years of experience, and associates who aspire to make a difference over those who aim to just fill orders.

Key Responsibilities:

● Perform the full range of predictive/advanced analytics and data science methodologies,

techniques and outputs associated with the area of expertise

● Extract, manipulate, analyze & interpret data from various corporate data sources developing

advanced analytic solutions, deriving key observations, findings, insights, and formulating

actionable recommendations

● Generate clearly understood and intuitive data science / advanced analytics outputs

● Participate in best practice sharing and communication platform for advancement of the

data science discipline

● Comply with established Service Level Agreements to ensure timely, high quality deliverables

with value-add recommendations, clearly articulated key findings and observations

● Collaborate and help other data scientists

● Present impact, insights, outcomes & recommendations to key business partners and

stakeholders.

● Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree (B.A./B.S.) or Master’s Degree (M.A./M.S.) in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Machine Learning, Physics, or similar degree

  • 0-3 years of experience in data science in a digitally advanced industry focusing on strategic initiatives, marketing and/or operations

  • Knowledge of best-in-class analytic software tools and languages:  Python, SQL, R, SAS, Tableau, Excel etc.

  • Basic understanding in statistical methods, statistical analysis, data visualization, and data mining techniques.

  • Basic proficiency in SQL, Excel (advanced functions & pivots), and Powerpoint.  

  • Knowledge of best-in-class technology “big data” platforms and cloud based technology and experience with ML engineering is a plus.

  • Strong Critical thinking skills to track down complex data and engineering issues, evaluate different algorithmic approaches, and analyze data to solve problems

  • Ability to translate/communicate complex analytical/statistical/mathematical concepts with non-technical audience

  • Strong written and verbal communications skills, as well as presentation skills

Location

Bangalore, KA, India

Additional Locations

Employee Type

Employee

Job Functional Area 

Technology

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