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Job Title: DS G [8] - Staff data scientist

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with other job titles

Business Entity: Finance

Tier 2 Sub Entity: Global Business Services

Line Manager: Devayani Pillai

Name and title of the main point of contact for the talent
acquisition team throughout the recruitment process.

Grade: Level G - First Level Leadership

Only possible to advertise one level i.e. H/G cannot be
used.

People Manager/Individual Contributor: People Manager

Work Location: Pune, India

Please specify if the role can be based in more than one
location

Orgvue ID: Orgvue ID

Last updated: 8/82023

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 DIMENSIONS AND COMPLEXITY

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ENTITY INFORMATION

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contents.

Customer & products

Gas & low carbon energy
Production & o peratio ns
Innovation & engineering
Regions, cities & solutions
Strategy & sustainability
Trading & Shipping
Communications & advocacy
Finance
Legal
People & culture

ROLE SYNOPSIS

The role of Staff data scientist is a senior-level position within a data-science team, responsible for leading and contributing to
advanced data analysis, modeling, and machine learning projects. This role plays a pivotal role in extracting actionable insights,
driving strategic decision-making, and enhancing business processes through data-driven solutions. Resource allocation, Business
impact.

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 KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

▪ Advanced Data Analysis and Modeling: Feature selection and dimensionality reduction. Model
evaluation and validation. Data modeling techniques.
▪ Domain knowledge: Expertise in domain in which the data scientist operates is critical for asking
relevant questions and creating meaningful solutions
▪ Business Acumen: Understanding of business operations, market dynamics, and financial implications
to prioritize data science projects that align with the FDO's goals
▪ Out of Code computing: Use libraries that support out-of-core computing, such as Dask in Python
These libraries can process data that doesn't fit into memory by reading it in smaller portions from disk
▪ Machine Learning: Innovation and Strategy - Technical directions on models and techniques in the
team. Advanced Machine Learning Skills for complex models. Evaluation techniques
▪ Collaboration and Communication: Effectively communicate to non-technical stakeholders. Domain
process understanding from SME. Communicate findings through visualization so interaction with
visualisation and reporting experts
▪ Continuous Learning: Stay relevant through technical data science with domain understanding. Using
Transfer Learning
▪ Data Ethics and Privacy: Anonymization and Pseudonymization. Data Retention Policies.
▪ Database Management: Knowledge of working with databases and querying data using SQL or NoSQL
databases is valuable for accessing and extracting data
▪ Project Management: Ability to manage data science projects effectively, including scoping, planning,
and delivering results within set timelines
▪ Statistical Analysis and Mathematics: Strong knowledge of statistical methods and mathematical
concepts is essential for data analysis, modeling, and drawing meaningful insights from data
▪

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE AND JOB REQUIREMENTS:

▪ Overall: DS&T - Data & Analysis [Data Science Team] plays a crucial role in driving data-informed
decision-making and generating actionable insights to support the company's goals. This team is
responsible for processing, analyzing, and interpreting large and complex datasets from multiple
datasets to provide valuable insights and recommendations across various domains. Through advanced
analytical techniques and machine learning models, the data science team helps optimize processes,
predict trends, and create data-driven strategies.
▪ An experienced [10years+] with master's degree in quantitative, qualitative field such as Computer
Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or a related data field is often required
▪ Skills: Leadership role in Data Analysis, Programming proficiency in Python, SQL, Azure databricks,
Statistics & Mathematics.

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 ▪ Leadership qualities to steer the team. Strategic direction and technical expertise
▪ Soft skills: Active listening, Translate business problems into data questions, Communication and
collaboration, Presentation, Problem solving, Cross-functional, Team management, Stakeholder
management
▪ Data Sources: SAP, Concur, Salesforce, Workday, Excel files
▪ Other: Project management. Domain knowledge [Procurement, Finance, Customer], Business Acumen,
Critical thinking, Story telling
▪ Able to prepare analytical reports, presentations and/or visualisation dashboards to communicate
findings,KPIs and insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
▪ Stay up to date with industry trends, best practices and emerging technologies in data
analytics,machine learning, data science techniques.
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DESIRABLE CRITERIA

▪ Certified in SQL, Machine learning, Azure databricks

▪ Extensive experience (typically 10+ years)
▪ Effective team manager, managing team of 6-8 individuals. Lead, senior data scientists and/or data engineers
▪ Strong organisational psychology, Mentor for the team
▪ Tools and Libraries: Pandas, PySpark, NumPy, and SciPy. NLP, Fuzzy matching logic
▪ In-depth understanding of procurement, finance,customer business processes
▪ Experience with SAP systems and data structures, including SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP BW.
▪ Proven experience in delivering high-quality work within tight deadlines and managing multiple priorities.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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