Lead Data Science - Careem BUS
Careem -
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesPosted 4 years ago24People have clicked1 open position
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Job Description
- Translate complex business and product problems into Data Science solutions
- Design the workflow of the DS projects, from experimentation to implementation in production
- Communicate the impact and value of the DS projects and the way they work to your stakeholders
- Embark on exploratory data analysis projects to achieve a better understanding of phenomena as well as to discover untapped areas of growth and optimization
- Closely coordinate with the Big Data Platform Teams, and help design the different ETLs and data flows
- Coordinate with the Data Science Platforms team to bring complex Machine Learning algorithms in production
- Coach the team and provide technical guidance (in both software engineering and ML)
- Design experimentation and Analyze AB tests results with the right methods and tools
- Help bring AI at the Core of Careem
- Implement large scale machine learning algorithm
Job Requirements
- Minimum 4 years industry experience in applied data science, with significant work experience as a technical contributor.
- Must have experience working in a start-up environment
- Prior management / team-lead experience. You’ll be leading several direct reports initially and will have the opportunity to create, scale and nourish a team of experienced professionals.
- Excellent educational background in a quantitative field, such as Operations Research, Economics/Econometrics, or Machine Learning; Graduate degree required and Masters degree preferred.
- Self-starter and collaborative leader. Everywhere you go, you can’t help but mobilize people, build things, resolve problems, get into the details, go above and beyond, and draw out the best in people. You are a doer and motivator of others.
- Excellent execution and organization. This team will be working with engineers and product leads at the forefront of the development cycle. To excel in this role, you should be comfortable executing with little oversight and be able to adapt to problems quickly.
- Strategic mindset - you’re comfortable thinking a few steps ahead of where the team is at now.
- Experience with common analysis tools - SQL, Python, R etc. Demonstrable familiarity with code and programming concepts
