Data Science Specialist
Summary
| Title: | Data Science Specialist |
|---|---|
| ID: | 2938 |
| Department: | Operations |
| Location : | Riyadh |
| Nationality : | Saudi Arabia |
| Industry: | Government |
| Type of Contract : | Full-time |
Description
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the design and implementation of Population, Gender, and Diversity Statistics policies and procedures covering all areas of activity
- Supervise day-to-day activities to ensure compliance with stipulated policies and procedures
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of systems and processes taking into account leading practices, changes in business environment, cost reduction and productivity improvement
- Establish working relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders
- Collect feedback from internal and external stakeholders on issues being faced and other requirements
- Contribute to the preparation of progress reports directed to all relevant stakeholders to keep them informed of progress
- Actively gain exposure and insights to local market development, business opportunities and the existing regulatory landscape
- Actively participate in on-the-job training, mentoring, and coaching of subordinates
- Provide clear direction, prioritize tasks, assign and delegate responsibility and monitor the workflow
- Promote a high-performance working environment embracing the company's values
- Develop guidelines and plans for data analysis leveraging latest industry updates, best practices, and market trends
- Conduct detailed feasibility assessments and develop briefs and business cases for new data analysis initiatives (i.e., new data sources, innovative data analysis methods, etc.) and projects
- Develop technical proposals for data analysis initiatives and projects including detailed description of the proposed work and resources required
- Engage with concerned stakeholders to identify business requirements and expectations, define project scope, request clarifications as needed, and communicate to relevant stakeholders
- Translate business needs into problem statements while leveraging internal and external sources
- Develop implementation plans for data analysis projects and initiatives highlighting key milestones, methods and resources required
- Follow up on data gathering activities to ensure data accuracy and completeness in a timely manner and according to pre-defined guidelines and plans
- Ideate technical platforms and algorithmic engines, and support in coding scientific models and algorithms
- Review and evaluate model lifecycle including data cleansing, model development and validation, and model deployment
- Assess and support in conducting periodic tests and validation checks for deployed algorithms and models
- Review data analysis to evaluate integrity and validity of outcomes and methods used, and ensure alignment with requirements and targeted outcomes
- Facilitate and manage the coordination between internal and external experts throughout the data analysis lifecycle to ensure alignment on requirements and expectations, and identify and escalate unresolved issues
- guidelines and plans, recommend corrective actions as needed and escalate unresolved issues
- Gather consolidated data analysis reports to assess insights and review methodologies used to ensure validation of outcomes and adherence to data analysis standards and guidelines
- Engage with concerned internal / external stakeholders and conduct presentations to share analyses outcomes and findings
- Track KPIs and analyze feedback collected from concerned stakeholders to develop periodical reports reflecting the performance of data analysis projects / initiatives
- 6+ years of experience in a Data Science field
- Bachelor’s Degree in Big Data and Analytics or equivalent is required
- Proficiency in Microsoft office
- Proficiency in English
- Focuses on Results and Quality
- Demonstrates Customer Centricity
- Displays Integrity and Professionalism
- Innovates and Demonstrates Agility
