Sr. Manager-Data Science
Merkle | Sokrati, a leader in Digital Marketing and Analytics, managing Digital Marketing campaigns for several large brand clients in India. We are currently a 1250+ people team; and growing extremely fast to gain more market share and roll out even cooler technology solutions in Digital Advertising space.
In pursuit of this, we seek to hire an Senior Manager-Data Science in our team.
What you’ll do at Merkle | Sokrati?
Managerial Roles:
Lead a team of data scientists, data analysts and CDP analysts
Interact with clients to understand the business challenge, convert it into analytics driven solution
Builds a strong team of data scientists, data analysts, BI experts, CDP professionals
Train the team of junior data scientists to upskill them in AI/ML
Hands-on Roles:
Hands-on work, project delivery of Advanced analytics/ML/AI projects to solve complex business problems
Identify, evaluate, and implement external services and tools to support data validation and cleansing
Analyze client data using EDA and provide actionable insights to improve processes and present them successfully to management using a reporting tool
Use statistical methods to analyze data and generate useful business reports
Strong Analytical, Problem solving & critical thinking skills
Handle client interaction, client negotiations and build strong documentation
Provide support for ad hoc requests from the Business Users
Provide support for Analytics Processes monitoring and troubleshooting
Liaise with internal and external clients to fully understand data content
Gather, understand, and document detailed business requirements using appropriate tools and techniques
Support in creating client presentations, sales pitches, design dashboards
Independently determine the appropriate approach for new assignments
Complete a variety of atypical assignments
What we are looking for?
Minimum Qualifications
Masters in Statistics, applied mathematics, Computer Science, or related discipline
Project management in multiple disciplines experience
Exceptional communication and negotiation skills
Interpersonal skills – team builder, self-driven, minimal supervision, strategic thinker
People and client management skills
Exposure of working for Automobile, BFSI, Entertainment industry is a plus
Primary Skills:
Someone who is inquisitive and has great problem-solving skills
Ability to own projects and work independently once given a direction
Experience working directly with business users to build reports, dashboards and solving business questions with data
Core Skills:
6-8 years core data science/analytics experience
Excellent knowledge in statistical techniques such and advanced machine learning algorithms- Regression, Decision Tree, Random Forest, Clustering, Time Series, XG-boost, MTA, MMM, churn prediction, lead scoring
Good Knowledge in Deep Learning Algorithms such as CNN, RNN & LSTM (is a plus)
Tools Expertise:
Experience using
R, Python, SAS, SPSS, Advanced Excel
SQL, HIVE, Presto
ML building and deployment using AWS/GCP
Exposure to BI tools (Tableau/Power BI/Qlik, Datorama etc.) is a plus
Understanding about GA360/Adobe/Datorama/CDP/DMP/MDP etc. is plus
What’s on Offer:
- An opportunity to work with one of India’s most promising companies in a genuine growth hacking role
- Unparalleled learning opportunities in the company of ridiculously smart folks with very high levels of expertise in their respective functions
- Fantastically transparent, vibrant and positive work culture
Feel like a good fit? We would love to have a chat with you!
At Merkle Sokrati, we don't insist on any paid certification as a part of the hiring process.
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