Associate Data Scientist

Location: Hong Kong
Job Type: Contract
Posted: 14 days ago
Contact: Sandy Hsu
Discipline:
Reference: 40875

Responsibilities:
  • Provide actionable analytics that support major business change initiatives, including operations, service delivery, customer management, and sales.
  • Utilize mathematical rigor and innovative algorithms to extract valuable insights from data.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to develop data science solutions that facilitate impactful business transformations.
  • Lead individual use cases to ensure alignment with business needs and delivery of value.
  • Serve as a key client-facing contributor.
  • Translate unstructured business questions into quantitative analyses.
  • Provide advanced analytics support, including machine learning, big data, and statistical modeling.
  • Recommend appropriate analytical models based on data availability and technology.
  • Evaluate machine learning algorithms and provide technical guidance for decision-making.
  • Prototype and optimize advanced analytics and machine learning solutions.
  • Monitor the performance of data science products to ensure they deliver business value and initiate corrective actions as needed.
  • Lead the implementation of capabilities such as data modeling and new technologies.
 
Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
  • 3-6 years of experience leveraging large datasets to drive business impact.
  • Advanced analytical skills, with a background in statistical modeling (Bayesian inference, MCMC, VI) preferred.
  • Proficiency in statistical analysis tools and machine learning languages (Python, R) and big data tools (Spark).
  • Strong communication skills for articulating ideas to diverse audiences.
  • Familiarity with AWS cloud services is a plus.
  • Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Alteryx, QlikSense, Power BI) is advantageous.
  • Good command of English and Chinese.