Forecasting Data Scientist - Consultant/Senior Consultant (I&T - Deloitte Engineering)

Summary

Position Summary

Forecasting Data Scientist, Senior Consultant

ConvergeCONSUMER ™ is a product-driven business that combines differentiated consumer insights with next-generation decision and experience platforms to help consumer-focused businesses optimize decision making and deliver personalized experiences to drive growth, consumer loyalty and profitability. We operate with the speed and agility of a startup, inside the world’s largest professional services firm.

Work you’ll do

• Work with Product Managers/Owners to understand how products can be used and should be implemented to solve client problems.
• Work with Project Managers to understand client requirements and brainstorm on solutioning it, implement the assets/products as applicable. Perform exploratory data analysis on large datasets (several GB to TB) to define analytical models
• Apply data science/ML forecasting techniques to solve complex business problems, must have good understanding of Timeseries data and Demand Forecasting use cases
• Explain analytics model behavior / results in the vernacular of the market need
• Build, test, validate and demonstrate analytical models through various relevant error metrics and calibration techniques. Present the forecasting accuracy results to the client team.
• Deploy models into production
• Provide feedback to product team to improvise the products.
• Consistently strive to acquire new skills on AI / ML, Cloud, Big Data technologies
• Support and coach your team on best coding practices, development tools, and pathfinding and surveys for technologies
• Ensure SDLC best practices and standards are followed
  
  

Qualifications And Experience

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field from a top-tier university; Advanced Degree (Bachelors/ Masters) in a relevant field is a plus
• 3-5+ years’ experience leading / implementing data science solutions. Must have working experience on Timeseries data and Demand Forecasting use cases
• Experience developing, implementing and maintaining machine learning and advanced statistical algorithms 
• Deep understanding of data science principles, including machine learning, deep learning and artificial intelligence concepts 
• Experience working with large quantitative and qualitative datasets both hands on and managing teams doing the work 
• Proven skills in Python, PySpark, SQL is a must have
• Experience with BI/analytics tools, such as Tableau, PowerBI , or similar tools is an added advantage
• Experience using statistical computer languages to prepare data for analysis, visualize data as part of exploratory analysis, generate features, and other similar data science driven data handling 
• Experience working with data science tools, Sklearn, Regression, classification models
• Experience in cloud-based eco-systems such GCP, AWS, or Azure for development and deployment of models
• Familiarity with consumer related data and a general interest in the retail, consumer products manufacturing, automotive, transportation, or hospitality sectors  
• Strong storytelling skills with experience presenting to large technical and non-technical audiences 
• A desire to take initiative and continuously work on improving the products you handle
• Highly self-motivated, energetic, passionate team-oriented personality and working style
• Strong analytical background combined with solid business experience
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across time zones
  
  

How You’ll Grow

At Deloitte, we’ve invested a great deal to create a rich environment in which our professionals can grow. We provide our professionals with a variety of learning and networking opportunities, some of which are:

• Intensive trainings on latest technologies from eminent external trainers.
• Internal trainings and workshops.
• Subscriptions to prominent online training platforms, such as Lynda.
• Hackathons and tech challenges to exercise your front-end skills.
• Freedom to adopt and use the latest technologies in your live projects.
• Travel opportunity (wherever possible) to work at the client’s location or at our global offices.
  
  

Apart from the above, you will have access to DU: The Leadership Center in India, our state-of-the-art, world-class learning Center in the Hyderabad offices is an extension of the DU in Westlake, Texas, and represents a tangible symbol of our commitment to our people’s growth and development. Explore DU: The Leadership Center in India

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Requisition code: 302269