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Principal Data Scientists at Thoughtworks are strategic leaders who spearhead data-driven initiatives, tackle complex business challenges and uncover transformative insights. They possess a deep understanding of a client's business ecosystem and partner with executives to align technology strategies with business objectives. By contextualizing emerging trends and Thoughtworks' exploration, they expand the impact of data science within the client organization.
Drawing upon their profound expertise in statistics, modeling, machine learning algorithms and data mining methodologies, our Data Scientists integrate this knowledge with a comprehensive understanding of related domains to deliver tangible business value. They devise strategies, execute plans, operationalize solutions and articulate the business outcomes achieved. Effective collaboration is paramount, as they adeptly convey their discoveries to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. They stay abreast of industry advancements, ensure data quality and security, and provide mentorship to junior team members.
As a Principal Data Scientist at Thoughtworks, you'll leverage your deep technical knowledge to solve complex business problems, making a significant impact on client success.
Job responsibilities
* You will establish a clear vision and direction for the AI paradigm/practices, aligning it with the overall business strategy.
* You will collaborate with executive level stakeholders to understand their strategic objectives and identify opportunities to leverage data and data quality for enabling AI and machine learning.
* You will be responsible for the overall AI system design, problem framing and governance, identifying and managing risks and issues.
* You will identify and prioritize data science projects that align with business objectives and ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget.
* You will design experiments for the team to rapidly test ideas and assumptions, and identify future courses of action.
* You will get involved with data science delivery whenever needed.
* You will communicate technical findings and insights to stakeholders in a clear, easy and concise way, keeping the stakeholders in mind.
* You will build and drive the growth of the data science community along with promoting a culture of data literacy within the organization.
* You will address ethical concerns and adhere to ethical guidelines using FATTER AI (fairness, accountability, transparency, trustworthiness, explainability, responsibility).
* You will work with CD4ML practices and data versioning tools.
Job Qualifications
Technical Skills
* You have experience with defining strategy/vision for the data science function, aligning it with the overall business strategy.
* You have experience in leading the analysis and modeling of different datasets and overseeing an inception to deploying and productionizing the models.
* You have experience with statistical modeling, machine learning, deep learning, optimization and other data science techniques to implement end-to-end data science projects.
* You understand the specialized areas of AI and possess a speciality with at least one of them (i.e.: NLP/computer vision/Generative AI, etc)tc).
* You have experience with R, Python or equivalent statistical/data analysis tools and can write production-ready code that is easy to evolve and test.
* You gather and preprocess large volumes of structured and unstructured data from various sources, ensuring data quality and integrity.
* You develop and implement machine learning models, algorithms and predictive analytics to solve specific business problems or improve existing processes.
* You evaluate model performance using appropriate metrics and validate models to ensure robustness and reliability.
* You interpret and effectively communicate findings and insights to non-technical stakeholders through reports, presentations and visualizations.
* You ensure compliance with data privacy regulations and ethical standards when handling sensitive information.
Professional Skills
* You understand the importance of stakeholder management and can easily liaise between clients and other key stakeholders throughout projects, ensuring buy-in and gaining trust along the way.
* You are resilient in ambiguous situations and can adapt your role to approach challenges from multiple perspectives.
* You don’t shy away from risks or conflicts, instead you take them on and skillfully manage them.
* You are eager to coach, mentor and motivate others and you aspire to influence teammates to take positive action and accountability for their work.
* You enjoy influencing others and always advocate for technical excellence while being open to change when needed.
* You are a proven leader with a track record of encouraging teammates in their professional development and relationships.
* Cultivating strong partnerships comes naturally to you; You understand the importance of relationship building and how it can bring new opportunities to our business.
* You have experience in Pre-Sales.
* You are fluent in German and English.
Other things to know
Learning & Development
There is no one-size-fits-all career path at Thoughtworks: however you want to develop your career is entirely up to you. But we also balance autonomy with the strength of our cultivation culture. This means your career is supported by interactive tools, numerous development programs and teammates who want to help you grow. We see value in helping each other be our best and that extends to empowering our employees in their career journeys.
About Thoughtworks
Thoughtworks is a dynamic and inclusive community of bright and supportive colleagues who are revolutionizing tech. As a leading technology consultancy, we’re pushing boundaries through our purposeful and impactful work. For 30+ years, we’ve delivered extraordinary impact together with our clients by helping them solve complex business problems with technology as the differentiator. Bring your brilliant expertise and commitment for continuous learning to Thoughtworks. Together, let’s be extraordinary.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
* Industries
Software Development and IT Services and IT Consulting
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