Position: Head of Data Science
Company: Star
Category: Data Science
Experience required: 5y
English level: fluent
Published: 2020-11-01T00:00:00+02:00

THE OPPORTUNITY

You will be an essential part of the Star Data Science practice and will work closely with many different clients across the business. With the use of machine learning and advanced analytics, you will contribute to the success of the business and help translate vision into actionable output. 
Your responsibilities will include contributing to strategy and roadmap planning for Data Science practice. Taking part in client and prospective client meetings and workshops. Investigating client requests and problems, analyzing options and proposing solutions. You will be leading projects, and managing and supporting other members of the team.


THE PERSON

Must have:
— The individual will be an independent-thinking technical generalist with 8+ years of professional experience in data driven projects
— 2+ years of strong client-facing experience and the ability to understand client challenges and articulate solutions.
— 5+ years of commercial development experience and be proficient in at least one programming language (Python, Java).
— Hands-on experience with classic machine learning (linear models and clustering) and deep learning (keras, pytorch) toolsets, and running ML models in production environments.
— Experience in a leadership or mentoring role
— Familiarity with at least one cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure)
— Great presentation skills and have the ability to tell a story through data and explain technical concepts to senior management.
— Excellent SQL skills
— Strong mathematical and statistical skills

Nice to have experience with:
— BI tools (Tableau, QuickSight)
— BigData stack (EMR, Hadoop, Spark)
— ElasticSearch
— ETL pipelines (Glue, NiFi, Airflow)
— Additional programming languages (Java, Scala, Javascript, R)
— Data Security Compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS)


COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Star offers a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as an intellectually and creatively stimulating work environment, flexible working hours, and unique international travel opportunities.