dunnhumby
Customer Data Science
ResearchDataScientist
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“Research Data Scientist at dunnhumby. Skills: Machine learning, Statistical techniques, Data science solutions. Create new science-based solutions. Apply machine learning approaches”
What You'll Achieve.
Grow, innovate, and deliver measurable value; Create dunnhumby science solutions
Industry & Context.
Address complex problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Statistics, Applied Statistics, Physics, Engineering, Biology or related field, Experience with machine learning techniques, Experience with programming, ideally Python, Ability to quickly pick up handling large data volumes, Experience with or ability to quickly learn open-source software, Willingness to present your work
Nice to Have
PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Statistics, Applied Statistics, Physics, Engineering, Biology or related field, Experience in retail sector
What You'll Do.
Create new science-based solutions
Apply machine learning approaches
Perform exploratory data analysis
Characterise datasets
Extend programming skills
Develop efficient science code
Identify new opportunities
Implement advice from colleagues
Follow Quality Assurance processes
Meet coding standards
Ensure smooth running of projects
Build relationships within the team
Build relationships with internal stakeholders
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Applied and Research Data Scientist teams; Data Science Engineering teams; Product and Client teams
Communication Scope
Present results
Full Job Description
dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science, partnering with the world’s most ambitious retailers and brands to put the customer at the heart of every decision. We combine deep insight, advanced technology, and close collaboration to help our clients grow, innovate, and deliver measurable value for their customers. dunnhumby employs nearly 2,500 experts in offices throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas working for transformative, iconic brands such as Tesco, Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Unilever and Metro. We’re looking for a talented Research Data Scientist who expects more from their career. It’s a chance to extend and improve dunnhumby’s world class science capabilities. It’s an opportunity to work with a market-leading business to explore new opportunities for us and influence global retailers and suppliers. Joining our team, you’ll work with world class and passionate people to apply machine learning and statistical techniques to business problems. You’ll contribute to the research and implementation of new approaches to address complex problems and perform data analysis and model validation. You’ll have the opportunity to present results to a variety of internal stakeholders and will apply these techniques and algorithms to create dunnhumby science solutions that can be delivered across our clients and engineered into science modules. This role will focus on insight automation and product assortment, leveraging data science to identify emerging and evolving product needs, optimise product mix, and predict the impact of potential changes. It will also involve product attribute generation and exploring applications of generative AI to support product development and insights. What you'll be doing: Create new science-based solutions that can be captured as science modules and applied across clients, with support from senior team members. Pick up new machine learning approaches, such as regularised regression, clustering or tree-based ensembles, graph
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