Associate Director - Data Science Consulting (New Jersey)

Tiger Analytics is an advanced analytics consulting firm. We are the trusted analytics partner for several Fortune 100 companies, enabling them to generate business value from data. Our consultants bring deep expertise in Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI. Our business value and leadership have been recognized by various market research firms, including Forrester and Gartner.

We are looking for someone with a good blend of business consulting skills and a data science background. If you are passionate about working on unstructured business problems that can be solved using data, we would like to talk to you.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This is a delivery-focused role, and the candidate needs to have a rich blend of DS skills and hands-on experience.
• Work on the latest applications of data science to solve business problems
• Work directly with client stakeholders to translate business problems into high-level analytics solution designs
• Present analytic solutions to business audiences, highlighting the robustness of the solution and how it could help generate business value.
• Responsible for managing analytics projects, collaborating with client stakeholders and Tiger’s team situated globally
• Participate in discussions with team members to select and apply relevant analytic techniques and create actionable business insights.
• Responsible for making presentations to senior management, communicating results to business teams, and developing plans to help operationalize the analytic solution

Requirements

• 10-14 years of professional work experience with at least 7-8 years in data science
• This is a delivery-focused role, and the candidate needs to have a rich blend of DS skills and hands-on experience.
• Ability to engage with executive/VP level stakeholders from the client’s team to translate business problems into high-level analytics solution approach
• A comprehensive experience in building models, like customer profile models and others
• Solid understanding of statistical and machine learning algorithms
• Strong project management and team management skills and ability to work with global teams
• Ability to work with IT and Data Engineering teams to help embed analytic outputs in business processes
• Graduate in Business Analytics or MBA or equivalent work experience
• Strong SQL skills and hands-on experience with analytic tools like Python and R and visualization tools like Tableau and PowerBI
• Exposure to cloud platforms and big-data systems such as Hadoop, HDFS, and Hive is a plus
• Life Insurance background is highly preferred but not mandatory
• Experience with AWS is a plus

Benefits

Significant career development opportunities exist as the company grows. The position offers a unique opportunity to be part of a small, fast-growing, challenging and entrepreneurial environment, with a high degree of individual responsibility.