Data Scientist Iii - Brackenfell, South Africa - Shoprite Group

Shoprite Group

Verified Company

Brackenfell, South Africa

1 week ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Closing Date
2023/05/2- Reference Number

SHO

Job Title

Data Scientist III

Job Type

Permanent

Location
Country

South Africa

Location
Province

Western Cape

Location
Town or City

Brackenfell, Cape Town

Purpose of the Job
Job Advert Details
Job Objectives
Contribute towards the development of Shoprite IT's data strategy to deliver bestinclass analytics across the organisation.
Work with business stakeholders to identify business requirements and model and frame business scenarios that are meaningful and which impact on critical business processes and/or decisions.
Work closely with data and software teams to shape and enable deployment of fitforpurpose, robust solutions that will scale across the company's ecosystem.
Develop, plan and prioritise data projects and delegate assigned roles and responsibilities for execution, weighing business and technical tradeoffs as required.
Lead the development of analyticsfocused products, using machine learning, natural language processing, and mathematical / statistical techniques to develop powerful sciences that delivers business value and impact.
Work with the data scientist team to define models to be created and implemented together with the approach for implementing them and monitor for accuracy, integrity and robustness.
Support in defining data quality expectations and provide ongoing tracking and monitoring of performance of data systems and models.
Perform sophisticated data preparation in order to reduce and shape data.
Identify and manage data development challenges, offer suggestions, and deploy appropriate solutions.
Communicate and present analytical findings, results and reports to senior stakeholders, using data visualisation techniques to tell compelling stories, while tying progress to enterprise goals.
Evaluate new and emerging technologies from which to develop prototypes and proof of concepts.
Act as a domain expert, sharing best practices and knowledge with data scientists, analysts and crossfunctional partners.
Provide support to data scientists on complex problems, integration of findings or presentation of results, requiring highlevel expertise.
Act in a technical leadership capacity, coaching and mentoring data scientists and new team members and supporting their growth and professional development.
Stay updated on the latest research and developments in Data Science and adjacent fields to ensure the latest technology, techniques and methods are always applied
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Information Technology, Information Systems or a related field (essential).
Post Graduate Degree (preferably Masters) in the above or related fields (highly desired).
Experience
Experience