Data Modeler - External Consultant Jobs in Chennai - Clickscient

Responsibilities

• Build predictive models including but not limited to credit risk. fraud, response, and offer acceptance propensity
• Perform thorough testing and validation of models and support various aspects of the business with data analytics
• Identify new data sources/patterns that add significant lift to predictive modeling capabilities
• Research, design, implement and validate cutting-edge algorithms/models to analyze diverse sources of data to achieve targeted outcomes
• Conduct analysis and turn insights into actionable changes for predictive models or policies
• Recommend ongoing improvements / tuning to methods and algorithms currently in use/production
• Deliver informative and effective findings, results and recommendations from statistical analysis to stakeholders, both technical and non-technical audiences
• Effectively mentor non-statistical programming peers about statistical programming practices.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Statistics, Survey Research, Economics or other related quantitative field
• 7 years of experience with Statistics/data modeling in an applied context
• Proven track record of building new models and improving existing models
• Strong attention to detail; excellent communication and project management skills
• Thorough understanding of statistical modeling techniques
• Proficiency in Python
• Exploratory data analysis and visualization
• Experience with marketing mix modeling, digital attribution modeling, multivariate regression, time-series modeling, Bayesian statistics, segmentation modeling, machine learning, data mining, simulation, optimization, forecasting, explainability
• Experience with natural language processing and computer vision
• A portfolio that includes papers, visualizations, or software

Additional Management Criteria

• Experience managing multiple junior data scientists
• Ability to oversee a team and manage deliverables while contributing individually
• Ability to provide technical mentorship on Linux, Python, Git, and Jira
• Strong empathy and professionalism
• Maturity in problem solving and escalation

Location: Chennai