Overview
Overview of the role
Do you love building algorithms and analytic frameworks? How would you like to use your creative and analytical skills alongside business leadership in your everyday work? If this sounds like fun, we would love to hire someone with your skills and abilities!
As a Data Scientist in P&G, you will be building algorithms / Analytic IP targeted at transforming strategic decisions and operations by bringing advanced analytics and cognitive science into our core work processes. This role will begin as part of our regional Babycare business unit and focusing primarily on the Japan and Korea markets.
Your Team
This role is located in Singapore and you will be part of regional Data Science team for APAC P&G. You will report to a Senior Manager within the Babycare Business Unit and be accountable to a multi-functional team.
What Success Looks Like
You have a passion for understanding the wicked problems in organization, crafting new algorithms & advanced predictive & statistical models to solve identified problems. You have strong collaboration skills to partner with other IT professionals to embed the models into new systems of activity.
You should own the engagement with business leaders for problem identification, recommending data sources inside or outside of P&G to resolve problems, and advising junior team members on technical aspects of modeling.
Responsibilities of the role
• Evaluate available data sources and propose strategic acquisition or crafting of new data sources to assist ongoing problem resolution.
• Work with IT teams to support data collection, integration, and retention requirements based on the input collected with the business.
• Identify and / or create appropriate algorithms to resolve the problems, design experiments to validate initial assumptions and provide scenario modelling as required.
• Lead discovery processes with business stakeholders to identify business requirements and expected outcomes.
Desired Skills and Experience
• Have Master’s Degree or PHD level qualifications. Preferred quantitative fields include; Operations Research, Economic Theory, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Analytics, Physics
• 2-4 years of experience as Analyst, Lead Developer in BI systems, or Data Scientist with proven record of embedding advanced analytical models into business processes
• Possess strong technical skills, comfortable with SQL, R and/or Python and various modeling approaches
• Strong leadership record, exhibiting both ability to engage clients and work within a team
• Excellent written and good communication skills to influence others to take action
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple priorities and work across geographies and cultures
Additional Skills (Optional):
• Business Intelligence Tools such as KNIME, Tableau, Spotfire
• Artificial Intelligence / Big Data Ecosystem such as Hadoop, Spark, TensorFlow, Hive
• Scientific Computing such as C++, Java, Scala
• Advanced analytical models such as Bayesian, Optimization (global, local, stochastic methods), Uncertainty Quantification, etc
About us
We produce globally recognized brands and we grow the best business leaders in the industry. With a portfolio of trusted brands as diverse as ours, it is paramount our leaders are able to lead with courage the vast array of brands, categories and functions. We serve consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Neurobion, Sangobion, Vicks, Always®, Ariel®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Herbal Essences®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, Tampax® and more. Our community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide.
