Data Scientist, United Arab Emirates - BCG X

Boston Consulting Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking Data Scientists to join their BCG X team in Dubai. Candidates will apply analytics to real-world challenges, focusing on innovations across industries, and will be integral in shaping AI-driven solutions. This role demands a blend of data science expertise, effective communication in client interactions, and leadership ambitions.

Qualifications

• Significant experience applying advanced analytics to business situations.
• Deep understanding of modern machine learning techniques and their business implications.
• Ability to distill complex results into clear visualizations.

Responsibilities

• Own the full analytics value-chain from framing challenges to implementing solutions.
• Develop and deliver thought leadership in scientific communities.
• Partner with clients to drive significant business impact.

Skills

Data Science

Statistics

Operations Research

Project Management

Tools

Python

Job description

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation— inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

We Are BCG X

We’re a diverse team of more than 3,000 tech experts united by a drive to make a difference. Working across industries and disciplines, we combine our experience and expertise to tackle the biggest challenges faced by society today. We go beyond what was once thought possible, creating new and innovative solutions to the world’s most complex problems. Leveraging BCG’s global network and partnerships with leading organizations, BCG X provides a stable ecosystem for talent to build game-changing businesses, products, and services from the ground up, all while growing their career. Together, we strive to create solutions that will positively impact the lives of millions.

What You'll Do

Our BCG X teams own the full analytics value-chain end to end: framing new business challenges, designing innovative algorithms, implementing, and deploying scalable solutions, and enabling colleagues and clients to fully embrace AI. Our product offerings span from fully custom builds to industry-specific leading-edge AI software solutions.

As a Data Scientist and Senior Data Scientist, you'll be part of our rapidly growing team. You'll have the chance to apply data science methods and analytics to real-world business situations across various industries to drive significant business impact. You'll partner with clients in different regions and industries, focusing on key topics like climate change, helping them design, build, and deploy innovative solutions.

Additional responsibilities include developing and delivering thought leadership in scientific communities and leading conferences on behalf of BCG X. Successful candidates are intellectually curious builders who are biased toward action, scrappy, and communicative.

We seek talented individuals passionate about data science, statistics, operations research, and transforming organizations into AI-led innovative companies. Candidates should possess:

• Comfort in a client-facing role with leadership ambitions
• Ability to distill complex results into simple, clear visualizations
• Skill in explaining sophisticated data science concepts understandably
• Enjoyment in building and working with modern development tools and collaborative coding (software development or DevOps experience is a plus)
• Significant experience applying advanced analytics to business situations and synthesizing complex data
• Deep understanding of modern machine learning techniques and their business implications
• Strong project management skills

What You'll Bring

Technologies:

• Programming Languages: Python

Additional info

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristics. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered in accordance with applicable laws.

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