# Forward Deployed Data Scientist ExpertSAPUnited Arab Emirates - DubaiPosted 28 October 2026LinkedInDirect employerTop-rated employerEnterpriseGrowth-stageLocationUnited Arab Emirates - DubaiJob typeHybridExperience8-12 yearsSalaryAED 45k–65k/mo (est.)Apply on LinkedIn## Job descriptionIn this role, you design, develop, and apply advanced data science, statistical, and machine learning methods to solve complex, business-critical problems. Embedded directly within customer environments and fast-moving delivery teams, you translate strategic and operational challenges into rigorous analytical solutions at speed. You work closely with customers to deliver scalable, enterprise-grade outcomes that drive measurable business value. You are accountable for the quality, impact, and delivery of complex analytical initiatives acting as a subject-matter expert, managing ambiguity, and ensuring data-driven solutions are robust, reliable, and aligned with business objectives.In This Role, You Will- Transform complex business challenges into data-driven intelligence by identifying high-value problems, framing them analytically, and engineering robust features and insights.- Design, develop, train, and implement mathematical models, algorithms, and machine learning solutions to solve complex business problems.- Apply advanced techniques across exploratory analysis, statistical modeling, experimentation, forecasting, segmentation, anomaly detection, causal analysis, and machine learning.- Integrate analytical and machine learning solutions into products, prototypes, or business processes, ensuring enterprise-grade scalability and robustness.- Define success metrics, quantify business impact, and translate analytical results into clear, actionable recommendations for decision-makers.- Lead or manage complex analytical workstreams or projects, including deliverables, milestones, risks, and escalations, as appropriate.- Communicate insights, trade-offs, and recommendations effectively to cross-functional teams and customer stakeholders, influencing decisions through evidence and expertise.- Work in an embedded, customer-facing setup, collaborating closely with customer teams to deeply understand their data, applications, and business context co-developing impactful data and AI-driven solutions.What You Bring- Expert-level proficiency in data science and machine learning, with strong command of Python and SQL, and the ability to design, validate, and optimize end-to-end analytical and ML solutions.- Hands-on expertise with Python and ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, and XGBoost.- Deep applied knowledge of statistics and experimentation, including hypothesis testing, experimental design, causal inference, and uncertainty interpretation.- Proven experience applying a wide range of ML techniques classification, forecasting, clustering, recommendation systems, anomaly detection balancing accuracy, robustness, interpretability, and usability at scale.- Strong capability to translate ambiguous business questions into measurable analytical problems and connect model outputs to commercial, operational, or strategic decisions.- Experience delivering production-ready analytics and ML systems on modern data platforms, with a strong focus on data quality, governance, and reusability.- Exposure to SAP data landscapes including SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP HANA Cloud, and familiarity with SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), AI Core, AI Launchpad, and SAP AI services.- Ability to operate effectively in an Agentic AI context, contributing to the design, application, and responsible use of AI agents within complex business processes.- Advanced communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders through clear data narratives and executive-ready insights.- You proactively leverage AI in everyday workflows, ensuring high-quality outputs through thoughtful context design and system integration.## SkillsPythonSQLTensorFlowPyTorchScikit-learnXGBoostSAP S/4HANASAP BW/4HANASAP HANA CloudSAP Business Technology Platform (BTP)SAP AI Core## What Jobze.ai noticed* Requires expert-level proficiency in Python, SQL, and leading machine learning frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch.* Demands hands-on experience integrating analytics with enterprise SAP landscapes such as S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, HANA Cloud, and SAP BTP.* Involves customer-facing advisory and forward-deployed solution delivery focusing on AI, machine learning, and agentic systems.This role was published by SAP on LinkedIn. Jobze.ai is not the employer and does not take applications - they are handled on the original site.