Senior Data Scientist: AI, ML & Business Impact

SAP; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

SAP is seeking a senior data scientist to design, develop, and apply advanced data science, statistical, and ML methods to solve business problems. Embedded within customer environments and fast-moving delivery teams, you translate challenges into analytical solutions at speed and ensure data-driven outcomes that drive measurable value.

You will work with customers to deliver production-ready analytics on SAP data landscapes, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and lead complex workstreams

Qualifications

• Expert-level proficiency in data science and ML with Python and SQL
• Strong foundation in statistics, experimentation, and causal analysis
• Experience applying ML techniques across classification, forecasting, clustering, and recommendations
• Ability to translate ambiguous business questions into measurable analytical problems
• Experience delivering production-ready analytics on modern data platforms
• Exposure to SAP data landscapes and SAP AI services

Responsibilities

• Transform business challenges into data-driven insights by framing problems analytically and building robust features.
• Design, develop, train, and deploy mathematical models and ML solutions to solve complex problems.
• Apply techniques across exploratory analysis, forecasting, segmentation, anomaly detection, and causal analysis.
• Integrate analytics into products or processes with enterprise-scale robustness.
• Define success metrics and translate results into actionable recommendations for decision-makers.
• Lead or manage analytical workstreams with clear milestones, risks, and escalations.
• Communicate insights to cross-functional teams and stakeholders to influence decisions.

Skills

Python

SQL

ML/AI

Statistical modelling

Communication

Data storytelling

Experimentation

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Scikit-learn

XGBoost

SAP S/4HANA

SAP BW/4HANA

SAP HANA Cloud

SAP BTP

Job description

SAP is seeking a senior data scientist to design, develop, and apply advanced data science, statistical, and ML methods to solve business problems. Embedded within customer environments and fast-moving delivery teams, you translate challenges into analytical solutions at speed and ensure data-driven outcomes that drive measurable value.

You will work with customers to deliver production-ready analytics on SAP data landscapes, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and lead complex workstreams