Strategy Consultant & Data Scientist (Entry-Level)

Emerton Data; Paris; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Restaurant tickets

Travel reimbursement

International environment

Job summary

Emerton Data, a unit of Emerton Group in Paris, is seeking talented young professionals for a double-track role in Strategy Associate Consultant and Data Scientist (entry level). You will contribute to strategy, data governance, and data-use projects, including ML modeling, data processing, and visualization, under experienced guidance.

The position offers a fast-paced, international environment with a strong emphasis on data-driven decision making and client impact, and it involves working

Qualifications

• MSc in General Engineering, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Applied Statistics or Mathematics is required.
• Programming experience in Python and SQL is essential.
• Experience applying data science to business problems is required.
• Strong problem-solving and business acumen are expected.
• Experience with statistical modeling and machine learning techniques is desirable.
• Knowledge of data tech ecosystem (NoSQL, containers, cloud) is a plus.
• Excellent English and French oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Structure, analyze and solve problems across strategy and data projects.
• Conduct interviews and market analysis to gather insights.
• Translate facts into actionable recommendations.
• Identify, scope and prioritize data use cases.
• Collect, preprocess and manage data (including web scraping).
• Develop data products and visualizations.
• Implement machine learning models and optimization techniques.
• Communicate insights effectively and maintain code quality.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data science

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

English

French

Business acumen

NoSQL

Education

MSc in General Engineering / CS / ML / Applied Statistics / Mathematics

Tools

Docker

NoSQL

AWS

Google Cloud (GCP)

Azure

GitLab

Job description

Emerton Data is the entity of Emerton Group dedicated to digital and advanced data analytics activities, led by experienced partners in both data science & AI and management consulting. We support companies in their sustainable Digital, Data & AI transition.

Emerton Data provides above standards Data and AI services, and helps companies use data to drive decisions, create impact, and transform businesses. We empower organizations to become more data-driven by providing first class skills, advisory solutions and make-it-happen support.

Emerton Data offers both the environment of a fast-changing tech culture, together with the challenging and international work environment of Emerton, a high-standard Strategy Consulting firm, with offices in Paris, Munich, New-York Montréal and Hong Kong.

Emerton is listed best #11 consulting firms to work for in Europe by Vault ranking (2026).

Our clients are mainly large international corporations in the energy, consumer good, food services, industry, TMT, and insurance sectors.

In the context of our fast-paced development we are looking for talented young professionals to join our team in Paris.

YOUR ROLE

This position offers a double track as Strategy Associate Consultant and Data Scientist (entry level). You will have the opportunity to contribute to a variety of projects:

• Strategy projects (e.g., strategic due diligence, market opportunity, full potential strategic plan, etc.) that can be linked to data & AI topics or not
• Data & AI strategy projects (e.g., data roadmap connected to business strategy, Responsible AI governance)
• Data use case delivery projects (industrialized products), that often include the following: data science modeling, machine learning and advanced data processing and visualizations
• Advanced data analytics projects (e.g. in-depth analysis of complex data such as order book data on energy markets)

After an onboarding period and under the guidance of partners and experienced managers, you will join a project team and contribute to solving the client's toughest problems.

Your tasks will encompass the following:

• Structure, analyze and solve problems
• Conduct interviews, market analysis
• Analyze facts and translate them into meaningful insights and recos
• Identify, scope, and prioritize use cases
• Collect and process data, using scraping technologies
• Prepare data, both structured and non-structured
• Find the adequate model to solve the problem
• Implement machine learning algorithms and relevant optimizations
• Find insights and communicate
• Program code at best standards to ensure proper industrialization
• Create meaningful and useful data products and visualizations

WHAT WE OFFER

Permanent position (CDI)

An international, diverse and inclusive company culture

Verycompetitivepackage,scalinguponseniority,andincludingprofitsharing

ThoroughcomplementaryHealthcareinsurance(Mutuelle)coveredinfull(100%) byEmertonData

TicketsRestaurant,bothwhenworkingremoteandintheoffice

Reimbursementof50%ofdailytravelpass

• MSc in the field of General Engineering, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Applied Statistics, Mathematics
• Programming experience in Python, SQL
• Experience in finding data science solutions to business problems
• Sharp problem-solving capabilities, strong business acumen
• Experience in statistical modeling and machine learning techniques
• Knowledge of the data techno ecosystem is a plus: NoSQL, Container technologies (Docker), cloud (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure), Gitlab.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; in particular, flawless command of oral and written English and French