Metaresearch Data Scientist & Engineer Lead (Hybrid Dublin)

Research Ireland; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 83,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 Days Annual Leave

Life Insurance

Learning & Development opportunities

Blended Working Policy

Canteen facilities

Job summary

Research Ireland, Ireland's national research and innovation funder, seeks a Metaresearch Lead to drive advanced data analytics in a growing metaresearch unit. You will design models, leverage internal and external data sources, and deliver insights informing Ireland's research strategy and funding decisions.

The role is hybrid in Dublin, with a Level E salary scale and a strong focus on transparency, collaboration with academia, and state-of-the-art analytics tools.

Qualifications

• Masters by research or PhD in a related discipline.
• 5+ years post-qualification experience in a relevant role.
• Experience in economics / statistics / mathematics / software engineering.
• Strong data analytics, data mining, or machine learning in R / Python / Alteryx.
• Familiarity with genAI tools and techniques.
• Ability to acquire and evaluate information.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver advanced data analytics projects and tools to assess and improve organisational performance.
• Scope projects collaboratively, collect requirements and design methods.
• Work end-to-end, delivering production-ready tools and analyses.
• Explain and justify the selected analytical methods and models.
• Communicate findings to senior stakeholders.
• Own data and statistical models and related documentation.
• Collaborate across the organisation and with academia on metaresearch projects.

Skills

Data analytics

Data mining

Machine learning

GenAI tools

Stakeholder comms

Ambiguity handling

Written comms

Verbal comms

Python

R

Education

Masters by research or PhD in related discipline

Tools

Python

R

Alteryx

Job description

Research Ireland, Ireland's national research and innovation funder, seeks a Metaresearch Lead to drive advanced data analytics in a growing metaresearch unit. You will design models, leverage internal and external data sources, and deliver insights informing Ireland's research strategy and funding decisions.

The role is hybrid in Dublin, with a Level E salary scale and a strong focus on transparency, collaboration with academia, and state-of-the-art analytics tools.