Chief Thought Leader

Continues Intelligence Lab; India; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Continues Intelligence Lab in India seeks a seasoned leader to head its R&D team, driving the conception and implementation of innovative predictive and prescriptive analytics solutions.

The role emphasizes building standards, enabling rapid adoption of analytics and visualization, and fostering collaboration with academic institutions; PhD in CS or applied math is preferred, with 15+ years' experience.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science or Applied Mathematics; specialization in a relevant area is a plus.
• 15+ years of relevant experience, with 7+ years in a lead R&D role.
• Strong ability to communicate business value to business leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the R&D team to conceive and implement innovative analytics solutions.
• Build capability, standards and frameworks for adoption of predictive and prescriptive analytics and visualization.
• Foster collaboration with academic institutions.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication with business leaders

Analytical thinking

Education

PhD in Computer Science or Applied Mathematics

Tools

Enterprise Java

Perl

PHP

Ruby

Python

JavaScript

Hadoop

Big Data NO-SQL

Job description

Overall: Lead the R&D team to conceive and implement innovative business solutions in predictive and prescriptive analytics

Build capability, standards and frameworks for efficient and easy adoption of predictive and prescriptive analytics and visualization

Foster active collaboration with academic institutions, prefer PhD Computer science.

Job Requirements

• Good working knowledge of Big Data and NO SQL technologies
• Excellent understanding of statistical (regression analysis, cluster analysis, optimization techniques, etc.) and computational techniques (machine learning, natural language processing, graph or social network analysis, neural nets, simulation modeling); the skill to determine and apply the most appropriate techniques for different categories of problems; and the ability to communicate the business value to business leaders.
• Good working knowledge of visualization techniques and tools
• Good knowledge of software development lifecycle methodologies
• Passion for technology & innovation, creating IPs, patents and research on new and emerging technology trends
• Ability to build and lead teams. Excellent interpersonal and consulting skills

Key Skills

• Text Analytics Tools: Eg. Open NLP, Stanford NLP
• Machine Learning Tools: Eg. Mahout, Weka, R, RapidMiner
• Real time Stream Processing Tools: Eg. Storm
• Enterprise Java
• Perl, PHP, Ruby, Python and JavaScript Desirable
• Good understanding of Hadoop infrastructure

Education & Experience

• PhD in Computer Science or Applied Mathematics from a reputed institute. Specialization in a relevant area is a plus.
• 15+ years of relevant experience, with 7 years in a lead R&D role.