Data Understanding Specialist - Data Cycling Center - Italian Market (KL)

TikTok; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital media company in Kuala Lumpur seeks a Data Understanding Specialist to enhance data-driven solutions. This role involves defining labelling rules, ensuring quality control of labeled data, and managing projects to drive transparency in data delivery. The ideal candidate will be fluent in Italian and English, possess a background in data analytics, and have strong problem-solving skills. Preferred skills include proficiency in Excel, SQL, and scripting languages. Opportunities for fresh graduates and internships are available.

Qualifications

• Communication with Italian markets & stakeholders.
• Fresh grad to 3 years of experience with data/business analytics.
• Internships highly valued.
• Interest in AI and Machine Learning.
• Experience in project management; managing multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Define labeling rules to ensure high quality output.
• Monitor and review quality of labeled data.
• Deliver projects on time with stakeholder management.

Skills

Fluency in Italian

Fluency in English

Data interpretation and analysis

Project management skills

Strong problem solving skills

Education

Data/business analytics education

Tools

Excel

SQL

Python

R

Job description

Data Understanding Specialist - Data Cycling Center - Italian Market (KL)

Team Introduction TikTok DCC (Data Cycling Centre): The team focuses on building data-driven solutions and enhancing content understanding for both internal stakeholders and external users, aiming to solve significant problems through a combination of human and direct content understanding. About the role: A Data Understanding Specialist is a critical player at the junction of data collection, model development, and project success. Their main responsibility is to act as a bridge between machine learning engineers and labellers, ensuring the accurate application of structure to unstructured data such as video, images, text, etc. supporting the building of world class machine learning solutions.

Responsibilities

Labelling rules clarification and training

• Define clear and unambiguous labelling rules to ensure high quality labelling output
• Simplify labelling rules to reduce contextual knowledge for labelling while providing training to labellers if needed
• Ensure that labelling rules meet model training requirements

Quality improvement and assurance

• Monitor and review quality of labelled data
• Timely root-cause identification of quality issues for remediation
• Identify opportunities and areas of improvement to optimize delivery

Project management

• Deliver projects on time and on target flagging any key risks that arise
• Deep dive into issues that arise during project lifecycle with solutions that ensure delivery
• Manage stakeholders to drive transparency across the data delivery pipeline

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Fluency in Italian is required as the role requires communication with Italian markets & stakeholders, as well as fluency in English as it is the working language.
• Fresh grad to 3 years experience with data/business analytics education/experience
• Internships highly valued
• Proficiency in data interpretation and analysis; Interest in AI and Machine Learning concepts, particularly in the field of data annotation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for clear and effective communication with both requestors and labellers
• Some experience in project management with organizational skills to manage multiple tasks concurrently, preferably in a data environment
• Demonstrates learning agility with strong problem solving skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong technical skills in Excel, SQL and scripting languages (Python, R) are a plus
• Self-starter who is driven to deliver impactful outcomes