Senior Data Science Specialist

CelcomDigi Berhad; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CelcomDigi Berhad is seeking a Senior Data Science Specialist to drive high-impact analytics and machine learning initiatives for a leading telecom operator. You will own end-to-end projects, influence business decisions, and grow into broader technical or leadership roles.

The role offers hands-on ownership, exposure to senior stakeholders, and opportunities to scale analytics across the organisation. Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science or related field.
• Strong end-to-end analytics and ML project experience.
• Experience in telecom is advantageous but not mandatory.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, R and Spark.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and delivery of advanced analytics and ML models to address business opportunities.
• Translate business problems into analytical approaches and suitable modelling techniques.
• Partner with stakeholders, communicating insights, assumptions, and outcomes clearly.
• Collaborate across data science, engineering, and analytics teams on cross-functional problems.
• Enhance models through feature engineering and new data sources.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Data Science or related field

Tools

Python

SQL

R

Spark

Job description

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Senior Data Science Specialist

Date: 7 Jul 2026

Employment Type: Permanent

Description:

Job Description

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will play a key role in delivering high-impact analytics and machine learning solutions at scale for a leading telecom operator. You’llwork on complex, real-world problems, influence business decisions, and help shape how advanced analytics is embedded across theorganisation.

This role offers hands-on ownership, exposure to senior stakeholders, and the opportunity to grow into broader technical or leadership responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of advanced analytics and machine learning models to address key business opportunities and gaps.
• Translate ambiguous business problems into well-structured analytical approaches and recommend appropriate modelling techniques.
• Partner with business stakeholders with minimal supervision, clearly communicating insights, assumptions, and model outcomes.
• Collaborate with peers across data science, engineering, and analytics teams on cross-functional problem solving.
• Continuously enhance models through feature engineering, new data sources, and experimentation to improve business performance.
• Contribute to setting best practices, standards, and re-usable assets across the data science team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related fields.
• Strong, demonstrable experience delivering analytics and machine learning projects end-to-end.
• Experience in the telecommunications industry is an advantage but not mandatory.
• Hands-on experience with Python, SQL, R (or equivalent) and big data / distributed processing tools (e.g. Spark).
• Working knowledge of machine learning algorithms and classifiers.
• Strong communication, presentation, and analytical skills, with the ability to influence non-technical stakeholders.

At CelcomDigi, we aspire to be Malaysia’s leading telco‑tech company — the nation’s digital growth engine — powering transformation through 5G, AI, and innovation that impacts over 20 million customers.Here, your role goes beyond work. It’s about enabling businesses to thrive, connecting communities, and advancing society, as we build a brand rooted in trust, reliability and customer excellence.Aligned with our employer value proposition, Grow with Purpose. Build with Trust, you’ll have the opportunity to innovate responsibly and create digital solutions that truly make a difference.If you're driven, future focused, and ready to be part of something bigger, we want you on our team.

Let’s advance and inspire Malaysia together! #WeAreCelcomDigi

CelcomDigi is an equal opportunity employer, and committed to promote employment practices that are transparent, objective and fair.