Senior Data Scientist

NielsenIQ; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Volunteer time off

Ongoing trainings

Job summary

NielsenIQ is seeking a senior Data Scientist/Leader to ownData Science for targeted markets, partnering with country teams and clients to drive revenue outcomes. You will translate strategic business needs into advanced analytics using Python, R, and dashboarding tools, while mentoring junior data scientists.

The role emphasizes collaboration, innovation with large data sets, and delivering practical, data-driven insights to impact client decisions and growth.

Qualifications

• Degree in Maths, Data Science, Statistics or related field.
• 5+ years in market research or related field.
• Solid understanding of CPG/FMCG and retail impact on client business.
• Experience with eCommerce, web-scraping, and consumer data preferred.
• Strong communication with stakeholders and clients.

Responsibilities

• Own Data Science for specific market/industry on products and services.
• Serve as DS business partner to country leaders and commercial teams.
• Meet with clients to translate business needs into analytical strategies.
• Coach and develop junior data scientists.
• Lead the team and set performance objectives.
• Identify third parties and evaluate data sources for new solutions.

Skills

Data science

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

English proficiency

Education

Maths/Statistics degree

Tools

Python

R

Spotfire

Tableau

Job description

• Career Site Team: Data Science & Business Intelligence

Company Description

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View.

Job Description

• Own Data Science for a specific-market/industry on new and already established products, services and design.
• Be a Data Science business partner for country / cluster leaders, commercial, product, and technology leaders to achieve country specific goals including revenue and EBITDA and other objectives.
• Regularly meet directly with clients to understand strategic business needs, translate them into analytical strategies and offer innovative solutions driven through state of the art methodologies in Data Science.
• Support Client and Commercial teams with Data Science design and methodological questions.
• Play a leading role in the application of data and analytics strategies in support of clients’ business needs.
• Innovate and create out of the box solutions by leveraging large and diverse data sets and state of the art technologies.
• Collaborate and align with other Data Science team units to deliver and prioritize objectives.
• Enable Data Science technology solutions on the ground and ensure solutions meets client needs.
• Contribute to identifying third parties and evaluate their capabilities and data sets in order to develop new solutions.
• Design and conduct studies, tests and use advanced analytics techniques to build proof of concept and prototypes for use cases.
• Enable your team to focus on innovation and contribute to the company's objectives.
• Coach and develop junior data scientists.
• Lead the team and provide performance objectives.

Qualifications

• Professionals with degrees in Maths, Data Science, Statistics, or related fields involving statistical analysis of large data sets.
• 5+ years of experience in market research or relevant field
• Solid understanding of CPG/FMCG Industry and Retail market impact on client’s business within the market.
• Work experience on eCommerce, webscraping solutions, consumer sourced data solutions is preferred
• Passionate about innovation and technology
• Experienced connecting with stakeholders and clients proactively, finding ways to link client's needs with the business.
• Innovative mindset, creativity, thinking out-of-the-box.
• Good ability to effectively convey complex concepts to non-experts.
• Strong Problem-Solving skills
• Intellectual curiosity and persistence to find answers to questions.
• Great collaborative and interpersonal skills to communicate at all levels.
• Ability to set priorities.
• Good leadership skills.
• Business acumen, consultative skills and empathy for clients.
• Great command of written and spoken English
• Eager to continuously learn and adapt to changing technologies and tools.
• Good ability to make decisions and successfully manage multiple assignments concurrently in a high pressure environment.
• Good people management skills and coaching.
• Analytical and Technical skills:
  • Solid understanding of Statistics
  • Strong aptitude for data analysis.
  • Solid critical/ logical thinking.
  • Business acumen, finance and budgeting knowledge
  • Knowledge / familiarity on data visualization tools (e.g. Spotfire, Tableau, etc) and programming languages (Python, R), preferred.

Additional Information

• Exciting work environment that brings people together.
• Use the latest digital technologies.
• Ongoing trainings to support your development.
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth.
• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off

NIQ may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools at various stages of the recruitment process, including résumé screening, candidate assessments, interview scheduling, job matching, communication support, and certain administrative tasks that help streamline workflows. These tools are intended to improve efficiency and support fair and consistent evaluation based on job-related criteria. All use of AI is governed by NIQ’s principles of fairness, transparency, human oversight, and inclusion. Final hiring decisions are made exclusively by humans. NIQ regularly reviews its AI tools to help mitigate bias and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. If you have questions, require accommodations, or wish to request human review were permitted by law, please contact your local HR representative. For more information, please visit NIQ’s AI Safety Policies and Guiding Principles: https://nielseniq.com/global/en/info/niqs-ai-safety-policies/

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

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