Data Scientist — Forecasting & ML for Impact

inchcape; Philippines; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Supportive Environment

Career Growth

Work-Life Balance

Industry Leadership

Job summary

Inchcape Digital is seeking a Data Scientist to drive commercial and operational decision-making through advanced analytics, machine learning, forecasting, and optimization solutions. You will turn data into actionable insights and build scalable data science solutions.

Join a collaborative team within Inchcape's global automotive distribution network. The role emphasizes practical modeling, model validation, deployment support, and continuous improvement in a fast-growing business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
• 2-4 years of experience as a Data Scientist or in a similar applied analytics role.
• Strong knowledge of statistics, machine learning, forecasting, optimization, and decision science methods.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL, with experience building maintainable and reproducible code.
• Experience with Azure, Databricks, or similar cloud analytics platforms, including collaboration with Data Engineering and MLOps teams.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end data science workstreams, translating business challenges into practical analytical and machine learning solutions.
• Assess data readiness, modeling feasibility, risks, assumptions, and implementation constraints before development.
• Design and develop forecasting, prediction, optimization, recommendation, and decision-support models using maintainable and reusable approaches.
• Lead model validation activities including backtesting, benchmarking, robustness testing, sensitivity analysis, and evaluation of alternative methods.
• Partner with Product, Data Engineering, and MLOps teams to support deployment, monitoring, model refreshes, and continuous improvement.
• Communicate technical findings, assumptions, limitations, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Provide technical guidance, peer reviews, and mentoring to junior Data Scientists while contributing to a culture of knowledge sharing.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistics

Machine learning

Forecasting

Optimization

Decision science

Azure

Databricks

Cloud analytics

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering

Tools

Azure

Databricks

Job description

Inchcape Digital is seeking a Data Scientist to drive commercial and operational decision-making through advanced analytics, machine learning, forecasting, and optimization solutions. You will turn data into actionable insights and build scalable data science solutions.

Join a collaborative team within Inchcape's global automotive distribution network. The role emphasizes practical modeling, model validation, deployment support, and continuous improvement in a fast-growing business.