Data Scientist, AI Prac (Forward Deployed Team)

GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY AGENCY; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A government technology agency in Singapore is seeking a Data Scientist. The role involves facilitating discussions with stakeholders, translating business challenges into data science projects, and performing data analyses. Candidates should have at least 2 years of relevant experience, and a Bachelor's Degree in Data Science or a related field is preferred. This position offers a chance to contribute to public good using data analytics.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Employee wellness programs

Leave benefits

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of relevant experience in data science.
• Proficient in building machine learning models.
• Capable of translating business use cases into analytical problems.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate discussions to understand business challenges.
• Perform data cleaning and pre-processing for analysis.
• Communicate insights effectively to influence decision-makers.

Skills

Data preparation scripting

Machine Learning

Data visualization

Stakeholder communication

Statistical analysis

Project management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Data Science or related fields

Tools

Python

R

Tableau

Job description

Overview

The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) is the lead agency driving Singapore’s Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation. As the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems (ICT & SS), GovTech develops the Singapore Government’s capabilities in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technology, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity. GovTech aims to transform the delivery of Government digital services by taking an "outside-in" view, putting citizens and businesses at the heart of everything we do. Play a part in Singapore’s vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on your meaningful journey to build tech for public good. Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg.

What you will be working on

• Facilitate discussions with stakeholders to understand their business challenges, sharpen the business use cases and translate them into data science projects/products.
• Perform data cleaning, pre-processing, feature engineering, and build data science models/products to address the use case.
• Present findings, solicit feedback and prioritise refinements to the analysis in close iteration with stakeholders while managing overall project timeline.
• Communicate the data insights and business impact of the projects/products in a clear and compelling narrative, supported with impactful visuals, to influence key decision makers.
• Depending on the use case, design of dashboards and interactive visualisations as tools for data exploration and storytelling may be expected.
• Depending on the use case, operationalise the use case by using existing MLOps platforms to deploy and monitor the machine learning models.
• Opportunities to be deployed to another government agency as the core data science team for a sustained period of 2-3 years, to build up data science capabilities at the agency. This will involve formulating and implementing strategies to build strong pipeline of impactful projects/products at the agency, and executing these projects or deploying the products into production systems.

What we are looking for

• A Bachelor's Degree or higher in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Quantitative Social Science, or related disciplines. We will also factor in relevant certifications (e.g., Coursera).
• At least 2 years of relevant experience, in data science and/or public sector.
• Capable of translating business use cases into analytical problems, and identifying appropriate data sources to tackle these problems.
• Proficient in writing scripts for data preparation and analysis, using modern analysis tools & programming methodologies.
• Proficient cleaning, imputing and correcting anomalies in the collected structured or unstructured data to ensure a high standard of quality in data sets to be used in the analysis work.
• Proficient in exploring and analysing datasets, applying probability and statistical methodologies and techniques to discover insights from the data.
• Proficient in building machine learning models to identify, recognise patterns and make predictions.
• Proficient in design principles and use of visualisations to best convey the intended information.
• Capable of developing data visualisation from standalone graphs and charts on to highly customised tools and apps while tightly integrated to the data systems for real time visualisation of information.
• Capable of translating results from analysis work into actionable recommendations for stakeholders.
• Capable of communicating results and business impact from analysis work in a coherent data story for stakeholders.
• Have passion for improving public service and deliver public good using analytics and data.

Preferred requirements

• Experience in model deployment and MLOps
• Experience in stakeholder management
• Experience in agile project management
• Experience in developing capability in others

Benefits

Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks. These include leave benefits to meet your work-life needs and employee wellness programmes.

We champion flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role) and trust that you will manage your own time to deliver your best, wherever you are, and whatever works best for you.

Learn more about life inside GovTech at go.gov.sg/GovTechCareers.

Stay connected with us on social media at go.gov.sg/ConnectWithGovTech.