Lead Data Scientist - Hybrid Finance Analytics

Placements24; East London; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Professional development

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Data Scientist in East London, Eastern Cape, to spearhead ML initiatives and analytics initiatives within a forward-thinking financial analytics environment.

You will mentor a team of data scientists, design scalable data pipelines, and collaborate with product, engineering, and marketing to drive data-driven decisions and strategic insights. A hybrid work arrangement balances in-office collaboration with remote flexibility.

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, or related field.
• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in data science or related analytics, with at least 2 years in leadership.
• Proficiency in Python or R and libraries (e.g., scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, pandas).
• Strong SQL skills and experience with large datasets.
• Solid knowledge of ML algorithms, statistical modeling, and experimental design.
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and deployment of ML models and analyses to solve complex business problems.
• Design and implement data pipelines for extraction, transformation, and feature engineering.
• Mentor junior data scientists and guide a cross-functional team.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate data needs into analytical solutions.
• Develop dashboards and visualizations to communicate insights and model performance.
• Identify new data sources and approaches to enhance business intelligence.
• Ensure scalability, reliability, and reproducibility of data science solutions.
• Keep up-to-date with advances in data science and AI.
• Contribute to strategic direction of analytics initiatives.

Skills

Python

R

Machine Learning

SQL

Data Visualization

Leadership

Education

Master's/PhD in quantitative field

Tools

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

pandas

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Data Scientist in East London, Eastern Cape, to spearhead ML initiatives and analytics initiatives within a forward-thinking financial analytics environment.

You will mentor a team of data scientists, design scalable data pipelines, and collaborate with product, engineering, and marketing to drive data-driven decisions and strategic insights. A hybrid work arrangement balances in-office collaboration with remote flexibility.