Senior Data Scientist

We’re the world’s leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.

Worldpanel provides brands and retailers with a unique, 360-degree understanding of consumer behaviour across the globe. We are shopper-centric, continuously monitoring the purchase and usage behaviour through the largest omnipanel in the world. With unparalleled datasets, pioneering technology and expert analysts, we partner with brands and retailers of all sizes, empowering them to reimagine what’s possible, and change the landscape to create a better, healthier, more sustainable and inclusive world.

Job Details

Location: Lisbon (Hybrid)

Kantar Worldpanel is actively seeking a Senior Data Scientist to spearhead transformative initiatives through innovative analytical and AI methodologies, aiming to elevate the quality and efficiency of our global services.

In this pivotal role, the ideal candidate will develop and oversee the development of deep/machine learning models, collaborating with the engineering team to deploy ML algorithms, maintaining production-level code, implementing data engineering for automated solutions, and exploring new ML methods for efficient data analysis.

Reasonable Adjustments

Kantar is committed to offering equal opportunities to all individuals including during the recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments or assistance, please advise us in advance of your interview so that we can make the necessary arrangements.

What's in it for you?

• Private health cover - option to extend to family.
• Meal vouchers
• Access to our 24/7 employee assistance programme (wellbeing platform)
• Volunteer Leave (2 days per year)
• Extra day off for your birthday
• Flexible benefit allowance (annual)
• Life assurance and income protection

Key Outcomes

• Supervise data scientists in the team, encouraging team building and implementing standard processes throughout projects.
• Develop and oversee sophisticated deep/machine learning models and statistical algorithms, deploying novel solutions and efficiently retrieving data for robust model building.
• Work collaboratively with the Data Engineering team, seamlessly deploying and integrating Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to improve overall functionality.
• Exhibit coding prowess by developing, commenting, maintaining, and sharing legible and production-level programming code, ensuring transparency and reliability.
• Explore new ML methods for the streamlined analysis of large datasets.
• Create compelling data visualizations, meticulously documenting and communicating findings to internal partners in a structured and impactful manner.
• Drive the delivery of effective solutions by collaborating with internal team members, solving critical business questions, and providing business recommendations from a Data Science perspective.
• Take full responsibility for key projects, consistently raising the performance bar and ensuring the highest standards of excellence.
• Identify and harness opportunities for applying data science to improve, optimize, and expand existing solutions.

Key Capabilities

Your background will ideally look like this…

• Academic background (Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD Degree) in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning Engineering, Statistics or equivalent fields.
• Business proficiency in English (B2 Level Minimum Required).
• Experience with the end-to-end Data Science cycle: from data collection to model deployment and monitoring.
• Proven experience with Deep Learning and NLP models.
• Strong data exploratory skills – understand how to break down the data, extract insights, and determine utility within a broad range of business questions.
• Strong knowledge of commonly used ML/Optimization techniques (Classification, Regression, Clustering, Outlier identification) and statistical methodologies (Distributions, Hypothesis testing, Bayesian framework).
• Consolidated professional programming experience programming in Python, as well as with Spark and SQL, coupled with adeptness in utilizing prevalent Data Science and Machine Learning libraries.
• Experience working within Agile Frameworks (SCRUM/KABAN).

With the following qualities…

• Inquisitive, with critical thinking, and demonstrate a genuine passion for consumer behaviour.
• Enjoys actively looking for new and more efficient ways of improving processes, raising standards, reducing errors, and overcoming omissions.
• Is highly collaborative and adaptable with the ability to work effectively within different cultural and technical environments.
• Possesses outstanding communication and interpersonal skills in order to comfortably connect with partners at all levels across the organization and facilitates discussions in a constructive manner.

The following, although not mandatory, will be appreciated…

• Experience with Cloud Computing and storage, ETL, and experience with Big Data handling in Azure Databricks.

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Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.