GAMMA Data Scientist

at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Published December 13, 2022
Location Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Category Data Science  
Job Type Full-time  

Description

Who We Are

 

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact.
 
Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.

 

Practice Area Profile

BCG GAMMA combines innovative skills in computer science, artificial intelligence, statistics, and machine learning with deep industry expertise. The BCG GAMMA team is comprised of world-class data scientists and business consultants who specialize in the use of advanced analytics to get breakthrough business results. Our teams own the full analytics value-chain end to end: framing new business challenges, building fact-bases, designing innovative algorithms, creating scale through designing tools and apps, and training colleagues and clients in new solutions. Here at BCG GAMMA, you’ll have the chance to work with clients in every BCG region and every industry area. We are also a core member of a rapidly growing analytics enterprise at BCG - a constellation of teams focused on driving practical results for BCG clients by applying leading edge analytics approaches, data, and technology.

What You'll Do

 

As a Data Scientist, you’ll be part of our rapidly growing team. You’ll have the chance to apply data science methods and analytics to real-world business situations across a variety of industries to drive significant business impact. You’ll have the chance to partner with clients in a variety of BCG regions and industries, and on key topics like climate change, enabling them to design, build, and deploy new and innovative solutions. Additional responsibilities will include developing and delivering thought leadership in scientific communities and papers as well as leading conferences on behalf of BCG GAMMA. Successful candidates are intellectually curious builders who are biased toward action, scrappy, and communicative. We are looking for talented individuals with a passion for data science, statistics, operations research and transforming organizations into AI led innovative companies.
  • Comfortable in a client-facing role with the ambition to lead teams
  • Organize client business issues structurally and break-down into analytics problem
  • Likes to distill complex results or processes into simple, clear visualizations
  • Explain sophisticated data science concepts in an understandable manner
  • Suggest options for applicable analysis methodologies based on client context
  • Love building things and are comfortable working with modern development tools and writing code collaboratively (bonus points if you have a software development or DevOps experience)
  • Significant experience applying advanced analytics to a variety of business situations and a proven ability to synthesize complex data
  • Deep understanding of modern machine learning techniques and their mathematical underpinnings, and can translate this into business implications for our clients
  • Have strong project management skills

 

What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)

 

  • Degree in computer science, applied mathematics, statistics, machine learning, or other data centric disciplines with relevant internships or up to 8 years of relevant industry work experience providing advanced analytics solutions
  • Strong record of extracurricular activity, professional accomplishment, and leadership
  • Additional experience in core analytic methods such as predictive modeling, customer segmentation/clustering, network analysis, supply chain optimization, simulation, etc.
  • Fluency in at least one coding language (e.g. Python, R)

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