Senior Advisor, Data Science Management Consultant

Key Skills

Agile methodologies, Data Analytics, Data science techniques, Data Visualization, Effective communication skills, Python Programming, R Programming, SQL, Statistics

Job Description

Your responsibilities will vary across the entire project lifecycle, and you will be expected to get involved in, and take ownership of, internal team initiatives. We embrace a start-up mentality and pace, with the support and resources of a global corporate. You will work in an agile and evolving environment and be encouraged to bring fresh ideas based on your previous experience, contributing to the crafting of our team from both a cultural and a technical perspective. In return, we will support and encourage you to develop your capability and experience across many sectors, giving you the freedom to explore and pioneer you interests across a broad project and client base.

Your anticipated responsibilities include:

• Leading Technical Project Delivery using and agile approach or equivalent.
• Using data and operational management techniques to improve operational performance.
• Working with and providing technical oversight to data scientists, and identifying opportunities to use data, to derive insights and shape technical solutions.
• Pro-actively engaging with stakeholders to collect information, determine root causes of issues, enhance proven experience, and develop relationships.
• Clear and concise presentation of results and concepts through a variety of mediums, adapting the level of technical content to suit the intended audience.
• Articulating your views and honest perspectives through active listening and engaged participation.
• Actively engaging with team growth activities and operational tasks.
• Identifying, pursuing, and securing additional opportunities for work that will deliver tangible customer benefit.
• Pursing, with support, opportunities to improve your technical and non-technical skills.
• Taking a pro-active role in developing the skills of other team members.

About you

We would love to hear from you if you can bring proven, demonstrable senior experience with reoccurring success in any of the above areas. As a consulting role, we are looking for effective problem solvers, leaders, and communicators.

Personal Characteristics:

• You are an effective collaborator and communicator who can work well with a range of clients.
• You are inquisitive and eager to improve and develop your skillset.
• You are confident in being part of a growing team, that is building a business.
• You are confident to challenge hierarchy and present your own ideas.
• You have an open, inclusive, collaborative working style and understand the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
• You’re an analytical thinker with the ability to break down complex problems into manageable chunks, can analyze information, identify patterns, and evaluate potential solutions systematically.

Previous Experience:

Due to the diversity of the projects, we work on, a range of experience is beneficial to this role. An ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate proven experience in any combination of some or many of the following skills:

• Management Consulting Techniques – methodologies, frameworks, tools, and approaches used to analyze and solve business problems.
• Data manipulation and analysis with an understanding and appreciation of data visualisation best practices.
• Clear and detailed client communication and deliverables, presentational and storytelling capability regarding technical concepts.
• Understanding of statistical methods and concepts, with:

Technical capabilities in:

• Version control (preferably through git).
• Programming and data manipulation in Python, R, SQL etc.
• Contributions and improvements to technical playbooks.
• And/or 

Management capabilities in:

• Agile training – the knowledge, skills and experience to effectively implement Agile principles.
• Business Analytics – the use of data, statistical analysis, and quantitative methods to derive insights and make informed decisions.
• Project Management

What next?

If shortlisted, our interview approach is a two-way learning experience. We will give you access to the leadership team and technical leads throughout the application process.

For more information about GHD’s Strategic Insights & Analytics offering, case studies and bios of selected team members, visit our page at:

https://www.ghd.com/en/expertise/strategic-insights.aspx