Data Scientist Associate Consultant

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, Business Process Management (BPM), Data science techniques, Dutch language, Effective communication skills, French language

Job Description

Are you about to graduate or did you graduate in the past year? Are you an enthusiastic forward-thinker and eager to learn? At IBM Consulting we are always looking for superstars to work on multiple exciting projects, in a friendly and energetic working environment. If that is you, join us as an Associate Consultant!

IBM Consulting’s Associate Programme is IBM’s world-class 2-year development programme for early professionals and about-to-graduate talents.

As an Associate you will jump-start your consulting career by combining client project work across different industries and service areas. Your projects will be combined with focused training and coaching by our network of experts and mentors. All those elements will help you develop relevant skills and gain meaningful experience, while you solve our clients’ most complex problems with future-shaping solutions. Learn more here:

https://www.ibm.com/careers/uk-en/early-career/entry-level/

Your Role and Responsibilities

• As an Associate Consultant you will work directly with our clients on key initiatives. You will have the opportunity to build an in-depth understanding of their business issues and implement organizational
• strategies that drive adoption of change. We are looking for talents who can build credibility and trust 
• with our clients and provide knowledge that addresses individual and unique business needs.
• We foster a culture of creative, innovative thinkers; people who are curious about how technology can transform businesses and impact the world. We cultivate a diverse, inclusive, global team of people who want to pioneer, re-imagine and disrupt the future.

If you see yourself as someone who believes no problem is too big to solve, and who wants to unleash their potential, IBM Consulting is for you.

You’re right at the intersection of technology, people, and process, helping your clients transform how they adapt to shifts in the market, and more closely align their business strategy and vision. Associate Consultants are important and key players for our clients. You’ll be their guide to developing an understanding of their processes, goals and objectives to define their future state, then help them get there.

As an Associate AI & Analytics Consultant, you will play an important role in advising clients on transforming their business using analytical thinking and data science. We are on a mission to help our clients turn data into business value. Therefore, you’ll work closely with clients and other talented

IBM’ers to understand our clients’ needs and make strategic recommendations to address these, tailored to the client’s unique situation and data maturity.

Within your role as an AI & Analytics Associate Consultant you will:

• Assist our clients in leveraging their data potential. Steps in this process entail finding the best use cases, building and articulating the business cases, testing the data hypotheses using advanced analytics, defining requirements for proper implementation and finally being part of the realisation.
• Combine the appropriate mix of functional and technical expertise to create solutions to solve a business problem, by identifying needs and opportunities, creating hypotheses, and performing assessments to define strategic recommendations for our clients.
• Test hypotheses using prominent open source and/or IBM proprietary technologies to apply a variety of advanced analytics techniques.
• Design and develop the data architecture and advanced analytics solutions from a business functional perspective.
• Collaborate with your fellow practice members and pioneers to make the community stronger and make IBM the preferred digital reinvention partner for our clients in data and analytics.

If you’re interested in this position, please follow the following steps:

• Apply via our career site and upload your CV and motivation letter (in English)
• Complete the required assessments
• Talent Acquisition team will follow up with your application within the next weeks
• The most suitable candidates will be invited to an Assessment Day in February 2024 where you will spend the day with like-minded graduates.
• Expected Start Dates for the new hires are 1 April 2024 and 1 September 2024. Clearly indicate your preferred start date
• Required Technical and Professional Expertise
• We welcome recent graduates with maximum 1 year of work experience and final-year students with less than 6 months of studies left.
• Degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, Business Economics, Business & Management or related studies
• Ability to demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and can build trust based working relationships across all levels.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and ready to drive the growth of your career.
• Powerful communication and storytelling skills, and an ability to communicate complex situations clearly and simply.
• Strong technical and analytical abilities
• Willingness to travel up to 4 days a week, to clients in Belgium, depending on business demand
• Fluent in Dutch or French, with a good working knowledge of the other and English with strong communication skills both in writing and verbally
• Eligible to work in Belgium and European Union without any restriction.
• Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
• Background, affinity, and interest in AI and data science