Data Science Director

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, Big Data Technology, Data science techniques, Data Visualization, Effective communication skills, Google BigQuery, Machine learning techniques, Microsoft Office suites, Microsoft-Excel, NoSQL, PowerBI, Powerpoint, Python Programming, R Programming, SQL, Tableau

Job Description

The next step of your career starts here, where you can bring your own unique mix of skills and perspectives to a fast-growing team.

Metyis is a global and forward-thinking firm operating across a wide range of industries, developing and delivering Big Data, Digital Commerce, Marketing & Design solutions and Advisory services. At Metyis, our long-term partnership model brings long-lasting impact and growth to our business partners and clients through extensive execution capabilities.

With our team, you can experience a collaborative environment with highly skilled multidisciplinary experts, where everyone has room to build bigger and bolder ideas. Being part of Metyis means you can speak your mind and be creative with your knowledge. Imagine the things you can achieve with a team that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.

We are Metyis. Partners for Impact.

What we offer

• Interact with our clients on regular basis to drive their business towards impactful change.
• Work in multidisciplinary teams and learn from motivated colleagues.
• A chance to take responsibility for your work, develop yourself every day and take full ownership of your career.
• Become part of a fast growing international and diverse team.

What you will do

• Lead data team for the Swiss office.
• Lead and manage client interactions and play a key role in building and maintaining client relationships.
• Translate business problems to analytics solutions with clear output. Translate analytical output to drive business decisions that create impact.
• Lead project delivery required to meet client expectations.
• Responsibilities may include overall project delivery quality, development of presentations, and managing of external relationships.
• Function as a sounding board for data and analytics related questions of client business leadership.
• Seek compelling opportunities beyond the scope of the current project and show a strong entrepreneurial mindset.
• Provide guidance to more junior members of the team, while orchestrating the work of the entire team. Drive team growth and development for the members of the team.
• Foster and grow the data team’s skillsets, culture and ways of working.
• Be able to technically manage and occasionally execute on projects.

What you’ll bring

• Master (or Ph.D.) degree in a quantitative field with a focus on data analysis (e.g. computer science, econometrics, AI, engineering, mathematics, physics, and other exact sciences).
• 7+ years of consulting experience or relevant industry experience, with at least 3+ years at a project lead level and a strong network in the Swiss market
• Sharp thinking ability to be able to quickly differentiate major contributors from irrelevant details and to hierarchically structure information residing in the data under analysis.
• Robust knowledge of statistical concepts, accompanied by expertise with a set of analytical tools ranging from databases (e.g. SQL, BigQuery, noSQL) to programming languages (e.g. R, Python), and from data visualisation (e.g. PowerBI, Tableau) to machine learning.
• Deep expertise in advanced analytics, data science and traditional analytics.
• High level understanding of data engineering and data strategy.
• Proven ability to manage and deliver projects with expert team members and to provide inspiring guidance to juniors in the team.
• Excellent communication skills, especially to explain complex analytical concepts in non-technical terms to business users.
• High proficiency in MS Office, particularly PowerPoint and Excel
• Experience in financial services and consumer goods is highly advantageous.
• Experience in consulting (including internal consultancies) is highly advantageous.
• Professional fluency in English required with (Swiss) German as a strong plus.