Data Analyst - X Delivery

Key Skills

AWS, Azure, AzureML, ChatGPT, Data Analytics, Data science techniques, Docker, Generative AI, German Language, Github, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), JIRA, Large Language Models - LLMs, Machine learning techniques, Predictive Modeling, Software Development, Spanish language

Job Description

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 help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

We Are BCG X

We’re a diverse team of more than 3,000 tech experts united by a drive to make a difference. Working across industries and disciplines, we combine our experience and expertise to tackle the biggest challenges faced by society today. We go beyond what was once thought possible, creating new and innovative solutions to the world’s most complex problems. Leveraging BCG’s global network and partnerships with leading organizations, BCG X provides a stable ecosystem for talent to build game-changing businesses, products, and services from the ground up, all while growing their career. Together, we strive to create solutions that will positively impact the lives of millions.

What You'll Do

As a part of BCG X’s Analytics and Automation (A&A) team, you will work closely with consulting teams on a diverse range of advanced analytics topics. You will have the opportunity to leverage analytical methodologies to deliver value to BCG's Consulting (case) teams and Practice Areas (domain) through providing analytics subject matter expertise, and accelerated execution support.

You will collaborate with case teams to gather requirements, specify, design, develop, deliver and support analytic solutions serving client needs. You will provide technical support through deeper understanding of relevant data analytics solutions and processes to build high quality and efficient analytic solutions. Your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering original analysis and insights to case teams, typically owning all or part of an analytics module whilst integrating with a case team
• Establishing credibility by thought partnering with case teams on analytics topics; drawing conclusions on a range of external and internal issues related to your module
• Executing analytical approach and creating defined outcome; contributing to approach selection focussing on problem solving and client value aspects
• Applying analytical, statistical and programming skills, building models, creating algorithms and using appropriate tools to discover knowledge from a variety of large and versatile data sources
• Wrapping the outcomes of analysis into ready-to-use software modules / minimal viable products / dashboards
• Training the project and client teams on advanced analytics approach in general as well as on application of particular tools and methods to increase the impact of their work
• Communicating analytical insights through sophisticated synthesis and packaging of results (including PPT slides and charts) with consultants; collecting, synthesizing, analysing case team learning & inputs into new best practices and methodologies
• Developing broad expertise in at least one analytics topic or platform

YOU’RE GOOD AT

You should be strong in analytical solutioning with hands-on experience in advanced analytics delivery, through the entire life cycle of analytics. Strong analytics skills with the ability to develop and codify knowledge and provide analytical advice where required.

Technical Skills (Must have):

• Experience in Business Analytics, Predictive Modeling, Machine Learning or Optimization
• Proficiency in Data Cleansing, Data Transformation and Data Modelling
• Overall fluency in Python: ability to read, create, debug and package code, being comfortable using either of Jupyter, Pycharm, Visual Studio or any other IDE
• Data wrangling with Python (pandas, numpy, etc.), hands on experience with data visualization using charting tools like Matplotlib, Seaborn, etc.
• SQL scripting, ability to collect data from relational databases, e.g. PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Snowflake, etc.
• Hands-on experience in dashboarding using either of Tableau, PowerBI or QlikSense
• Self-learning and quick ramping in previously unfamiliar technological stack if needed

Nice to have technical skills beyond that:

• Experience in GenAI, programmatically using ChatGPT or other LLMs
• Experience in building scalable production ready dashboards and web applications using Dash, Streamlit, etc.
• Experience with collaboration within agile projects, being flexible to apply agile software development practices that may vary from case to case, comfortable using the tools like GitHub, Trello, Jira, Slack
• Understanding of and hands-on experience with containerization and automated deployment (Docker, K8s)
• Experience with proprietary low-code data wrangling, predictive analytics and modelling tools (either of Alteryx, Tableau Prep, Dataiku, SAS, SPSS, etc.)
• Experience with cloud architectures (Azure, AWS, GCP) and machine learning platforms e.g. Azure ML, AWS Sagemaker
• Experience with UI/UX Design

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's / Master's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science or similar
• 1 - 3 years within relevant domain of Advanced Analytics and Software Development across industries and work experience providing analytics solutions in a commercial setting
• Experience in a client-facing role, ideally in consulting or professional services, is highly desirable
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English is a must have
• Business fluency in Spanish and other European languages (German, French) highly desirable
• Openness to occasional business travel

BCG offers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental and vision coverage, telemedicine services, life, accident and disability insurance, parental leave and family planning benefits, caregiving resources, mental health offerings, a generous retirement program, financial guidance, paid time off, and more.

Who You'll Work With

• Peers within an international BCG X Delivery team
• Senior internal stakeholders including BCG consulting teams
• External clients during projects