Data Scientist - Advanced Analytics
Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.
You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.
Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.
Why Join IBM?
At IBM, you'll be part of a global team that's redefining what's possible with AI and data. You'll have access to cutting-edge tools, a collaborative culture, and opportunities to shape the future of technology and business.
Your role and responsibilities
As a Data Scientist at IBM, you will lead the design and delivery of AI solutions, advanced analytics and automation for clients across industries. You will work at the intersection of data science, business strategy, and technology, helping clients unlock value from their data assets while mentoring junior team members and shaping IBM's data science capability. You'll also be a key contributor leading business development through proposal writing, solutioning, and client presentations.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic leadership of large end-to-end AI solutions, advanced analytics and automation engagements from discovery to deployment.
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, translating business challenges into data-driven solutions and articulating the value of AI.
- Translate complex data into actionable insights and strategic recommendations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including consultants, engineers, and client stakeholders, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Design and implement machine learning models, statistical analyses, and AI solutions tailored to client needs.
- Lead business development through proposal writing, solutioning, and client presentations.
- Contribute to IBM's thought leadership by publishing white papers, speaking at conferences, and developing reusable assets and accelerators.
- Mentor and coach junior data scientists and analysts.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and methodologies in AI/ML and data science.
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Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
- Proven experience (8+ years) in delivering AI solutions, advanced analytics and automation solutions in a consulting or enterprise environment.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and mentoring talent.
- Strong understanding of machine learning, deep learning, NLP, and statistical modelling.
- Experience with cloud platforms (IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Experience working with clients in sectors such as financial services, healthcare, or public sector is desirable.
Preferred technical and professional experience
- PhD or equivalent experience is a plus. (preferable in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field)
- Certifications in cloud platforms or data science tools (e.g., IBM Data Science Professional Certificate) are advantageous.
- Experience with data engineering tools and MLOps practices is a plus
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.
YOUR LIFE @ IBM
In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
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ABOUT IBM
IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualifiedapplicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexualorientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability,neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is alsocommitted to compliance with all fair employment practices regardingcitizenship and immigration status.
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