Data Scientist - Machine Learning, New York

The Adecco Group is the world's
leading HR solutions company. We believe in making the future work for
everyone, and every day empower 3.5 million careers. We inspire, skill, develop
and hire in 60 countries, enabling individuals and organizations to embrace the
future of work. As a Fortune Global 500 company, we lead by example, creating
shared value that meets social needs while driving business innovation. Our
culture of inclusivity, fairness and teamwork empowers individuals and
organisations, fuels economies, and builds better societies. These values
resonate with our employees, who have voted us a Great Place to Work - World's
Best Workplaces for the past four consecutive years. The Adecco Group is
based in Zurich, Switzerland. Adecco Group AG is registered in Switzerland
(ISIN: CH0012138605) and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ADEN). The group is
powered by nine lead brands: Adecco, Modis, Badenoch & Clark, Spring
Professional, Lee Hecht Harrison, Pontoon, Adia, YOSS and General Assembly.

New
York

The Adecco Group is the world's
leading provider of workforce solutions, transforming the world of work through
talent and technology. As a Data Scientist - Machine Learning you will
part of a world-class team of data scientists, as well as of our broader
digital group to spearhead new innovative solutions, enhancements to existing
products by applying and developing AI solutions based on machine learning,
planning and reasoning across all aspects of the business. We are looking for
growing leaders who can lead, inspire and be hands-on both managerially and
technically in a rewarding environment.

This data science role is AI-centric
and will focus on the application of machine learning to solve business
problems: creating innovative solutions, building models and systems to
generate actionable insights, and ensuring excellence in execution. Principal
and senior roles will take a larger and more proactive role in stakeholder
management and in shaping the future of our growing organization.

• Create, develop and enable data & AI opportunities with the
  digital organization and business lines across products and solutions.
• Validate requirements, execute projects and ensure the adoption
  of best practices.
• Design, build, test, evaluate and improve machine learning
  models and AI systems.
• Create and develop algorithms for data & AI initiatives
  while consulting with a broad and diverse set of stakeholders.
• Ensure useful, high-quality and efficient execution in machine
  learning.
• Bring capabilities to sustainable life.
• Innovate and create with cross-functional teams to drive data
  & AI vision and broad adoption.
• Remain accountable for quality, development, integration, impact
  and benefit realization of AI-driven solutions.

• Master's
  degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Applied and Industrial
  Mathematics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, or equivalent
  practical experience.
• Experience
  with statistical software (i.e., R, Python, Julia, MATLAB, etc.), understanding
  of databases (i.e., SQL, NoSQL), machine learning libraries (TensorFlow,
  PyTorch, etc.), cloud platforms, distributed storage and processing of big data
  (Hadoop, Spark, etc.).
• Solid
  understanding of industrial mathematics and statistics.
• Experience
  in project management, data analysis, research and testing methodology, rapid
  prototyping.
• Experience
  in business planning (i.e. business case presentations with financials) and
  sharp business acumen.
• Familiarity
  with software engineering methodologies (agile, waterfall, spiral, etc.) and
  best practices.
• Ability
  to understand and communicate technical issues to a broad audience base, must
  be able to articulate data & AI processes in a clear and translatable
  fashion to all audience levels.
• Business
  fluent in English.

Preferred
qualifications

• PhD/Doctoral
  degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Applied and Industrial
  Mathematics, Industrial Engineering or Operations Research.
• Proven
  ability to set strategic & tactical direction and drive high quality
  execution in teams.
• Experience
  in customer-facing applications and R&D.
• Proven
  experience with regulatory frameworks, data governance and compliance.
• Strong
  track record of managing large scale initiatives and delivering capabilities to
  drive business growth.
• Demonstrated
  ability to coordinate cross-functional work teams toward task completion.
• Solid
  project / change management / business transformation skills, i.e. development
  and successful implementation of complex projects.
• Business
  fluent in multiple languages.

This job advert is posted by Adecco Group AG with
registered address at Bellerivestrasse 30, 8008 Zurich,
Switzerland. www.adeccogroup.com

Posting date: 05-11-2020