Data Scientist - Singapore - Singapore Management University

Singapore Management University
Singapore Management University
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Singapore

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality.

The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together - building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing.

We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities - all to meet the work-life needs of our staff.

No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.


DESIGNATION :
Data Scientist / Senior Data Scientist, IITS


RESPONSIBILITIES

  • This position is for Office of Integrated Information Technology Services.
  • Initiate, conceptualise, analyze, design, develop and maintain enterprise corporate analytics and reporting initiatives and solutions that provide actionable insights leading to greatest opportunities for SMU.
  • Reach out to and collaborate with business to identify descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics needs and opportunities so as to empower datadriven action plans and decisions.
  • Develop and implement Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) models and solutions, both in the cloud and onpremise, to solve business problems and derive business insights.
  • Mine, analyze, map and harmonize data across different source systems, perform data wrangling techniques and assess data accuracy, and setup data for the respective predictive and prescriptive analysis.
  • Play a project lead role for inhouse system development, enhancements, and maintenance.
  • Collaborate closely with users and other IT colleagues, in understanding dependencies and be agile in managing changes.
  • Coordinate and conduct user acceptance tests and training.
  • Provide system documentation according to the Project Development Methodology.
  • Provide technical assistance and daytoday operational support for existing systems, e.g. the Qlik Sense dashboards.
  • Conduct post implementation reviews to gather user feedback and schedule for enhancements and modifications.
  • Help to define and establish technical design and development standards.
  • Lead in designing, implementing and delivering data literacy programs.
  • Form good user relations by cultivating trust and building good rapport with users.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Diploma / Degree
  • At least 2 years of handson experience as a Data Scientist.
  • Certification in Data Science an advantage.
  • Good knowledge of machine learning skills and techniques in creating and using algorithms and statistical models, e.g. regression, simulation, scenario / whatif analysis, modeling, clustering, decision trees, and neural networks.
  • Proficiency in programming languages like Python and R. Familiarity with Qlik Sense development and administration is a plus.
  • Strong data warehousing, dimensional modelling concepts and SQL query skills.
  • Good knowledge of software development life cycles and structured project development methodology.
  • Excellent business acumen and an eye for detail.
  • Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal, conflict management and persuasive skills.
  • Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills.
  • Selfdriven with the ability to multitask and take on concurrent projects.

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