The Data Scientist and Managing Strategy Consultant role is in our Worldwide Advanced Analytics Center of Competency (CoC). This position is for subject matter experts who are able to apply strategy consulting and advanced analytics to our globally dispersed clients. The responsibilities include working with client executives (often at C-suite levels), defining key business problems, formulating mathematical approaches, gathering and analyzing data to solve problems, collaborating as part of a consulting team in implementing the recommended solution and finally developing analyzing/drawing conclusions and presenting findings and recommendations to clients.
The Data Scientist and Managing Strategy Consultant will have the opportunity to contribute right away to top-tier clients in collaboration with smart people in a dynamic team environment. The Data Scientist and Managing Strategy Consultant will work on projects that help clients integrate strategy and technology to increase effectiveness, reduce costs and improve profit and shareholder value. The Data Scientist and Managing Strategy Consultant will have an opportunity to build a powerful portfolio of interesting and rewarding experiences. The ideal consultant will be strong in at least one of the following, with the opportunity to develop and strengthen his/her abilities in the others: data analytics and modeling, data visualization, business acumen and strategy. He/she can take advantage of opportunities to master new skills, work across different disciplines and move into new challenges… all at IBM, a company that is at the forefront of tackling the grand challenges that affect our society
Required Technical and Professional Expertise:
- Bachelor’s degree
- At least 3 years of experience as a strategy consultant or analytical role applying data mining, text analytics, visualizations or optimization modeling
- At least 1 year of experience in project management of consulting engagement
- Advanced knowledge in advanced analytics tools (such as R, SPSS, Python, SAS), data management (such as DB2, SQL, Hadoop) or visualization (such as d3 Javascript, HTML, CSS)
- Willingness to travel up to 4 days a week (home on weekends, based on project requirements)
- Fluent in English
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience:
- Advanced degree
- At least 5 years of experience in strategy consulting, and applying data mining, text analytics, visualizations and optimization modeling
- At least 2 years of experience in project management of consulting engagement
- At least 3 years of experience in advanced analytics tools such as R, SPSS, Python, SAS
- At least 3 years of experience in data management such as DB2, SQL, Hadoop
- At least 3 years of experience in visualization such as d3, Javascript, HTML, CSS