Data Scientist

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At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

What you’ll do

The primary purpose of this role is to deliver analytical / decision services to Vodafone’s businesses across the globe. The role works with OpCo and is a part of the VOIS (Vodafone Shared Services) organisation in India.

The incumbent works on the assigned projects & it's stakeholder to understand the business challenges faced by them. Using expertise in analytics, the incumbent provide structured and data-backed analytics solutions to create bottom-line impact for the business. The role leverages / re-engineers existing solutions to delivery efficiently. The role also demands an innovation led approach to delivery through the use of evolving analytical techniques / technologies.

The candidate works with the assigned business stakeholder(s) to agree scope, deliverables, process and expected outcomes from the products and services developed.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

• Support build & deployment of analytical solutions (models, hypothesis, analyses & scenarios) across the spectrum of analytical maturity - descriptive, inferential, predictive & prescriptive
• Leverage previously created data models, insights and analyses from across the Vodafone business to drive positive business outcomes
• Drive efficiencies in how analytical services are delivered, through automation and standardisation of analytical delivery
• Provide a delightful and “easy to work” experience to the business stakeholders while setting clear expectations

Core competencies, knowledge and experience :

• Masters in Analytics, Operations Research, Statistics or similar / MBA from a premier B-school
• Minimum experience of 3-4 years in Analytics from a top B-school or T-School of India
• Excellent communication & presentation skills with track record of engaging with business project leads
• Knowledge of financial planning, accounting practices and Forecasting
• Flexibility and problem solving
• Previous experience in Telecom & Financial analytics would be a distinct advantage

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• Hands on experience in Analytical tools like Python with through knowledge of various machine learning, analytical & statistical techniques
• Experience in using SQL to extract large amount of data
• Exceptional data manipulation and analysis techniques; comfortable using very large (>10’s millions rows) datasets, containing both structured and unstructured data
• Adequate exposure to Data visualisation tools like Tableau, Qlikview, SAS Visual Analytics, etc.
• Experience in use of Cloud – GCP/AWS or Big Data technologies (e.g. Hadoop, Hive, Pig, etc.) is desirable

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

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