Job Description

To our tech hub in Prague, Animal Health IT Advanced Analytics team is looking for a data scientist with a strong background in mathematics and statistics to join our team. Our team supports AH across all business areas: research and development, manufacturing, supply chain, commercial and finance. You will have a chance to apply and sharpen data science skills solving a diverse set of business challenges offering a fast growth and learning from senior colleagues. This role allows you to work on impactful projects and collaborate with divisional data scientists, building a community that learns, challenges, and inspires each other. Our team is shaping the AH Data Science and AI strategy, serves as a DS and AI community facilitator and helps non-technical colleagues to mature their understanding of DS.

Responsibilities

• Selecting appropriate analytical techniques and algorithms to solve business challenges

• Participating in selecting appropriate tools and infrastructure for data science projects

• Development of the SW code (good quality, documented, and reusable) to execute data science algorithms

• Providing precise and timely communication (both verbal and written) & collaboration with diverse stakeholders

• Understanding the business context of the decisions to be supported

• Building mathematical, statistical, and machine learning models using the available data

• Use of R and Python to design and develop analytical models and data science products using advanced techniques such as simulations, optimizations, machine learning

• Assessing the output of analytical solutions and using the data to draw conclusions, identify options, and make recommendations.

• Interpreting the results and consulting business stakeholders on options/recommendations

• Building and maintaining knowledge of the data sources, the data quality, and metadata

• Recognizing repeatable situations and suggesting the appropriate level of automation of analytics

Qualifications

• MSc Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Physics, Computer Science, or another related field

• 1-3 years of full-time working experience or PhD graduate

• Passion for maths and algorithms

• Experience with simulations, synthetic data, and building digital twins would be a big advantage

• Passion for good quality code

• Experience with version control systems such as git and collaboration tools

• Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to make high-level presentations to senior executives

• The ability to formulate models, analyze them, and program and run in some appropriate system (R and Python)

• Experience and/or ability to quickly learn high-performance computing

• Extensive knowledge in one or more of the following areas: simulations, synthetic data, digital twins, mathematical analysis, modelling, probability, stochastic processes, econometrics, machine learning, and optimization

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to work with incomplete or imperfect data, including the ability to interpret and use the analytics results within the real business context

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a globally dispersed team

What we offer

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment

• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally

• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern

• Pension and health insurance contributions

• Internal reward system plus referral programme

• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution

• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card

• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and Mall.cz discount programmes

• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone

• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner

• Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more

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