Senior Consultant - Data Science & Analytics

Job Description

We are looking for a talented Data Scientist / Data Analytics expert to support our clients’ activities in Shanghai. Your work may include (depending on project needs):

• Data analytics & strategic decision support (insights, measurement frameworks, experimentation, KPI design) 
• Machine learning, statistics & generative AI (from model design to deployment)
• Data engineering & DevOps (data preparation pipelines, reproducibility, industrialization)
• Data visualization and stakeholder-ready storytelling (dashboards, analytics apps)
• Data transformation & enablement (data literacy / acculturation, operating models, ways of working)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner with our client’s leadership teams, engineers, program managers and data analysts to understand data needs.
• Identify, acquire, process and explore relevant data sources.
• Analyze large amounts of structured and unstructured information to discover trends and patterns.
• Use your data analytics and data science expertise to derive valuable insights from datasets, build predictive models and machine-learning algorithms.
• Communicate at scale, through multiple mediums: presentations, dashboards, datasets, bots and more.
• Propose solutions and strategies to business challenges.
• Collaborate with engineering and product development teams.
• Manage a broad range of projects and deliverables, including models, algorithms, datasets, measurements, services, tools and process.
• Actively contribute to offer building, training, communities of practice, and R&D initiatives
• Support business development (needs definition, proposals, opportunity identification)

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Data Scientist or Data Analyst (ideally in consulting)
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant area of study (Data Science, Business Analytics, Statistics, Economics or a related field of study) from a top university
• Excellent programming skills in Python and SQL, and solid data modelling foundations
• Hands-on experience ingesting and processing data, building models, and delivering outputs (shipping code, deploying models, publishing dashboards, etc.)
• Problem-solving aptitude and strong business acumen
• Ability to manage projects end-to-end and communicate clearly with stakeholders at different seniority levels 
• Fluency in English and Mandarin Chinese is a must. Additional proficiency in any other Asian languages would be advantageous
• Strong plus: Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau, Looker)
• Strong plus: Experience with Databricks (Jobs & Pipeline, Databricks Genie)
• Strong plus: Experience with GenAI tools and platforms
• Strong plus: Experience with cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure, Ali, Tencent)

Additional Information

Sia Partners is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.

Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.