DBCG - JPN - GAMMA Data Scientist - Optimization [G308]

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Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

Given the technical specialization needed for this role, it will be housed within BCG X, BCG’s cutting-edge group of computer science, statistics, AI and machine learning experts with deep industry expertise. These teams own the full analytics and product development value-chain end to end: framing new business challenges, building fact-bases, designing innovative algorithms, creating scale through designing tools and apps, and training colleagues and clients in new solutions. While housed within BCG X, This role will partner closely with our BCG Tech Capital commercial due diligence consulting teams to drive insights across integrated commercial and product diligences with close alignment with our Principal Investors and Private Equity Practice.

What You'll Do

We are seeking a strong candidate with advanced analytics experience in optimization to fill an exciting Data Scientist position. As a Data Scientist specializing in Optimization:

Gather and organize large and complex data assets
Conduct relevant analyses (data exploration, optimization models, and statistical modeling)
Build and execute solid analytics work plans, communicate findings in a structured way
Manage priorities and deadlines, and foster team interactions with cross-functional stakeholders
Develop client relationships with client counterpart

Depending on seniority level:

Manage projects and teams
Provide training, assistance, and support to team members
Provide thought leadership on analytical approaches
Proactively work with the [company] analytics leadership on exploring new analytics opportunities, developing new analytics value propositions, and supporting proposals

What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)

Candidates will typically hold degrees in a field linked to operations research, applied mathematics, statistics, machine learning, computer science, or an equivalent and related data centric field
Deep technical and data science expertise, acute strategic and analytical skills, ability to lead and persuade, drive and energy, and desire to work in a project based environment on strategic issues
Strong record of professional accomplishment and leadership
Travel – depending on position

KEY COMPETENCIES:

Deep Technical and Data Science Expertise

Experience in core analytics methods (one or more of the following):

- Mathematical optimization: e.g. linear programming, operations research, queueing
theory, mixed integer programming, metaheuristics, tabu search

- Statistics: e.g. variable reduction, segmentation/clustering techniques, logistic
regression, linear regression, time series analysis, social network analysis

- Text mining, NLP & unstructured data analytics

- Simulation: e.g. MC, discrete event, agent-based

Familiarity with core tools (one or more of the following):

- Data management: e.g. SQL, PostGRESql, NoSQL

- Optimization: e.g. CPLEX, GUROBI, AIMMS, Llamasoft, Matlab, NuOpt

- Simulation: e.g. Anylogic, ARENA, Java, iThink, Mason, FlexSim
- Statistical and ML: e.g. R, Python, RapidMiner, SPSS
- Programming and scripting: e.g. Python, C#, VBA, Perl, etc.
- Data visualization: e.g. Tableau, R-Shiny, D3, GIS toolkits (e.g. ESRI, MapInfo, etc.)

PROFESSIONAL CAPABILITIES:

Experience in applied analytics in one or more of the following areas:

- Operations and supply chain: E.g. Supply chain network optimization, transportation modeling, production planning and scheduling, S&OP and integrated business
planning, predictive maintenance

- Other: E.g. location analysis, sales and/or service and maintenance territory
analysis, workforce scheduling and planning, pricing optimization, HR analytics

Problem solving, conceptual thinking and decision making skills

- Ability to conceptualize business models, and develop scenarios to be tested

- Ability to work in a hypothesis-based, inductive environment

- Flexible, self-motivated, and proactive out-of-the-box critical thinker

- Ability to apply 80/20 approaches, in the context of complex analytical problems

Work management, organization and planning

- Excellent organizational skills with strong attention to detail, efficient time
management, and the ability to prioritize work effectively

- Independently and proactively communicates issues, priorities, and objectives

- Ability to thrive in a dynamic, project-based environment

- Depending on seniority: provide "thought leadership" to teams and ability to "own" an analytics module as part of a broader project

Customer and business focus

- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and professionally, delivering
impactful solutions and presenting work in a concise and thoughtful manner, while
demonstrating technical expertise

- Participate in financial business case development

- Strong collaborative skills and able to adjust approach to effectively interact with
internal customers at all organizational and technical levels

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Fast-paced, intellectually intense, service- oriented environment
Position is located in Tokyo

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