Senior Data Scientist

Job Description

Our company stands at the crossroads of healthcare as a leading entity, armed with a broad continuum of medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. But our ambition reaches beyond today; we’re constructing a progressive healthcare company prepared to foster a healthier tomorrow for all.

The secret to our continued success? That’s where you come in. We believe that your integrity, knowledge, innovation, skill and diversity, together with an unwavering commitment to teamwork, are the engine of our excellence. We’re devoted to nurturing a work environment defined by mutual respect, encouragement, and collaboration.

As part of our global ensemble, you’ll be given the chance to work with talented individuals while enhancing and expanding your own career. In the Data Science team in HR, your role is crucial. You’ll translate business needs into data-driven research projects and products, shedding light on our company’s talent.

Your role blends data science with social science, unearthing workforce trends and enabling us to conduct scalable, reproducible research. Ready to be a part of this journey? Join us to catalyze a healthier, brighter future.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and implement models that delve deep into our workforce data

• Boost AI/ML capability within the team, using the latest methods and tools to extract insights from text, activity, behavioral, and network data

• Develop and deploy solutions that meet defined and repeatable needs

• Work hand-in-hand with our client-facing teams to address business needs, providing solutions that are as insightful as they are actionable

• Collaborate with data scientists, data engineers, IT, Data Science community, and HR Operations to amplify data science capabilities and drive innovation

• Act as an AI/ML expert, advising HR colleagues and end users on the best usage within the HR domain

Qualifications

Required

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in data science or machine learning engineering role with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistics or other related field (with Masters' degree, minimum experience is 4 years)

• 2 years of Natural Language Processing (NLP) Experience

• Expertise using Python, R, and SQL to execute a solid portfolio of data science projects involving statistical inference, classical machine learning and deep learning frameworks

• Solid understanding of NLP tools, methods, and pipeline design including experience using large language models

• Proven leadership in team project settings

• Experience with cloud computing platforms, such as AWS and Databricks, and related tools

• Familiarity with version control systems

• Openness to coaching and learning from team members with different specializations

• Exceptional initiative, curiosity, communication skills, and a team-first orientation

• Demonstrated interest in projects focused on the workforce

Preferred

• MLOps experience is a big plus, and LLM app deployment experience is ideal

• Ability to manage relationships, influence non-technical stakeholders, and tell a great data story

• Understanding of HR data, processes, information systems, and governance

• Ability to conduct literature reviews and leverage external research to stay on top of best practices in AI/ML and data science in human capital management

Our Offer (The primary location is Czechia, benefits in other countries may vary)

• 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, library, music corner 

• Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more 

 
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