About the role

  • Data Science Manager leading the Data Science team in Subang Jaya to enable data and data-driven storytelling. Collaborating with cross-functional teams and overseeing advanced analytics solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the data science team under agile environment and drive a solution-oriented, collaborative team culture and ensuring timely, quality delivery
  • Coach, mentor, and develop the team to continuously elevate technical depth and business insight
  • Ensure full quality and sustainability of every data science product and solutions developed by APMEA D&A team
  • Develop and evaluate predictive, prescriptive, and causal models (segmentation, churn propensity, uplift modelling, forecasting, clustering etc.)
  • Perform data exploration, feature engineering, hypothesis testing to support business questions
  • Ensure E2E model lifecycle execution: problem framing → data exploration → modeling → validation → deployment
  • Contribute to high level engagement and collaborate with Business Analyst to perform feasibility study, delivering POC and provide consultation and recommendation to stakeholders
  • Ensure models in production remain stable, monitored, and continuously improved
  • Effectively manage multiple concurrent project and requirement timelines in fast paced business environment
  • Provide SME-level guidance on modelling techniques and standard processes for other indirectly involved projects
  • Extraction and manipulation of raw datasets from Data Warehouse (Fabric) and other sources using T-SQL and Python
  • Work with Data Engineers to optimize datasets and pipelines needed for modeling
  • Ensure analytical assets meet reproducibility, auditability, and integrity standards
  • Drive collaborator alignment, manage expectations, and ensure analytical recommendations influence commercial and operational decision-making
  • Collaborate with Solution Managers and/or business stakeholders to understand the demand
  • Work with BI Developers to visualize model outcomes and analytical insights
  • Collaborate with Business Analysts to translate business requirements into analytical frameworks
  • Support PoCs, feasibility studies, and consultative engagements
  • Develop clear modelling documentation and maintain version control of scripts
  • Ensure data quality, variable definitions, and modelling logic adhere to internal standards
  • Conduct validation checks on data integrity and analytical accuracy
  • Support responsible AI practices including explainability and fairness
  • Build data governance checkpoints and contribute in optimizing operating model
  • Stay updated on new modelling techniques, analytics tools, and data science frameworks
  • Suggest improvements to data flows, modelling processes, or analytical tooling
  • Contribute to team learning sessions and collaborative knowledge sharing
  • Define and maintain internal processes and quality standards documentation to ensure process controls and audits are up to date and aligned to BAT standards

Requirements

  • Degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science or similar
  • At least 7+ years hands-on data science or analytics experience with proven record of increase business value with deliverables
  • Minimum 3+ years team management experience
  • Experience of leading a Data Science team and coordinating Data Engineer work would be a strong plus
  • Proven record on performing complex data manipulation using SQL/Python
  • Proven record of hands-on analysis/model changed a business decision or created measurable value
  • Experienced in model deployment
  • Have built and deployed at least 2+ ML/statistical models that were used in production or decision-making
  • Experience working in Azure environments, or similar cloud platforms
  • Experience with MLOps components such as CI/CD pipelines, model monitoring, and automated retraining is preferred
  • Strong capability in scoping, effort estimation, sprint planning, and prioritizing Data Science backlog
  • Ability to convert complex analytical findings into simple, compelling storylines tailored for business stakeholders and senior leaders
  • Experience in FMCG, retail, consumer insights, supply chain, marketing analytics, or commercial performance analytics is an advantage

Benefits

  • market leading annual performance bonus (subject to eligibility)
  • diverse health plans
  • initiatives for work-life balance
  • transportation support
  • flexible holiday plan with additional incentives

Job title

Data Science Manager

Job type

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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