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challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the
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help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change,
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management consulting along with technology and design, corporate
and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely
collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of
the client organization, generating results that allow our clients
to thrive. We Are BCG X We’re a diverse team of more than 3,000
tech experts united by a drive to make a difference. Working across
industries and disciplines, we combine our experience and expertise
to tackle the biggest challenges faced by society today. We go
beyond what was once thought possible, creating new and innovative
solutions to the world’s most complex problems. Leveraging BCG’s
global network and partnerships with leading organizations, BCG X
provides a stable ecosystem for talent to build game-changing
businesses, products, and services from the ground up, all while
growing their career. Together, we strive to create solutions that
will positively impact the lives of millions. What You'll Do Our
BCG X teams own the full analytics value-chain end to end: framing
new business challenges, designing innovative algorithms,
implementing, and deploying scalable solutions, and enabling
colleagues and clients to fully embrace AI. Our product offerings
span from fully custom-builds to industry specific leading edge AI
software solutions. As a Data Scientist, you'll be part of our
rapidly growing team. You'll have the chance to apply data science
methods and analytics to real-world business situations across a
variety of industries to drive significant business impact. You'll
have the chance to partner with clients in a variety of BCG regions
and industries, and on key topics like climate change, enabling
them to design, build, and deploy new and innovative solutions.
Additional responsibilities will include developing and delivering
thought leadership in scientific communities and papers as well as
leading conferences on behalf of BCG X. Successful candidates are
intellectually curious builders who are biased toward action,
scrappy, and communicative. We are looking for talented individuals
with a passion for data science, statistics, operations research
and transforming organizations into AI led innovative companies.
Successful candidates possess the following: - Comfortable in a
client-facing role with the ambition to lead teams - Likes to
distill complex results or processes into simple, clear
visualizations - Explain sophisticated data science concepts in an
understandable manner - Love building things and are comfortable
working with modern development tools and writing code
collaboratively (bonus points if you have a software development or
DevOps experience) - Significant experience applying advanced
analytics to a variety of business situations and a proven ability
to synthesize complex data - Deep understanding of modern machine
learning techniques and their mathematical underpinnings, and can
translate this into business implications for our clients - Have
strong project management skills What You'll Bring - TECHNOLOGIES:
Programming Languages: Python Boston Consulting Group is an Equal
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