Job Description

Company Description

As the world's largest research organization, Nielsen is powered by talented creative scientists. Our Data Scientist Business Leaders come from diverse disciplines such as statistics, research methodology, mathematics, psychology, business, engineering, physics and demography. These professionals drive innovation, new product ideation, develops complex analysis and delivery of data insights to measure what consumers buy

• Be a Data Science business partner for managing directors, commercial, product, and technology leaders to achieve country specific goals including revenue and EBITDA and other objectives.
• Regularly meet directly with clients to understand strategic business needs, translate them into analytical strategies and offer innovative solutions driven through state of the art methodologies in Data Science.
• Support Client and Commercial teams with Data Science design and methodological questions.
• Play a leading role in the application of data and analytics strategies in support of clients' business needs.
• Innovate and create out of the box solutions by leveraging large and diverse data sets and state of the art technologies.
• Collaborate and align with other Data Science team units to deliver and prioritize objectives.
• Enable Data Science technology solutions on the ground and ensure solutions meets client needs.
• Leverage Product Enhancement, Product and Technology teams to bring to the market services and solutions.
• Contribute to identifying third parties and evaluate their capabilities and data sets in order to develop new solutions.
• Design and conduct studies, tests and use advanced analytics techniques to build proof of concept and prototypes for use cases.

Qualifications

• Professionals with degrees in Mathematics, Data Science, Statistics, or related fields involving statistical analysis of large data sets.
• 5+ years of experience in market research or relevant field
• Solid understanding of CPG/FMCG Industry and Retail market impact on client's business within the market
• Passionate about innovation and technology
• Experienced connecting with stakeholders and clients proactively, finding ways to link client's needs with the business., proactive, able to think out-of-the-box.
• Good ability to effectively convey complex concepts to non-experts.
• Strong Problem-Solving skills. able to set priorities and good leadership skills.
• Intellectual curiosity and persistence to find answers to questions.
• Great collaborative and interpersonal skills to communicate at all levels.
• Business acumen, consultative skills and empathy for clients.
• Great command of written and spoken English
• Eager to continuously learn and adapt to changing technologies and tools.
• Good ability to make decisions and successfully manage multiple assignments concurrently in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong analytical and technical skills, Understanding of statistics, Experienced in data visualization tools (e.g. Spotfire, Tableau, etc) and mapping tools.
• Experienced with programming languages such as Python and R.
• Familiar with Nielsen systems/products. (for internal-it is required)
• Familiar with Machine Learning and working experience with contemporary database systems, designing experiment and behavior analysis

Additional Information

About NielsenIQ

NielsenIQ is a global measurement and data analytics company that provides the most complete and trusted view available of consumers and markets worldwide. We provide consumer packaged goods manufacturers/fast-moving consumer goods and retailers with accurate, actionable information and insights and a complete picture of the complex and changing marketplace that companies need to innovate and grow. Our approach marries proprietary NielsenIQ data with other data sources to help clients around the world understand what's happening now, what's happening next, and how to best act on this knowledge. We like to be in the middle of the action. That's why you can find us at work in over 90 countries, covering more than 90% of the world's population. For more information, visit .

NielsenIQ is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class.