Job Description

Role Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will have big data management, mathematical and statistical expertise, along with natural curiosity and a creative mind. While mining, interpreting, and cleaning our data, this person will be relied on to ask questions, connect the dots, and uncover hidden opportunities for realizing the data\xe2\x80\x99s full potential. As part of a team of specialists, the data scientist will \xe2\x80\x9cslice and dice\xe2\x80\x9d data using various methods and create new visions for the future.

Objectives of this role

• Collaborate with Global Product Partners and Internal Unit to develop an understanding of needs
• Research and devise innovative statistical models for data analysis
• Communicate findings/ inference/ action to all stakeholders
• Enable smarter business processes by using analytics for meaningful insights
• Keep current with technical and industry developments

Responsibilities

• Serve as data strategist to identify and integrate new datasets that can be leveraged through our product capabilities, and work closely with the Global Product Partners and Internal Unit in the development of data products
• Identify relevant data sources and sets to mine for business needs, and collect large structured and unstructured datasets and variables
• Devise and utilize algorithms and models to mine big-data stores; perform data and error analysis to improve models; clean and validate data for uniformity and accuracy
• Analyse data for trends and patterns, and interpret data with clear objectives in mind
• Implement analytical models in production by collaborating with Global Product Partners and Internal Unit
• Perform team\xe2\x80\x99s BAU/ scheduled task on timely manner

Required skills and qualifications

• 5 or more years of experience in data science
• Proficiency with data mining, mathematics, and statistical analysis
• Advanced experience in pattern recognition and predictive modelling
• High proficiency with programming language- Python for data analytics & SQL
• Experience with Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, research-oriented group that has several concurrent projects

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree (or equivalent) in statistics, applied mathematics, or related discipline
• Related professional certification would add advantage to application

ROLE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• Manage Conduct
• Manage Risk
• Manage People
• Business Facilitation
• Manage Change
• Management of Frontline Risk
• Business Governance & Support
• Strategy & Business Model

About Standard Chartered

We\'re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 years, we\'ve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you\'re looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents. And we can\'t wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you\'ll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion. Together we:

\xc2\xb7 Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do

\xc2\xb7 Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well

\xc2\xb7 Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

\xc2\xb7 Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations

\xc2\xb7 Time-off including annual, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum

\xc2\xb7 Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns

\xc2\xb7 Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits

\xc2\xb7 A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning

\xc2\xb7 Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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