Associate Data Scientist at Kantar · Cape Town

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We’re the world’s leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.

About the job

As an Associate Data Scientist on our Global Data Science and Innovation team, you will play a critical role in developing advanced analytical solutions that drive our organisational growth. Your work will involve collaborating with colleagues to implement cutting-edge AI/ML projects, directly impacting our ability to scale and maintain industry-leading standards.

You will fit into our team by working closely with software engineers, product delivery teams, and customer success colleagues to ensure seamless integration of our solutions. This role not only requires technical expertise but also flexibility and strong collaboration skills to represent our innovative initiatives to both internal and external stakeholders!

Job Goals

• Develop and integrate new features to enhance functionality in our products and models for internal and external users.
• Champion best practices in software development within the team.
• Write comprehensive tests and documentation to ensure reliability.
• Create and maintain efficient pipelines and infrastructure for seamless deployment.
• Deploy models into production, ensuring their stability and performance.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to achieve cohesive organisational goals.
• Share insights and innovative solutions within the AI/ML domain through cross-team collaboration.
• Research new methodologies, techniques, and algorithms to keep our products as the best in class in the market.

Ideal Skills & Capabilities

• Proficiency in coding languages such as R and Python.
• Strong knowledge of Statistical and Machine Learning models. Familiarity with their applications to marketing, market research, or media measurement would be valuable.
• Experience with manipulation and maintenance of databases (e.g. SQL).
• Ability to work effectively in global setups with diverse cross-geography teams and cultures.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to balance big-picture thinking with meticulousness.
• Energetic, self-driven, curious, and entrepreneurial mindset.
• Experience in developing and maintaining live products is desirable but not required.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like Azure, knowledge of Git, and containerisation tools (e.g. Docker) are a plus.

What part of Kantar might I be joining?

You’ll be joining our Global Data Science and Innovation team, right in the middle of our tech revolution. We’re undergoing the largest technology transformation Kantar has ever seen, investing in new AI and cloud technologies. By modernising all our tech systems, we can respond our clients' needs faster and more efficiently – and keep Kantar as a market leader for insights.

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And if we combine the expertise of our people with the latest technology, we can really help brands discover some amazing insights.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way works for them. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

Privacy and Legal Statement

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate based on age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

PRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited (“Kantar”). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manage.

Location Cape Town, Jetty StreetSouth Africa

Kantar Rewards Statement

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well being is taken into consideration.

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.