Bain: Senior Advanced Analytics Specialist (Data Science)

Company: Bain
Location: San Francisco (primary), or LA, Dallas, NY, Chicago, or Boston
Web: www.bain.com


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Overview:

This is an opportunity to be a key member of Bain's expanding advanced analytics capability area. This position will be part of the Advanced Analytics Group (Bain's team of advanced analytics and primary research experts).

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities will include a mix of Data Science and Advanced Analytics skills.

 
DATA SCIENCE:

• Working with Bain consultants and Advanced Analytics experts to define data requirements and plan data acquisition
• Working with consultants and clients to extract very large data sets from client and third party sources (structured and unstructured) and then transfer & load the data onto Bain data servers
• Facilitating data merging and transformation in preparation for analysis by planning the process and either executing directly or training consultants to implement directly
• Assist lead Data Scientist in designing and implementing the data architecture, analytics environment, and best practices for analyzing very large data sets

 
ADVANCED ANALYTICS:

• Provide analytic consulting to Bain case teams and clients worldwide. The Senior Specialist will work with case teams to assess data needs and propose analytical solutions to provide practical, value-added answers to the client and case teams.
• Recommend and explain research methods and analytical techniques appropriate for targeting and segmenting markets, product design, marketing optimization, demand forecasting and brand valuation, profit and price analyses, and territory optimization.
• Design sample specifications that will deliver actionable information.
• Conduct advanced statistical analyses: Explain and perform a variety of statistical and data mining techniques including discrete choice/conjoint analysis, latent class and other clustering techniques, maximum difference scaling, multivariate and logistic regressions, decision trees (e.g. CHAID/CART), and factor and correspondence/MDS analysis.
• Train and coach consultants on basic statistical and analytical procedures
• The person in this role will need the ability to:
  • Communicate effectively with analytics/data experts, business leaders, and executives inside and outside of Bain to assess opportunities and develop data driven solutions for Bain clients across a variety of sectors;
  • Translate business objectives into data and analytics solutions using appropriate data engineering, analytics, visualization & dashboard applications;
  • Design, execute and direct data engineering and analytics solutions;
  • Communicate with and educate both senior and junior colleagues to further embed data science and analytics across the firm;
  
   
  

 
Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative discipline such as Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, Econometrics or information sciences such as business analytics or informatics.
• 3+ years experience in data mining, large scale data acquisition, transformation, and cleaning, both structured and unstructured data and/or advanced analytics.
• 5-10 years of experience in a business, market research or social science environment without a Masters Degree, or 3+ years experience with a Masters Degree or Ph.D.
• SQL expertise required; Data modeling experience a plus
• Strong experience with ETL design and implementations in the context of large datasets
• Experience with ETL tools (e.g., Informatica, DataStage, SSIS, Talend, Pentaho Kettle, Redpoint)
• Demonstrated experience with database technologies (e.g. Oracle, SAP, DB2, Teradata, MS SQL Server, Vertica, Greenplum, SAP HANA, MySQL)
• Experience with statistical analysis software (e.g. R, SPSS, SAS, RapidMiner)
• Familiarity with Business Intelligence tools a plus (e.g. Cognos, Qlikview, Tableau, Tibco, MicroStrategy)
• Experience with Hadoop ecosystem (e.g., HBase, Pig, Hive) a plus
• Experience with NoSQL database technologies (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra, CouchDB) a plus
• Experience with cloud computing a plus
• Experience with Python, PHP, Java, Ruby, and Visual Basic a plus
• Excellent oral and written communication skills a must.
• Ability to collaborate with people at all levels and with multi-office/region teams.
• Must thrive in a fast paced environment and be able to work independently.
• Some travel required.