Sia Partners is a next-generation consulting firm focused on delivering superior value and tangible results to clients as they navigate the digital revolution. Our global footprint and expertise in more than 40 sectors and services allow us to enhance our clients' businesses worldwide. We guide their projects and initiatives in strategy, business transformation, IT & digital strategy, and Data Science.  As the pioneer of Consulting 4.0, we integrate AI into our solutions.

Sia Partners comprises 2,400+ consultants with diverse expertise and operates from 38 offices worldwide; spanning across Asia, North Africa, and North America, in addition to Europe and the United Kingdom. In the Middle East, Sia Partners provides expert advisory services on strategy & execution, innovation, operational performance & cost reduction, cyber & data security, efficient organisation, transformation & change management, HR performance, and IT performance. In addition to these services, Sia Institute, Sia Partners’ world-class international training arm, provides a wide range of learning programs and workshops with modules successfully delivered across various locations and sectors, particularly in the Middle East.

Sia Institute is an exclusive representative in the GCC of The Global Innovation Management Institute and is a certified center by ILM (in the UK). Sia Partners Middle East began with the establishment of the Dubai office in 2009 focusing on Government, Energy and Utilities. From there, a gradual growth in regional scope and practice has paved the way for successful wins within other sectors. Today Sia Partners has offices in Abu Dhabi, Doha, and Riyadh. Along with a multinational team, the Partners leading the Middle East Offices have a long record of accomplishments and expertise, and play an active role in the realization of the region’ vision in both Public and Private sectors.

As a Data Science Manager, you will assume several responsibilities across delivery, business development, management /mentoring, recruitment, marketing / content development:

• Expertise: lead the development of the data science practice including RPA, Data, Data Science, Digital transformation in a wide range of sectors such as Energy, Banking, Government, MCX, Retail etc…
• Business Development: driving growth and improving revenue for the firm / drive proposals and client material.
• Delivery: Lead teams and deliver project work across a range of clients based either from our office in the Kingdom or at client site.
• Management & Monitoring: support the management team and ensure mentoring and developing junior team members.
• Recruitment & Marketing: Contribute to the development of the Sia Partners brand and actively participate to the recruitment.

As part of a diverse and motivated team, you will be involved in transformation projects at our clients. You will manage and execute project assignments in modelling and digital transformation (business/IT analysis and partial coding) environments with a good deal of business perspectives:

• Data Management: Support in Data Strategy Development, Data valuation strategy, governance, Data architecture, repository and Data modeling
• Data Analysis and / or visualization: Creation and monitoring of KPIs, Data analysis, Data visualization and dashboarding.
• Machine learning, AI and statistics: developing predictive models of decision making (supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms, econometrics, forecasting, NLP, quantitative diagnosis,...).
• Operations research: assistance in the design and implementation of optimization solutions under constraints and simulation models.
• Big Data: Algorithmic knowledge for large and unstructured data processing.

• At least 10 years of relevant work experience in data science field and in consulting and/or data related projects having managed and delivered projects in these fields.
• Expertise in the Public Sector, Banking and/or Energy is a big plus.
• Knowledge of the Middle East Market and previous experience in the KSA.
• Entrepreneurial drive – previous sales experiences is a must - thrives on growth challenges with regard to client development and business development.
• Ability to work with senior stakeholders.
• Strong project / program management experience with a focus on Agile Methodology.
• Team player and ability to navigate in a multi-cultural environment.
• Proficiency in at least 2 of the following: Python, R, SQL.
• Solid foundation in scripting languages like ​​(Python, Perl, JS, bash) or compiled (C ++, Java) and/or have experience in environments UNIX / LINUX.
• Proficient English and Arabic speaker.

Expertise in some or all of the following:

Data cleaning, manipulation and pre-processing, exploratory analysis, feature engineering and machine learning libraries like pandas, numpy, scipy, regex, matplotlib, seaborn, statsmodels , scikit-learn, xgboost, and nltk, genism or spacy.Supervised Learning: Regression (simple, multivariate) and Classification (binary, multi-class, multi-label).

• Unsupervised Learning: Clustering (customer segmentation, cluster and community detection) and Dimensionality Reduction (PCA, LDA, TruncatedSVD, NNMF, etc.).
• Recommender Systems: Collaborative Filtering, Content Based and Matrix Factorization Methods.
• Excellent understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms, such as k-NN, Naive Bayes, SVM, Decision Forests, etc.
• Natural Language Processing: Text Preprocessing (Arabic & English), Word2Vec, TF-IDF, Text Classification (binary, multi-class, muli-label), Topic Modeling (LDA, PLSA, Matrix Factorization Methods) and Text Similarity Scores.
• Computer Vision: Image Processing, Data Augmentation, Image Classification, Object Detection, and Semantic Segmentation.
• Deep Learning Frameworks like Pytorch, Tensorflow or Keras.
• Statistical Hypothesis Testing using respective libraries.
• Dealing with numerical, categorical, text and date machine learning feature engineering.
• Dynamic visualization including RShiny or Dash Python
• Familiarity with Business Intelligence visualization tools like Power BI and Tableau is a plus.

What is in here for you:

• A flexible growing environment to thrive entrepreneurial, innovative mindset
• A transparent and attractive salary package
• Training and career development programs
• Career advocacy program that supports achieving professional development goals through guidance, and real-time feedback
• Continuous learning & development opportunities
• Healthcare coverage that includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance policies

Our Commitment to Diversity

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) are part of Sia Partners’ DNA. Thanks to our expertise in several sectors and our international growth, our teams include a variety of experiences and cultures. We’re confident that promoting DEIB creates an environment in which everyone can reach their full potential.

Our global network, DEIB@Sia Partners, brings together our people worldwide to facilitate local and global progress, focused on the following areas:

• Gender equality (global Gender Equality Index score of 91/100 for FY19-20)
• Race & Ethnicity
• Working Parents
• Disabilities

Sia Partners is an equal-opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.

To learn more about our mission, values, and business sectors, please visit our website.

Sia Partners is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.