Forward Deployed AI Scientist, Canada - BCG X

Boston Consulting Group•Montreal, QC

10d•Onsite

About The Position

BCG X is the technology design and build unit of Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Leveraging BCG’s deep industry and functional expertise, BCG X combines advanced technological knowledge with an ambitious entrepreneurial spirit to help organizations innovate at scale. With nearly 3,000 human-centered technologists, scientists, programmers, engineers, and designers across more than 80 cities, BCG X designs and develops platforms and software to address the world's most important challenges and opportunities. By collaborating across our diverse teams and working closely with our clients, our end-to-end team unlocks new possibilities. Together, we create the bold, innovative products, services, and businesses of tomorrow. As a Data Scientist | Senior Data Scientist, you'll be part of our rapidly growing team. You'll have the chance to apply data science methods and analytics to real-world business situations across a variety of industries to drive significant business impact. You'll have the chance to partner with clients in a variety of BCG regions and industries, and on key topics like climate change, enabling them to design, build, and deploy new and innovative solutions. Additional responsibilities will include developing and delivering thought leadership in scientific communities and papers as well as leading conferences on behalf of BCG X. Successful candidates are intellectually curious builders who are biased toward action, scrappy, and communicative. We are looking for talented individuals with a passion for data science, statistics, operations research and transforming organizations into AI-led innovative companies.

Requirements

Comfortable in a client-facing role with the ambition to lead teams.
Likes to distill complex results or processes into simple, clear visualizations.
Explain sophisticated data science concepts in an understandable manner.
Love building things and are comfortable working with modern development tools and writing code collaboratively.
Significant experience applying advanced analytics to a variety of business situations and a proven ability to synthesize complex data.
Deep understanding of modern machine learning techniques and their mathematical underpinnings, and can translate this into business implications for our clients.
Strong project management skills.
Must live within a reasonable commuting distance of your home office.
Expected to be in the office as directed.
Requires extended working hours at times.
Work often requires travel to client sites.

Nice To Haves

Software development or DevOps experience.

Responsibilities

Own the full analytics value-chain end to end: framing new business challenges, designing innovative algorithms, implementing, and deploying scalable solutions, and enabling colleagues and clients to fully embrace AI.
Apply data science methods and analytics to real-world business situations across a variety of industries to drive significant business impact.
Partner with clients in a variety of BCG regions and industries, and on key topics like climate change, enabling them to design, build, and deploy new and innovative solutions.
Develop and deliver thought leadership in scientific communities and papers.
Lead conferences on behalf of BCG X.