Head of Data Science Consulting in EPAM Ukraine

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community to help you discover your fullest potential. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to countless innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to learn and grow continuously.  

EPAM Delivered more than 70 large-scale data platforms to our clients, including some of the largest in terms of data and complexity worldwide. Working at EPAM, you will be leveraging our experience to drive end-to-end solutions. 

From predictive maintenance, fleet management, pricing optimizations, recommenders, fraud detection, smart cities and utilizing computer vision for AR/VR scenarios to large-scale MLOps platforms – you will have an opportunity to work with top tear companies as well as startups, always staying at the forefront of AI Products development technologies and methods. 

You are a curious listener, persistent, logical, and clever. You enjoy living by the code of your craft and developing mind-blowing solutions for complex problems. You are a true techie at heart. If this sounds like you, this could be the perfect opportunity to join EPAM as a Head of Data Science Consulting Ukraine!

Responsibilities

• Discover, envision and land Data Science, AI and Machine Learning opportunities alongside EPAM teams & clients
• Lead cross functional EPAM and/or EPAM’s client’s teams through the journey of understanding business challenges and defining solutions leveraging AI, Data Science, Machine Learning and MLOps 
• Work with clients to deliver AI Products which provide value to end-users 
• Participate and drive EPAM competencies development, work on new EPAM offerings in AI, Data Science, ML and MLE space, as well as work on refining existing offerings 
• Contribute to the growth of the Data Science talent pool at your location
• Bring your creative engineering mind to deliver real-life practical applications of Machine Learning 
• Work closely with DevOps on infrastructure and release planning 

Requirements

• Consulting: Experience in exploring the business problem and converging it to applied AI technical solutions; expertise in pre-sales, solution definition activities  
• Data Science: 3+ years of hands-on experience with core Data Science, as well as knowledge of one of the advanced Data Science and AI domains (Computer Vision, NLP, Advanced Analytics etc.)  
• Engineering: Experience delivering applied AI from concept to production, familiarity, and experience with MLOps, Data, design of Data Analytics platforms, data engineering, and technical leadership. This role is well-regarded for leaders with a strong mathematics background and a desire to work hands-on with Machine Learning (ML) technologies
• Leadership: Track record of delivering complex AI-empowered and/or AI-empowering programs to the clients in a leadership position; Experience managing and growing the team to scale up Data Science, AI &ML capability is a big plus
• Excellent communication skills (active listening, writing and presentation), drive for problem solving and creative solutions, high EQ

Nice to have

• Domain Expertise (nice to have): deep expertise within one or more business domains (e.g. CPG, Retail, Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare/ Life Science) 

Technologies

• Python, ML, AI, Big Data (Hadoop, Spark, Hive, etc.), AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, DB (Pl SQL, HQL, Mongo), Azure (Azure ML), Google (Vertex AI), Databricks or similar 

We Offer

• Competitive compensation depending on experience and skills
• Individual career path
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
• Sick leave and regular vacation
• English classes with certified English teachers
• Flexible work hours

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