Python Job: Junior Data Scientist

Location: Any UK hub (Blended working)

Vodafone Business has a strong focus on Data. We have started a journey to find and engage with customers in new ways and we are looking for ambitious, smart and dedicated people to help us get there.

The Business CVM Data Science and Insights team is a corner stone in Vodafone Business’s data driven strategy. We perform data driven insight to really understand our customers, build machine learning models to automate marketing, find data to improve sales and create new business opportunities, and support the CVM teams in using a data driven approach when they talk to customers.

This is a collaborative team where you’ll be supported and developed through challenges and a broad set of skills, both technical and business impacting. You’ll be working across teams and employing a mix of technical skills, data analysis and business sense. You’ll be rewarded with an enthusiastic environment where you can really develop your skills and enjoy the challenge. In return, we want someone who puts curiosity at the heart of everything they do and is brilliant at communicating about data and the benefits it brings.

What will you be doing?

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  Supporting the use and development of machine learning models to improve existing customer experience, upselling, cross-selling and customer retention.
• Supporting the application of advanced analytics products that provide actionable business insight to Vodafone and external partners.
• Supporting the use and development of predictive models with large and varied datasets working with a community of colleagues across technology, data and marketing.
• Utilise Python, SQL and Git.
• Identify potential new data sources and investigating potential user cases.
• Work with stakeholders to create hypotheses which you will then test and deliver solutions to real business problems

Who are we looking for?

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  Bachelor’s Degree or higher in quantitative fields including Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering (or relevant experience).
• Excellent communication skills - able to convey complex concepts to non-analytical audiences in a succinct form.
• Expertise in data manipulation: use of structured data tools (e.g., SQL & Python). Desirable to have additional skills with unstructured data and cloud platforms (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, NoSQL).
• Significant experience using Python is essential. Experience in area such as PySpark, TensorFlow and Scala are preferred but not required.
• Experience of implementing data transformations and algorithms in common programming languages .
• Understanding and hands-on experience in related use cases (e.g. churn reduction, personalisation, network optimisation, customer satisfaction, etc)

What’s in it for you?

An excellent remuneration and bonus package with 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We’re also proud to provide a Reconnect programme with flexibility to support individuals returning to work after a career break and our market-leading parental leave policies. We’re committed to supporting you throughout every step of your career at Vodafone.