Lead Data Scientist Westpac Banking Corporation Sydney, Australia
Lead Data Scientist Westpac Banking Corporation Sydney, Australia Posted 7 days ago Permanent Competitive Lead Data Scientist
Job Description 45548 Lead Data Scientist PermanentSydney, NSWBe a part of Westpac's supportive and inclusive team How will I help?
Full-time permanent position as Lead Data Scientist in Insights & Analytics team within Chief Brand & Marketing Office of Westpac Group based in Sydney.
You are responsible for leading data science projects and bespoke analytical solutions that help Westpac to optimise marketing performance, improve customer engagement, and maximise commercial value. You will build and maintain relationship with a wide range of stakeholders to identify opportunities to apply advanced analytical techniques and drive data-driven decision making.
Key Responsibilities Include:
Lead multiple end-to-end development and deployment of high impact data science projectsBuild and maintain strong relationships with various stakeholders to understand the challenges that they face, and propose analytical solutions to help them meet their goals and objectivesCommunicate complex technical content, insights, project outcomes and recommendations to various audiences, including senior executivesDevelop test-and-learn framework to quickly prove or disprove hypotheses, and scale up successful initiativesSupport and mentor wider team members about advanced analyticsEffectively manage risk by adhering to team risk controls and organisational risk mitigation policies What's in it for me?
You'll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for 200 years. Our purpose is to create better futures together. So, we'll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You'll also keep learning to grown, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure. Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.
What do I need? Expertise in SQL is mandatory (Teradata experience is a plus)Strong hands-on capability in general programming is mandatory (Python is highly preferred)Expertise in Advanced Analytics, including but not limited to machine learning methods (supervised and unsupervised learning), regression modelling, time series analytics etc. Deep-Learning is a good plus but not mandatory.Data visualisation and dashboarding, particularly PowerBI, is a strong plusBig data platform experience (Hadoop/ Hive/ Spark etc) and Cloud platform experience is highly regarded (Azure experience is a strong plus)Customer Marketing & Analytics experience is highly desirableStrong stakeholder engagement skillStrong experience in project management and associated tooling (e.g., Confluence, JIRA, Git and etc)Strong presenting to various audiences What is it like to work there?
We aim to provide one big, supportive team to help us achieve our purpose of creating better futures together. As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family means you will get some of the best banking, wealth and insurance benefits in the market.
We back our employees by helping them work towards industry-recognised qualifications, using online learning, training modules and career planning tools for you to grow with us. We will even pay you to do volunteer or community work.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility - and champions inclusion.
How do I apply?
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At Westpac we are committed to providing a supportive culture and creating diverse, inclusive, and accessible workplaces, branches, products and services for our customers, employees, and community. This role is open to experienced candidates seeking a discussion around workplace flexibility. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please email ******.
Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?
We can provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability and/or neurodiversity. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process at any stage, please call 1800 655 592 Option 2.3 or email ******
Job ID 300001015062425
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