As a Data Science Analyst, your typical day will include:
Charting the Course: Development of the NOVA Analytics Platform
- Manage analytics projects from concept to project planning, delivery, and completion, adhering to the Analytics roadmap
- Source, cleanse, and transform raw data from our big data systems to build a solid foundation for modeling and dashboard development
- Perform exploratory data analysis to uncover hidden patterns and valuable opportunities within our datasets
- Build, validate, and deploy robust machine learning models and implement them into operational processes
- Design, build, and test user-friendly dashboards and analytics tools that are actively leveraged by end-users
- Continuously monitor model performance and dashboard usage metrics to make continuous improvements to existing solutions
Signaling Insights: Stakeholder Management & Communication
- Act as a lighthouse for our company - provide clear and compelling insights into the business through dashboards and ad-hoc analysis
- Translate complex data findings into clear reports and presentations for senior leadership to guide strategic decisions
- Partner with maritime subject matter experts to translate their deep domain knowledge into powerful, data-driven solutions
- Create clear and concise documentation for all analytical solutions to ensure they are understandable and maintainable
Being an Anchor for the Crew:
Teamwork
- Collaborate with the IT team to build high-quality, robust, and scalable solutions that balance technical rigour with real-world usability
- Promote data literacy across Fleet Management and drive adoption of analytical solutions by clearly explaining the impact of your work
- Champion data governance and best practices to ensure the quality and integrity of our data assets
Relationship (mostly Internal and or External) and Nature of Communication:
INTERNAL:
- Development Teams (based in HK & India); Ops & Support (based in HK & India); Stakeholders Director-level and below
EXTERNAL:
- Interaction with vendors/third parties
Job Experience, Functional Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential :
- 3+ years experience in a Data Analytics or Data Scientist role
- Hands-on experience across the entire life cycle of an analytics solution
- Database technologies (e.g. SQL, NoSQL, Graph Databases)
- Written queries to extract data and perform complex transformations and joins so that it can be used for modelling or dashboard development
Data Visualisation Tools (e.g. Tableau, Power BI):
- Single-handedly developed, launched, and maintained multiple dashboards; can explain the purpose of the dashboards and visual choices chosen to generate insights
Data Science and Model Development (e.g. Python, R):
- Built machine learning models from scratch (data preparation, feature engineering, model training/validation, model deployment). Familiar with modern ML packages (e.g. Scikit-learn, Pytorch)
Programming Development (e.g. Git):
- Have a strong emphasis on code versioning, tracking and proper development practices (documentation and commenting)
- Experience with and comfortable speaking with senior stakeholders (Director-level) to gather requirements for analytical solutions, leading user testing, and presenting solution to company leadership
- Independently delivered end-to-end projects and insights that improved business processes, driven the adoption of new methods, or launched a new solution, yielding quantifiable benefits
- Excellent communication and presentation skills in English
Desirable
- Bachelors or masters degree in mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field
- Experience setting up and managing cloud infrastructure for analytics purposes (e.g., AWS Sagemaker, EC2, Tableau Server)
- Experience in Generative AI model hands-on usage, model tuning, and configuration (e.g., Vertex AI, LangChain, Hugging Face)
- Exposure to Big Data technologies (e.g. Spark, Hive, Presto)
- Certificates in Tableau or native-cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud