Lead Forward Deployed AI Scientist, France - BCG X

Boston Consulting Group · Paris

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Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and
capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we
help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive
advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

BCG X is the tech build & design unit of BCG. Turbocharging BCG’s deep industry and functional expertise, BCG X brings
together advanced tech knowledge and ambitious entrepreneurship to help organizations enable innovation at scale.
With nearly 3,000 technologists, scientists, programmers, engineers, and human-centered designers located across 80+
cities, BCG X builds and designs platforms and software to address the world’s most important challenges and
opportunities. Teaming across our practices, and in close collaboration with our clients, our end-to-end global team
unlocks new possibilities. Together we’re creating the bold and disruptive products, services, and businesses of
tomorrow.

We Are BCG X

We’re a diverse team of more than 3,000 tech experts united by a drive to make a difference. Working across industries and disciplines, we combine our experience and expertise to tackle the biggest challenges faced by society today. We go beyond what was once thought possible, creating new and innovative solutions to the world’s most complex problems. Leveraging BCG’s global network and partnerships with leading organizations, BCG X provides a stable ecosystem for talent to build game-changing businesses, products, and services from the ground up, all while growing their career. Together, we strive to create solutions that will positively impact the lives of millions.

What You'll Do

Our BCG X teams 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.
Our product offerings span from fully custom-builds to industry specific leading edge AI software solutions.

As a Lead Data Forward Deployed AI 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 different sectors to drive significant business
impact. We help companies identify and develop growth opportunities that reshape the future.
As a core member of BCG X you will also take a larger and more proactive role in shaping the strategy of BCG X – and of
BCG overall. You will work closely with partners & managing directors to drive our company’s growth & business
development. Additional responsibilities will include developing and delivering thought leadership, managing teams of
data scientists, engineers, designers. Successful candidates are intellectually curious builders who are biased toward
action, scrappy, and communicative.

We are seeking a strong candidate with significant experience in advanced analytics to fill an exciting Lead Data Forward Deployed AI Scientist position within BCG X. The Lead Data Forward Deployed AI Scientist is expected to be recognized expert in data
science and will manage a team of data scientists and engineers to build innovative new products and analytics
solutions in BCG X. Successful candidates possess the following:
• Comfortable in a client-facing role, manage engagements, client relationships, provide “thought leadership” to
teams
• Explain sophisticated data science concepts in an understandable manner and act as interface between business
& tech

• Likes to distill complex results or processes into simple, clear visualizations
• Significant experience applying advanced analytics to a variety of business situations and a proven ability to

synthesize complex data
• Solid understanding of modern machine learning techniques and their mathematical underpinnings, and can
translate this into business implications for our clients
• Have strong project management skill

Who You'll Work With

• 7+ years of relevant industry work experience providing advanced analytics solutions
• Advanced degree required in a field linked to analytics, statistics or geo- statistics, operations research,

geography, applied mathematics, computer science, engineering, or related field

• Strong record of professional accomplishment and leadership
• Looking for individuals with deep technical and data science expertise, acute strategic and analytical skills, ability

to lead and persuade, drive and energy, and desire to work in a project-based environment

• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage projects and teams
• Proven ability to drive topics and make a commercial impact
• Fluency in at least one coding language (Python)

Additional info

• Fast-paced, intellectually intense, service-oriented environment
• Ability to travel based on client and business needs
• Fluency in English and French is required

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