Senior Data Science Expert

About the role

The Senior Data Science Expert will design and implement advanced machine‑learning solutions for a leading Qatari bank. You will translate complex banking challenges into data‑driven models that improve pricing, customer engagement and risk management, while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.

Key responsibilities

• Develop machine‑learning models for pricing optimization, dynamic rate setting and fee structures.
• Build propensity models to predict churn, cross‑sell, upsell and product adoption.
• Create recommendation systems for personalized product offers and next‑best‑action strategies.
• Apply deep banking domain knowledge to frame business problems as measurable ML solutions.
• Partner with Risk, Finance and business units to identify high‑value modeling opportunities and embed regulatory considerations.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis, generate insights and align model performance metrics with business KPIs.
• Prototype models in Python, document methodology and collaborate with ML/AI engineers to move solutions to production.

Required profile

• Extensive experience in statistical modelling and machine‑learning techniques.
• Strong background in banking or financial services, understanding of products, regulations and financial metrics.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL for data manipulation, model development and prototyping.
• Ability to translate business requirements into actionable data solutions and communicate results to senior stakeholders.
• Experience designing model performance dashboards and reporting insights to drive business decisions.

Required skills

• Python
• SQL
• Machine Learning
• Statistical Modeling
• Data Analysis
• Data Visualization