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Senior Data Science Consultant

Johannesburg, GautengFull-time2026-10-12

Core

Lead data science and analytics projects for clients, developing predictive models and strategic roadmaps to optimize growth, cost, and risk.

Role type

Senior IC data science consultant (project leadership & strategy)

Builds

predictive models, forecasting algorithms, data products, strategic roadmaps

Domain

Financial services (credit risk, pricing) + Data collaboration

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, SQL, statistical methods, Machine Learning, data mining, project management, client communication, Tableau/Power BI, PySpark, Apache Spark, Azure Synapse

Preferred skills

Postgraduate degree, experience with Synapse Pipelines, Delta Lake/Databricks, credit risk or pricing models in finance