Interswitch is an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company that facilitates the electronic circulation of money as well as the exchange of value between individuals and organisations on a timely and consistent basis. We started operations in 2002 as a transaction switching and electronic payments processing, and have progressively evolved into an integrated payment services company, building and managing payment infrastructure as well as delivering innovative payment products and transactional services throughout the African continent. At Interswitch, we offer unique career opportunities for individuals capable of playing key roles and adding value in an innovative and fun environment.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Team Lead, Data Science

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job type: Permanent
Department: Purepay – Transaction Switching & Payment Processing

Job Description

• Discover opportunities for product development and process optimization from large datasets using Data Science techniques. Build, test, and deploy AI models, as well as maintain the underlying AI infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders in the organization to identify opportunities for leveraging company data to drive business solutions.
• Extending company’s data with third party sources of information when needed Enhancing data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems.
• Processing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis.
• Use predictive modeling to increase and optimize customer experiences, revenue generation, ad targeting and other business outcomes
• Doing ad-hoc analysis and presenting results in a clear manner.
• Provide support as required to assist clients in applying the generated insights to their business.
• Ensure proper configuration management and change controls are implemented as regards acquired data and working documents used for analysis and modelling.
• Build, test, and deploy AI models, as well as maintain the underlying AI infrastructure.
• Mentor team members and provide leadership.

Education and Experience Required
Academic Qualification(s):

• Good First Degree in Computer Science related field.
• Relevant certifications

Experience (Number of relevant years):

• Minimum of 4 years in a Data Science role and 1 year in a number crunching role for reporting purpose such as operations reporting, statistics etc

Skills:

• Cross-Industry Process for Data Mining (CRISP-DM)
• Data Visualization & Data Storytelling
• Programming Languages (Python, TSQL etc)
• Machine Learning Techniques
• Analytical Skills
• Critical Thinking
• Requirement Analysis
• Problem Analysis
• Database Management (SQL and NoSQL)

Competencies:

• People management
• Innovation & creativity
• Customer Relationship Management
• Attention to details
• Communication (Verbal & Written)

Application Closing Date
2nd March, 2022.