Assistant Manager, Data Scientist

About the role

I&M Bank is hiring a full-time Assistant Manager, Data Scientist in Nairobi. The Data Scientist develops and implements data science models and analytical solutions that address business challenges and uncover growth opportunities, applying statistical techniques, machine learning algorithms and data science methods to support evidence-based decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and deploy machine learning models, and clean, prepare and engineer features from structured and unstructured data
• Collaborate with business teams to define problems, frame use cases and perform initial feasibility assessments
• Conduct exploratory data analysis and build, train and tune machine learning and statistical models
• Visualise results, interpret findings and present them in business language
• Package models for deployment (API, batch, etc.), monitor performance and drift, and maintain logs and feedback loops
• Take part in peer reviews, code repositories and knowledge sharing, and stay up to date on new tools and techniques

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering or a related quantitative field
• 2-5 years of experience in data science, machine learning or predictive modelling roles
• Proficiency in Python, R and SQL, with hands-on experience using data science libraries and frameworks
• Knowledge of predictive modelling, classification, clustering and feature engineering

Certifications such as practical ML courses (Coursera, Udacity, DataCamp), Python/R/SQL or cloud ML certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP) are a plus. Applications are made through the recruitment agency's online application form.