What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Scientist position at Murphy Oil?
Job Title: Data Scientist
Data Scientists play a pivotal role in driving business profitability, increasing efficiencies, and enhancing customer experience through data science initiatives.
As a key member of our team, the Data Scientist will apply advanced analytics methods and algorithms to identify trends and provide business solutions.
The ideal candidate will collaborate effectively with business partners and cross-functional teams, requiring strong communication skills, relationship-building abilities, and a focus on understanding the overall business area being supported.
Key Responsibilities:
- Participate in analytical projects as a data science/technical lead
- Effectively communicate insights and recommendations to both technical and non-technical leaders and business customers/partners
- Work with project teams and business partners to determine project goals and deliver productionized models and tools using Agile methodologies
- Incorporate business knowledge into solution approaches
- Identify relevant data sources to mine given target outcomes
- Collect large structured and unstructured datasets and variables
- Analyze data for trends and patterns, and interpret data with a clear objective in mind
Requirements: A Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field like Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Science, or Mathematics. 1 to 3 years of related experience in data mining and analytics, database structure and ETL, predictive modeling, machine learning, and statistical programming languages.
