Analytics & Innovation Sr Consultant Mexico City

Altman Solon Analytics Innovation Team - Senior Consultant, Data Science

Altman Solon is a 600+ -person strategy consulting group that focuses exclusively on the telecommunications, media and
technology (TMT) related sectors. As the largest global TMT strategy firm, we assist clients in fast, high-impact, confident
decision making. We enable clients to seize new opportunities, improve performance, and increase shareholder value
within complex and converging industries.

Altman Solon delivers actionable, data-driven results to our clients. Our Analytics Innovation Team (“AI Team”) is a data
science and analytics technology group that is focused on developing a suite of advanced analytics products and
supporting business strategy consulting teams to meet the evolving needs of our clients.

Flat Teams, Collaborative Philosophy, Personalized Support

• We offer Senior Consultants strategic projects, client interaction, and personalized support that enable each person to advance quickly and develop a well-rounded career based on their own strengths
• Our small size, collaborative culture, and tailored approach to learning and development results in faster role advancement and professional growth throughout your career with us

Duties and Responsibilities

To meet the demand of growth, Altman Solon is looking for a Senior Consultant, Data Science who can play several
important roles:

• Apply state-of-the-art algorithms relying on knowledge of statistical modeling, machine learning, and optimization
  techniques to develop solutions and/or improve the performance of existing solutions for clients.
• Build, evaluate and optimize models which incorporate machine learning and artificial intelligence including
  traditional and generative AI.
• Collaborate with internal project teams and external clients to understand business and insight goals, formulate
  hypotheses, and identify relevant KPIs and diagnostics to pursue.
• Perform queries on data to discern data anomalies and develop quality audits to ensure the accuracy of statistical
  models prior to delivery to clients.
• Prepare and present compelling analytical presentations and effectively communicate complex concepts to
  clients.
• Collaborate with project teams to formulate hypotheses, prepare data, build models, and visualize results to
  effectively link the data insights to client business questions.
• Provide direct supervision and guidance to junior staff

Qualifications

The Senior Consultant, Data Science role is a mid-level position for applicants with a passion for working with large data
sets and statistical models. We seek specialists with strong problem-solving skills and a track record of achieving results,
as well as a desire for the personal impact that can only be found within a boutique organization. Candidates should have
the following qualifications:

Requirements

• Fluency in English and Spanish
• Experience with applying statistics and data science tools on large datasets.
• Experience with supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms, including neural networks/deep learning, SVM,
  decision trees (bagging, random forests, boosting), clustering, regression, and dimensionality reduction
  techniques.
• Experience with delivering solutions using LLM’s including embedding, RAG, prompt engineering including
  (DSPpy) Fine Tuning for LLMs and SLMs.
• Experience with Python and/or R machine learning libraries.
• Extensive experience with data preparation (normalization, scaling, etc.) for modelling.
• SQL mastery, including techniques for writing efficient code over large datasets.
• Ability to leverage critical data-driven thinking and enthusiasm for translating data into actionable insight to
  generate consistently accurate and useful analysis and models.
• Balances desire for quantitative rigor with realities of inconsistent business data.
• Attention to detail and time management delivering high quality work while meeting deadlines.
• Ability to excel as an individual contributor as well as communicate effectively with project teams.
• 2-4 years’ experience specializing in data science and machine learning or comparable work experience.

Preferred

• Experience working with GCP, AWS, Azure or other cloud platforms.
• Experience using a distributed compute solution such as Spark.
• Deep knowledge of supervised vs. unsupervised learning algorithms, including neural networks/deep learning,
  SVM, decision trees (bagging, random forests, boosting), clustering, regression, and dimensionality reduction
  techniques.
• Experience with delivering solutions using LLM’s including embedding, RAG, prompt engineering including
  (DSPpy) Fine Tuning for LLMs and SLMs.
• Expert at model training approaches, hyperparameter tuning, tuning learning rates, and model evaluation
  approaches.
• Experience in mathematical modeling and optimization using tools that include linear, mixed-integer, and
  constraint programming.
• 3 years of experience in predictive analytics using statistical modeling techniques to conduct forecasting and
  other predictive modeling services using R, Python, Scala, and/or Spark.
• 1-3 year of experience in data science in a consulting environment.

Education

• Master's Degree in a quantitative field (Data Science, Statistics, Math) or related degree programs

Location:

• Mexico City

We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key principles for the successful operation of any business, and especially ours. We are committed to ensuring that all employees, at all levels, feel supported, feel a sense of belonging, and are equally invested in the success of our shared work. This starts with ensuring that we draw the most talented people from all backgrounds. Altman Solon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and E-Verify user. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected status.