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Head of Data
About the job
About ENGIE Energy Access
ENGIE Energy Access is the leading Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) and mini-grids solutions provider in Africa. The company develops innovative, off-grid solar solutions for homes, public services and businesses, enabling customers and distribution partners access to clean, affordable energy. The PAYGO solar home systems are financed through affordable instalments from $0.19 per day and the mini-grids foster economic development by enabling electrical productive use and triggering business opportunities for entrepreneurs in rural communities. With over 1,800 employees, operations in nine countries across Africa (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia), over 1.9 million customers and more than 9 million lives impacted so far, ENGIE Energy Access aims to impact 20 million lives across Africa by 2025.
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Job Purpose/Mission
A core value of EEA is data-driven decision making. This requires a state-of-the-art, reliable data engineering data-science and data analytics function within the organization to provide the needed foundation for making data-driven decisions. A central role that develops, maintains and provides data services to the organization is therefore essential. Unlocking the potential that lies in the vast amount of data we already gather, save and process has the unrivalled potential to allow EEA to optimize its product offerings into a larger customer base while becoming a sustainable organization. Fast product offering and business experimentation based on A/B testing and immediate result monitoring allows us to address challenges and opportunities in diverse markets in changing business environments.
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Main Activities
- Unlock the potential of off-grid electrification with an innovative and informative data science and analytics strategy
- Direct management of Data Team members
- Identify and work with external stakeholders for dataset access or creative outsourcing
- Continue to build and support a diverse and mostly local team of data specialists based in Kampala or Berlin
- Oversee and provide guidance on the development of data pipelines and all reporting services
Experience And Skills
Experience :
- 5+ years of industry experience
- Experience managing mid level engineers directly and the ability to build a team of data specialists based across East Africa and Europe
- Demonstrated expertise in strategic analysis to impact decisions.
Qualifications :
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- Masters or PhD in a relevant discipline (Data Science, Software Engineering, or another relevant STEM field)
Language(s):
- English
- French is a plus
Technology :
- Strong technical skills, especially in a data analytics/science capacity (ex. pandas, numpy, sklearn, matplotlib, python, R, R shiny)
- Experience with experimental design, analysis, and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data.
- Ability to communicate model outputs and analyses to stakeholders at various levels of technical expertise.
- Ability to define the strategy for development of models
- Experience deploying predictive models at scale.
Others:
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- Thrives on teamwork.
- Keen eye for detail and thoughtful investigation of data before relying upon it.
ENGIE is an equal opportunity employer, promoting diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. All applications are screened based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without any regard to origin, age, name, sexual identity, orientation or preference, religion, marital status, health, disability, political opinions, union involvement or citizenship. Our differences are our strengths!
