Statistician at Sun King (Formerly Greenlight Planet)

Job Description

Key responsibilities for the role:

• Provide technical support to ensure analyses are mathematically sound
• Applying classical and Bayesian statistical techniques for inference and forecasting, multiple comparisons, and longitudinal analysis
• Analyze and interpret large amounts of data to identify trends, gaps, and inconsistencies
• Develop new mathematical models to improve understanding of in-house data
• Provide support to the data science team and clients by responding to ad-hoc data requests, answering questions, and providing advanced technical support and analysis
• Turn data into insight and communicate your findings effectively
• Provide capacity building to increase mathematical capability across the company
• Attend occasional late-night and early-morning meetings with colleagues around the world

The ideal candidate has:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Operation Research, Econometry or a similar quantitative field with 3 years of relevant professional experience. Masters degree with one year of relevant professional experience or PhD preferred
• Deep understanding of statistical analysis, you not only know how to apply the right hypothesis test, you understand the math behind it and can explain it in simple terms
• Professional experience using statistical packages (R, STATA, SPSS) to derive business insights
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and time management skills
• Ability to learn quickly, initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• University academics strongly encouraged to apply
• Proficiency in Python a plus, in particular Data Science packages (numpy, pandas, Scikit-
• Learn, Tensorflow)
• Proficiency in SQL a plus
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel a plus
• Experience using data visualization software such as Looker, Tableau, or Periscope a plus