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By understanding, respecting, and honoring the needs of our employees, clients, and communities, AlixPartners actively promotes an inclusive environment. We strongly believe in the value that diversity brings to our experiences and are committed to the perpetual enhancements of initiatives, policies, and practices. We hold ourselves accountable by providing the space for authenticity, growth, and equity for everyone. \nAlixPartners has embraced a hybrid work model to provide flexibility and support our employees’ work-life integration. Our hybrid model combines a mix of in-person (at client site or AlixPartners office) and remote working. Travel is part of this position, but the frequency may vary based on client, team, and individual circumstances. \nWhat you’ll do\nAre you looking for a future that exceeds your expectations? AlixPartners, a leading global consulting firm, is searching for an AI and Machine Learning Director who is passionate about delivering high value, complex opportunities. Our advisory/consulting organization is distinctive - we offer our consulting professionals the opportunity to work on situations that are literally on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, as well as at the top of Board Room agendas. We work for owners, boards and CEOs and they hire AlixPartners to assist on solving their most complex, highest value opportunities.\nOur practice works with healthy, under-performing and distressed companies across a variety of urgent, high impact situations. Our seasoned professionals are recognized experts in their respective fields, using their skills and experience to build measurable, better outcomes for our clients. In this challenging role, you will be responsible for leading projects and client engagements, analyzing corporate performance, driving cost reductions, revenue growth and profitability improvement in your industry or functional area(s) of expertise in ‘high stakes’ situations. In this leadership role, you will work with others and be instrumental in developing and building a business in your area(s) of expertise. To be successful, you are commercially savvy, with a passion for and track record of business development contributions in a professional services environment. As part of our collaborative team, you will have the opportunity to achieve exceptional results in our high energy environment, with continuous opportunities to pursue your professional development, career interests and growth aspirations. \nThis is a full time Director position. Relocation assistance is not available for this position. \nThis description is not designed to encompass a comprehensive listing of required activities, duties or responsibilities. \nIn this role, you will have the chance to create ETL workflows, scripts, statistical models, and visualizations while taking responsibility for the design, build, test, execution, and support of the data migration, cleansing, wrangling, etc. The ideal candidate will have a detailed understanding of the underlying data and data structures of multiple systems to allow in depth analysis of existing and potential data insights.\nData Modeling \nSelecting features, building and optimizing classifiers using machine learning techniques \n\nExecute machine learning projects using state-of-the-art methods\n\nExtending company’s data with third party sources of information when needed\n\nCreating automated anomaly detection systems and constant tracking of its performance\n\nData Manipulation \nExperience with common data science toolkits, such as Python, PySpark, R. Excellence in at least one of these is highly desirable\n\nExcellent understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms, such as k-NN, Naive Bayes, SVM, Decision Forests, etc.\n\nCollect data from a wide variety of corporate databases, including various SQL databases -Microsoft, Redshift, Teradata, Oracle, Netezza, etc.-, Access, Excel, plain or formatted text files, OLAP cubes -Microsoft, Oracle-, and no-SQL databases\n\nParse data out of poorly structured XML and invalid HTML documents\n\nUse regular expressions to extract information from un-structured text documents\n\nDeal with missing data through multiple-imputation or the use of advanced models\n\nAutomate boring tasks with scripts\n\nData Organization \nBuild effective, reliable, and robust ETL processes that govern the data ingestion flow\n\nDesign database models, consistent table structures, and advanced dimensional schemas that carry out data quality and consistency standards\n\nApply modeling approaches, business intelligence patterns, and data management techniques\n\nUnderstanding of cloud architectures. Some knowledge in Azure, AWS or GCP is desired\n\nData Analysis \nDemonstrate advanced SQL skills, such as CTEs and window functions, to work with extensive amounts of data at various aggregation levels\n\nReview and analyze legacy code/scripts to understand data processing logic and business rules\n\nAbility to apply statistical learning languages to build predictive models that enrich, expand, and allow deeper understanding of data analyses and solutions\n\nDistributed systems knowledge, specially of HDFS and the Hadoop ecosystem\n\nData Visualization \nUse interactive data visualization tools, such as Tableau and Power BI to present results in a compelling manner\n\nAbility to tell a convincing story to C-level executives using visual charts and dashboards\n\nPresent complicated technical findings to a non-technical audience\n\nWhat you’ll need\nBachelor’s degree with concentration in Computer Science, Engineering or another quantitative field\n\n10+ years of applicable professional experience\n\nAbility to synthesize the requests received from team members at client sites\n\nDesire to actively engage in geographically dispersed teams\n\nCapability to be a creative, innovative problem solver - but using simple ideas\n\nKnowledge of any of the following languages: Python, JavaScript, C#, or similar plus familiarity with at least one ETL tool (such as Alteryx, KNIME, SSIS, Pentaho, or DataStage)\n\nMotivated to discover and learn new analytical techniques and software tools to improve the quality of our work\n\nStrong verbal and written communication skills in English. Proficiency in other languages is a plus\n\nAbility and willingness to work long hours and travel if necessary, to meet client demands\n\nAbility to work full-time in an office and remote environment; physically able to sit/stand at a computer and work in front of a computer screen for significant portions of the workday\n\nWillingness to work outside of normal U.S. business hours, and in particular as unique projects/needs arise\n\nMust become familiar with, and promote and abide by, our Core Values as defined by the AlixPartners’ Code of Conduct and foster an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization\n\nThis description is not designed to encompass a comprehensive listing of required activities, duties, or responsibilities.\nAlixPartners is a results-driven global consulting firm that specializes in helping businesses successfully address their most complex and critical challenges. www.alixpartners.com\nAlixPartners has embraced a hybrid work model to provide flexibility and support our employees’ work-life integration. Our hybrid model combines a mix of in-person (at client site or AlixPartners office) and remote working. Travel is part of this position, but the frequency may vary based on client, team, and individual circumstances.\nThe firm offers a comprehensive benefits program including health, vision, dental, disability, 401K, tuition reimbursement, identity theft protection, and mental wellness support. Employees will also receive a generous paid leave policy including vacation/personal time starting at 7.34 hours per pay period, sick time up to 80 hours annually, parental leave and twelve holidays.\nThe salary range for this role takes into account a number of factors and is between $170,000/year - $400,000/year with eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus.\nAlixPartners is an equal opportunity employer. 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