Data Scientist
Job Summary
Job Description
Dun & Bradstreet is seeking a Data Scientist to join their Data & Analytics team. The role involves developing new analytics solutions and solving customer problems using modeling, statistics, analytics, and visualization techniques. You will participate in all aspects of modeling engagements, including design, development, validation, and reporting. The ideal candidate will possess strong business acumen, excellent communication skills to influence stakeholders, and the ability to identify high-value business problems. Responsibilities include developing global analytic solutions, researching complex business issues, and serving as a subject matter expert on predictive models. The company is focused on hiring based on potential and offers a collaborative work environment with benefits.
Must have:
- Masters or Ph.D. in a quantitative field
- 6+ years of data science experience
- Hands-on experience with machine learning
- Proficiency in Python, R, SQL
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Fluency in English
Good to have:
- Experience in feature engineering, automation, network analysis, or NLP
- Experience in the banking/finance sector or credit bureaus
- Fluency in Swedish
Perks:
- Two paid volunteer days
- Paid day for health and wellness
- 4 additional full days off per year
- Annual wellness/sport benefit
- Collective agreement, pension, insurance, parental pay allowance
- Access to free support and counseling services
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
8 skills required
Job Details
Why We Work at Dun & Bradstreet
Dun & Bradstreet combines global data and local expertise to help clients make smarter decisions. With 6,000+ people in 31 countries, we are a team of diverse thinkers and problem solvers who all share a common curiosity: to find new ways to turn data into value. If you share this curiosity and want to be part of a future-ready company, come join us! Learn more at dnb.com/careers.
Data Science sits at the core of what we do at Dun & Bradstreet. We use modeling, statistics, analytics and visualizations techniques to develop new analytics solutions and solve customer problems.
Our focus is strong business acumen, coupled with the ability to communicate findings to both business and IT leaders in a way that can influence how an organization approaches a business challenge. Good Data Scientists will not just address business problems, they will pick the right problems that have the most value to the organization.
As part of Dun & Bradstreet's Data & Analytics team, you will participate in all aspects of modeling engagement, including design, development, validation, calibration, documentation, approval, implementation, monitoring, and reporting. You will research complex business issues and recommend solutions, including model features, end products and any data required to support growing Dun & Bradstreet initiatives.
Key responsibilities
- Participate in all aspects of a modeling engagement, including design, data requirements, development, validation, calibration, documentation, approval, implementation, monitoring, and reporting
- Develop Global Analytic Solutions inclusive but not limited to statistical models based on D&B’s established best practices, methodologies and tools
- Research complex business issues and recommend solutions, including model inputs and end products, focusing on addressing specific customer needs and use cases
- Serve as a Subject Matter Expert on predictive models within the Finance & Risk Solutions Europe Analytics team and with business users; consult with the business, as appropriate, on predictive modeling solutions
- Identify business relevance of new methods and work with cross functional teams to create prototypes, assist in creating business cases and go to market strategies
- Validate the performance of existing quantitative risk models and recommend changes when necessary
- Drive timely retrieval of risk analytics data from existing systems to create algorithms that meet business needs
To succeed in this role, we believe you have
- Ideally a Masters or Ph.D degree in a quantitative/applied field (Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Operations Research, Mathematics, Engineering)
- 6 + years of data science roles, especially roles requiring cross-company collaboration
- Hands-on experience applying modern machine learning techniques
- Ability to program in statistical analysis languages, proficiency in programming languages (Python, R, SQL)
- Experience in feature engineering, automation, network analysis or Natural Language Processing
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Experience from the banking and finance sector, particularly within credit scoring modeling or from working with credit bureaus, is highly desirable
- Fluency in written and spoken English and Swedish is required for this role
Why Join Us?
Does this role sound like a great opportunity but you’re not sure about making a move? We are really proud of our company and culture and think we have some great things to offer. Some of our benefits in Sweden include:
· Two paid volunteer days to contribute to causes in your community
· A paid day every year to use for your health and wellness
· Instead of half days before public holidays, you will have 4 additional full days a year for you to use to celebrate what is meaningful to you
· Annual wellness/sport benefit
· Collective agreement, pension, insurance and parental pay allowance
· Access to free services providing support and counselling
· Flexible working arrangements and hybrid work arrangement for most roles
New Office Location
Our office is currently located in Solna, however we are very excited to be moving to a beautiful new location in central Stockholm at the end of 2025. Our future address will be Fleminggatan 14 in Kungsholmen, just a short walk from Stockholm Central Station.
Whilst some roles do have certain requirements which are essential, we try to focus on hiring based on potential rather than CV as much as possible. If you are unsure you fully meet the requirements, we would still love to hear from you!
All Dun & Bradstreet job postings can be found at https://www.dnb.com/about-us/careers-and-people/joblistings.html and https://jobs.lever.co/dnb. Official communication from Dun & Bradstreet will come from an email address ending in @dnb.com.
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