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The Lead Scientist determines leadership in project initiation and execution by translating customer needs to identify challenges and solve problems. Their role is to plan data projects and build analytic systems or predictive models. Their responsibilities are to lead a team of data specialists and machine learning engineers, lead data mining, ensure data quality and integrity, check the performance of the product, visualize data and create reports, build an analytical system, and experiment with new models and techniques.

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5.8 years
$90K
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6.87 years
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  • Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Agricultural Science
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    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$23,683Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Physics
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    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$34,255Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Master Of Science (m.sc.) In Physics
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    Avg. Duration:15 monthsAvg. Fees:$27,568Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor Of Engineering (b.eng.) In Chemical Engineering
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    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$35,179Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Doctor Of Philosophy (ph.d.) In Applied Physics
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    Avg. Duration:18 monthsAvg. Fees:$42,938Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
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