
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Data Scientist (BCG X)
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 05/03/2026
Job overview
Date posted
20/01/2026
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
2 - 5 yrs
Seniority
Experienced
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
05/03/2026
Job description
The Data Scientist role at BCG X in the United Arab Emirates involves leveraging data science, advanced analytics, machine learning, statistics, and artificial intelligence to solve complex real-world business challenges across multiple industries. As part of BCG X, a global team of more than 3,000 technology experts within Boston Consulting Group, the role operates across the full analytics value chain end to end, including framing new business challenges, designing innovative algorithms, implementing and deploying scalable analytics and AI solutions, and enabling colleagues and clients to fully embrace AI. The position supports both fully custom-built and industry-specific leading-edge AI software solutions and partners with clients across BCG regions and industries on high-impact topics such as climate change. The role requires applying data science methods and analytics to drive significant business impact, synthesizing complex data, translating advanced machine learning techniques and their mathematical underpinnings into business implications, and building new innovative solutions from the ground up. Additional responsibilities include developing and delivering thought leadership through scientific communities, papers, and conferences on behalf of BCG X, while working within a collaborative consulting model that blends digital and human capabilities to enable organizational transformation into AI-led innovative companies.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Own the full analytics value chain end to end by framing new business challenges, designing innovative algorithms, implementing solutions, deploying scalable analytics and AI solutions, and enabling clients and colleagues to adopt artificial intelligence
- Apply data science methods, advanced analytics, statistics, and machine learning techniques to real-world business situations across multiple industries to generate measurable business impact
- Design, build, and deploy fully custom-built and industry-specific leading-edge AI software solutions in collaboration with global BCG X teams
- Partner with clients across various BCG regions and industries, including initiatives related to climate change, to design, build, and deploy innovative analytics and AI-driven solutions
- Develop and deliver thought leadership through contributions to scientific communities, research papers, and conference presentations on behalf of BCG X
- Translate complex analytical results, machine learning models, and statistical concepts into clear visualizations and understandable insights for business stakeholders
- Collaborate using modern development tools and write code collaboratively, including participation in software development and DevOps-related workflows when applicable
- Support project execution through strong project management practices while contributing to the transformation of organizations into AI-led innovative companies
Experience & skills
- Hold a degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a closely related quantitative discipline
- Demonstrate significant experience applying advanced analytics, data science methods, and machine learning techniques to a variety of business situations
- Possess deep understanding of modern machine learning techniques and their mathematical underpinnings with the ability to translate them into business implications
- Show proficiency in Python as the primary programming language for analytics and data science work
- Exhibit experience with data visualization techniques to distill complex analytical results into clear and simple outputs
- Demonstrate comfort working in client-facing roles with the ambition to lead teams and engage stakeholders
- Have experience working with modern development tools, collaborative coding practices, and optionally software development or DevOps environments
- Display capability to synthesize complex data, manage analytics-driven projects, and contribute to AI solution deployment at scale