Data Scientist; AI Transformation

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We are seeking an experienced Staff Data Scientist in Amsterdam to join our team and lead our Data science & AI pillar and drive AI transformation in the company.

In this role, you will join our Data & Insights team made up of Data Engineers, Data Analysts and Data Scientists. Our mission is to empower business owners across the whole company to make better informed and faster decisions thanks to Data and AI.

You will play a key role in driving AI and data science adoption at company level and will own data science and AI initiatives end-to-end – from discovery and scoping to implementation, rollout and change management.

We are looking for someone who wants to take active lead in making Fastned more AI-driven
, who excels at stakeholder and change management in a fast-paced environment, and who is also happy to get hands-on to turn ideas into reality. We still operate very much like a startup:
getting things done is key.

As we are a small team, it’s important that you enjoy a multi-faceted role and gravitate to where you can make the biggest impact: one day cracking a complex engineering or modelling problem, the next day running an AI workshop with business teams.

This is a great opportunity if you are entrepreneurial and highly motivated, and if you enjoy end-to-end ownership of innovative products in a fast-growing scale-up.

• Actively refine Fastned data science and AI strategy and roadmap and ensure we keep up-to-date with the latest trends when relevant for Fastned;
• Coordinate our AI Leadership Task Force, AI Champions and the execution of our cross-functional AI work streams;
• Coach our second data scientist, and mentor other team members (data analysts and data engineers) on data science, machine learning and AI matters;
• Uncover data science opportunities and scope projects with various teams across Fastned;
• Develop data science models - simulations, machine learning, GenAI or causal inference depending on the use case;
• Test and deploy your models independently;
• Contribute to improve our data architecture and ways of working to facilitate data science work;
• Foster AI adoption at Fastned by hands-on supporting employees in using their GenAI tools successfully and building automations;

We think you’ll thrive in this role if you have:

• 7+ years working experience as a Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Scientist, AI Engineer or similar role
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders, including Change management and Leadership through Influence at multiple levels of the organisation including upper management
• Strong business acumen
• Solid foundations in various advanced computational methods:
  Machine Learning, Simulation-based methods, and Causal inference
• Programming skills (Python)
• Proven interest in GenAI and previous experience using AI-assisted development
• Previous experience in deploying machine learning models into production
• Previous experience leading large scale data science / machine learning / AI projects involving multiple stakeholders and/or being the most experienced data scientist in a startup environment

Additionally, it is a plus if you have experience:

• in the Energy industry or in an Operations-heavy domain
• in a fast-paced and fast-changing environment
• understanding the Product way-of-working: you can speak the same language with our Product Managers and Software Engineering Team.

We work hard to change the world, but we don t forget to recognise & celebrate our successes, big and small. We put a focus on work-life balance, provide you with genuine work flexibility and have family-friendly policies in place.

Our benefits include:

• Stock option plan - we believe in shared value creation
• Attractive Pension plan (fully covered by Fastned)
• A training and development budget of €3,000 per year per employee, because development and training are important to us and our sector offers endless opportunities
• 29 holidays. Additionally, we give you 2 ‘Mission Days’ you can use to contribute to Fastned’s mission or to support a cause that is important to you
• You get access to our fully electric vehicle…