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AlixPartners · 2 days ago

AI & Machine Learning - Director

AlixPartners is a leading global consulting firm that specializes in addressing complex business challenges. They are seeking a Director in AI & Machine Learning to lead projects, analyze corporate performance, and drive improvements in cost, revenue, and profitability while working collaboratively within a high-energy environment.

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Responsibilities

Create ETL workflows, scripts, statistical models, and visualizations
Take responsibility for the design, build, test, execution, and support of data migration, cleansing, and wrangling
Select features, build and optimize classifiers using machine learning techniques
Execute machine learning projects using state-of-the-art methods
Extend company’s data with third party sources of information when needed
Create automated anomaly detection systems and track performance
Collect data from various corporate databases, including SQL and no-SQL databases
Parse data out of poorly structured XML and invalid HTML documents
Use regular expressions to extract information from un-structured text documents
Deal with missing data through multiple-imputation or advanced models
Automate boring tasks with scripts
Build effective, reliable, and robust ETL processes that govern data ingestion flow
Design database models, consistent table structures, and advanced dimensional schemas that ensure data quality and consistency
Apply modeling approaches, business intelligence patterns, and data management techniques
Demonstrate advanced SQL skills to work with extensive amounts of data
Review and analyze legacy code/scripts to understand data processing logic and business rules
Apply statistical learning languages to build predictive models that enrich data analyses and solutions
Use interactive data visualization tools to present results compellingly
Tell a convincing story to C-level executives using visual charts and dashboards
Present complicated technical findings to a non-technical audience

Qualification

Machine LearningData ModelingETL ProcessesData VisualizationSQLPythonStatistical AnalysisCloud ArchitectureCommunication SkillsProblem SolvingTeam Collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree with concentration in Computer Science, Engineering or another quantitative field
10+ years of applicable professional experience
Ability to synthesize the requests received from team members at client sites
Desire to actively engage in geographically dispersed teams
Capability to be a creative, innovative problem solver - but using simple ideas
Knowledge 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)
Motivated to discover and learn new analytical techniques and software tools to improve the quality of our work
Strong verbal and written communication skills in English. Proficiency in other languages is a plus
Ability and willingness to work long hours and travel if necessary, to meet client demands
Ability 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
Willingness to work outside of normal U.S. business hours, and in particular as unique projects/needs arise
Must 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

Preferred

Excellent understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms, such as k-NN, Naive Bayes, SVM, Decision Forests, etc
Experience with common data science toolkits, such as Python, PySpark, R. Excellence in at least one of these is highly desirable
Understanding of cloud architectures. Some knowledge in Azure, AWS or GCP is desired
Demonstrate advanced SQL skills, such as CTEs and window functions, to work with extensive amounts of data at various aggregation levels
Distributed systems knowledge, specially of HDFS and the Hadoop ecosystem
Use interactive data visualization tools, such as Tableau and Power BI to present results in a compelling manner
Ability to tell a convincing story to C-level executives using visual charts and dashboards
Present complicated technical findings to a non-technical audience

Benefits

Health
Vision
Dental
Disability
401K
Tuition reimbursement
Identity theft protection
Mental wellness support
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
Twelve holidays

Company

AlixPartners

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For more than forty years, AlixPartners has helped businesses around the world respond quickly and decisively to their most critical challenges – circumstances as diverse as urgent performance improvement, accelerated transformation, complex restructuring and risk mitigation.

H1B Sponsorship

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2025 (95)
2024 (65)
2023 (90)
2022 (74)
2021 (79)
2020 (65)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
unknown
2012-06-29Acquired

Leadership Team

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David Garfield
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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Rob Hornby
Co-CEO
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