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Behavioural Data Scientist Graduate at Discovery Limited

Discovery Limited
Full-time
On-site
Key Purpose


We're looking for analytically curious graduates eager to apply real data science to real-world impact within the Digital team, working across the Health App, HealthID, and Discovery Health Care Services businesses to leverage large-scale behavioral and transactional data and uncover meaningful patterns in member behavior. From journey analytics and segmentation to experimentation and predictive modelling, we use advanced analytics to inform strategy, data-driven decision-making and insights into customer, product and department behavior.
You'll work with rich data sets, modern tools, and cross-functional teams to solve complex problems — translating data into measurable outcomes. If you're excited by messy data, human behavior, and building models that influence decisions at scale, this is where you start.


Competencies:

Techniques


Basic statistics (regression, hypothesis testing)
Data cleaning and manipulation
Database knowledge (relational vs dimensional) (advantageous)
Data visualization (dashboarding, reports) (advantageous)


Data Science Fundamentals


Understanding of machine learning basics
Model evaluation concepts
Data preparation and data engineering fundamentals
Supervised learning, unsupervised learning, natural language processing
Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLM's) (advantageous)


Analytical Skills


Structured problem-solving
Logical thinking
Attention to detail


Business & Communication


Translate business questions into analysis
Present insights clearly
Basic stakeholder engagement skills


Behavioural Attributes


Curiosity and willingness to learn
Team player
Accountability and ownership
Self-starter
Autonomous
Ambitious
Adaptability
Quick learner


Education and Experience:


Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Actuarial Science, Engineering: (Industrial/Aeronautical/Mechanical, Statistics, Computer Science or Related Data Analytics Degree)
Basic experience in Python, R or SQL


Advantageous/Preferred Experience and Knowledge:


Honors/Masters
Bacis experience or understanding in Power BI/Tableau