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# Senior Consultant in Data Science

- **Company:** Technopolis Group
- **Location:** Brussel, Belgium
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Cluster Analysis, Databases, Data Cleansing, Web Scraping, Data Visualization, Github, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Power BI, Tableau (Software), Automated Data Processing (ADP), Large Language Models, Generative AI, Information Technology, Text Analysis
- **Published:** September 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.be/details/5888359843

## About the Role

Applicants suitable for a Senior Consultant in data science position should have:

 * Master's Degree in data science, Computer Science or related subjects
 * A minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in a consulting or research environment in data science
 * Proficient in R and Python
 * Experience with NLP and text knowledge extraction
 * Knowledge and interest in Machine Learning methods including classification, clustering and predictive modelling
 * Hands-on experience using Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) programmatically through APIs, including their integration into automated data processing, text analysis and knowledge-extraction pipelines
 * A very good knowledge of economics and statistics, together with familiarity with business, industrial and innovation-related data, is essential to ensure analytical outputs are interpreted and communicated in a policy-relevant way.
 * Proven experience in designing composite indicators and scoreboards and hands-on knowledge of the COINr package, is a major asset.
 * Knowledge of various open data sources, the collaborative platform Github, database consolidation and processing and web scraping
 * A general overview of the Science Technology and Innovation domain and proven track in working together with policymakers in this area is desirable
 * Applicants should have good communication skills and be able to work in an international and multicultural environment

## Description

The typical tasks of the Senior Consultant in data science are:

 * Leading the design and implementation of suitable data science methodologies
 * Perform analyses to answer policy questions leveraging R, Python and other programming and data science tools
 * Write own code to perform analyses
 * Extract and transform data from multiple sources, and develop processes for data cleaning, integration, and validation
 * Develop dashboards using visualization tools such as Tableau / PowerBI to communicate findings
 * Report on the findings and present to clients


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