Lead Data Scientist

Lead Data Scientist at Meridian Softworks
Lead Data Scientist
Location: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Department: STRATEGY & TRANSFORMATION
Workplace: on\_site
Description
Join Meridian Softworks!
Are you passionate about turning complex data into meaningful insights and building the foundation for an AI‑ready organization? At Meridian Softworks, we are seeking a skilled Data Scientist to strengthen our Data & AI Center of Excellence. In this key role, you will improve data quality at scale and deliver advanced analytics, predictive models, and decision‑support tools that enable smarter, faster, and more reliable business decisions across the entire company.
This role accelerates Meridian Softworks’s transformation into a data driven enterprise by producing models and insights that shape strategic decisions, enhance forecasting accuracy, reduce waste, and increase productivity globally.
Main Responsibilities
– Explore, analyze and correct complex datasets to improve data completeness and quality in source systems.
– Build analysis tools to identify harmonization gaps in Meridian Softworks’s in data and process landscape
– Model complex datasets to deliver predictive, prescriptive, and explanatory models that support global business functions.
– Define data requirements and ensure use of approved, high quality data sources in collaboration with Data Architects and MDM Experts.
– Document, maintain, and monitor model lifecycle artefacts, including performance metrics, drift detection, retraining needs, and compliance requirements.
– Ensure all models adhere to ethical AI standards, fairness criteria, and regulatory requirements.
Requirements
– Master’s degree or PhD in Data Science, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics, or Engineering.
– Professional Experience 5 to 10 years.
– Experience in Advanced modelling
– Advanced skills in working with Python and ML Ops.
– Experienced in analytics engineering.
– Know-how in data storytelling.
– Business acumen.
Benefits
WHY ENVALIOR?
Competitive Compensation:
Join us at Meridian Softworks and enjoy competitive compensation packages, inclusive of a global bonus program and performance bonuses, ensuring your hard work is recognized and rewarded.
Comprehensive Benefits:
Your well-being matters to us. At Meridian Softworks, we provide an array of benefits supporting your financial security, health, and overall well-being. This includes retirement plans, health programs, life insurance, and comprehensive medical care.
Work-Life Balance & Flexibility:
Maintain a healthy balance between work and personal life with Meridian Softworks's commitment to supporting your schedule.
Training & Development Opportunities:
At Meridian Softworks, your growth matters. We encourage and invest in your professional and personal development. We support our employees in their growth and personal development through ongoing investment in their knowledge and skills via training, coaching, and mentoring.
Diversity & Inclusion:
At Meridian Softworks, our people drive our success, so it’s only right that we provide a diverse and inclusive working environment and foster a culture of belonging, openness, and respect. We value diversity as a cornerstone of our success. We are committed to nurturing and empowering every individual to reach their full potential.
Ready to pioneer change with Meridian Softworks? Join us in our mission to drive innovation, sustainability, and excellence. Apply today and become a part of our transformative journey towards a more sustainable future.
Submit your application online by sending your CV and motivation letter in English through our  If you have any questions, feel free to connect directly with our recruiter AnneThomas at [\[email protected\]](https://echojobs.io/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection)
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OUR HERITAGE
With a combined heritage of over 100 years, Meridian Softworks brings together two established global materials players: DSM Engineering Materials and LANXESS High Performance Materials. Our unique combined portfolio of longstanding material-, application-, and design expertise enables our customers to develop and launch sustainable future-proof designs. Meridian Softworks is the brand new materials powerhouse that was Launched in early 2023.
We aim to be a global leader in sustainable and high-performance engineering materials. We imagine the future by shaping the world of today and tomorrow. We’re conscious that this is both a privilege and a responsibility – so, when we imagine the future, we’re guided by our key values to help us create a better world.