Forward Deployed AI Scientist, Canada - Bcg X

BCG BCG · Consulting · Toronto, ON +2 · Data Science and Analytics

BCG X is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Scientist to apply data science methods and analytics to real-world business situations across various industries, driving significant business impact. The role involves partnering with clients to design, build, and deploy innovative solutions, and developing thought leadership. Candidates should be intellectually curious builders, biased toward action, scrappy, and communicative, with experience in client-facing roles and a strong understanding of modern machine learning techniques.

What you'd actually do

  1. framing new business challenges
  2. designing innovative algorithms
  3. implementing, and deploying scalable solutions
  4. enabling colleagues and clients to fully embrace AI

Skills

Required

  • data science
  • statistics
  • operations research
  • machine learning
  • client-facing
  • project management

Nice to have

  • software development
  • DevOps experience

What the JD emphasized

  • client-facing role
  • deploy scalable solutions
  • business impact
  • intellectually curious builders
  • biased toward action
  • scrappy
  • communicative
  • modern development tools
  • writing code collaboratively
  • software development or DevOps experience
  • advanced analytics
  • synthesize complex data
  • modern machine learning techniques
  • mathematical underpinnings
  • translate this into business implications
  • strong project management skills

Other signals

  • client-facing
  • deploy scalable solutions
  • business impact