A regional digital provider with more than 1,900 employees is hiring a Footprint Data Scientist in Düsseldorf. You will build data-driven models that steer and maximise the value of its fiber optic footprint, and turn complex analysis into clear recommendations.
About the Employer
Business: Digital provider for the regions
Size: Over 1,900 colleagues
Partners: Municipalities, businesses and society
Motto: Gemeinsam Großes gestalten (shaping great things together)
Benefits & Career Growth
Time Off: 30 days vacation plus Dec 24 and Dec 31 off
Flexibility: Flexible working options and home office equipment with ergonomic furniture
Learning: Own academy with a growing training catalog
Security: Company pension and worldwide 24/7 accident insurance
Flexible Benefit: Transit subsidy, JobRad, Wellhub, childcare subsidy or health insurance with employer contribution
Perks: Employee discounts and corporate benefits
Position Overview
This Footprint Data Scientist role combines analytics, modelling and business thinking. You will analyse geo, market, customer and infrastructure data, build scoring and forecasting models and present results to sales, network planning and controlling.
Why This Role Matters: Your models help decide where and how a fiber network grows, balancing profitability, demand, competition and regional conditions. You also automate analysis processes, so insights reach decision makers faster.
Key Responsibilities
Modelling & Analysis
- Develop data-based models to steer and maximise the value of the fiber footprint, considering profitability, demand, competition and regional conditions
- Analyse complex geo, market, customer and infrastructure data to find relationships and potential
- Build and keep improving scoring and forecasting models to prioritise monetisation and growth potential
Recommendations & Reporting
- Turn complex results into concrete recommendations and support their operational rollout
- Prepare dashboards, reports and management presentations for different stakeholders
Collaboration & Automation
- Work with sales, network planning, controlling and other teams on data-based solutions for strategic questions
- Develop existing data and analysis processes further and find automation potential
Qualifications & Requirements
Education
- Degree in data science, business informatics, statistics or a comparable field
Experience
- First practical experience in data science, data analytics or a similar analytical role
- Very good Python and good SQL
- Experience with machine learning, statistical methods, scoring or forecasting models
Advantage
- Routine with large, heterogeneous datasets
- Knowledge of geodata and QGIS or ArcGIS
Essential Skills
- Ability to translate analysis into concrete business recommendations
- Fact-checking mindset with conceptual skills and an eye for data
- Very good German (at least C1) and good English
About Data Careers in Digital Infrastructure
Fiber network expansion needs strong analytics on demand, competition and local conditions. The posting gives no salary, so candidates should confirm pay. Applications are accepted online only, not by email or post.
Career Excellence: Use data to decide where fiber networks grow next, with flexible work and strong benefits.
Who Should Apply?
- Data Scientists: With Python and SQL strength
- Data Analysts: Ready for modelling work
- Statisticians: Interested in forecasting and scoring
- GIS Specialists: With QGIS or ArcGIS skills
- Business Informatics Graduates: In the Düsseldorf region
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