Senior Data Science Consultant

About NeoStats

NeoStats, established in 2022, is a Data & Analytics firm providing end-to-end data and analytics services. Headquartered in the UAE with bases in India and the UK, the company focuses on transforming clients into data-driven organizations by delivering contemporary solutions. NeoStats comprises industry veterans who enable structural transformations in analytics through expertise, partnership, and an end-to-end implementation approach.

The Role: Senior Data Science Consultant

NeoStats is seeking a Senior Data Science Consultant – Cards Marketing Analytics to join its team in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. This contract role involves applying advanced analytics and predictive modeling to develop marketing strategies for credit and debit card portfolios. The consultant will deliver actionable insights to client teams, leveraging extensive experience in banking analytics, specifically in cards marketing.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop predictive models to identify customer targeting opportunities, enhance spend growth, improve retention, and reduce churn.
• Create customer segmentations for credit and debit card portfolios to support lifecycle marketing, campaign strategy, and personalization efforts.
• Analyze campaign performance across various segments, products, channels, and customer behaviors, providing actionable insights.
• Design test-and-learn frameworks, including control groups, campaign measurement logic, and post-campaign performance reviews.
• Collaborate with client teams to ensure analytical outputs are practical, explainable, and ready for business adoption.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 7–8 years of experience in data science, advanced analytics, or analytics consulting.
• Strong banking experience, particularly with credit card and debit card products.
• Proven expertise in marketing analytics, predictive modeling, customer segmentation, campaign analytics, and portfolio analytics.
• Proficiency in Python, SAS, and SQL, with hands-on experience working with large banking datasets, including customer profiles, card transactions, and campaign history.
• Strong understanding of statistical modeling, machine learning, model validation, and performance tracking.
• Ability to clearly communicate analytical outputs to business stakeholders and prepare senior-level presentations, reports, and documentation.
• Experience working with marketing, product, risk, and data teams in a banking environment.
• Demonstrated consulting discipline, including structured problem-solving, ownership, and timely delivery.
• Comfortable working as a contractor on a client-facing engagement in Saudi Arabia.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current location in Saudi Arabia, ideally Jeddah.
• Experience in the Saudi or GCC banking market.
• Exposure to card lifecycle analytics, including acquisition, activation, usage, spend growth, retention, and attrition.
• Familiarity with campaign management platforms, CRM systems, or marketing automation tools.
• Experience with A/B testing, uplift modeling, next-best-action, offer optimization, or customer lifetime value models.
• Knowledge of cloud-based data platforms and modern analytics environments.

Work Environment

This role is a contract position based in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, requiring direct client engagement. The successful candidate will work within a dynamic environment, collaborating with various client teams to implement data-driven strategies.