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Senior Consultant in Data Science

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Introduction

Job title: Senior Consultant in Data Science Location: Brussels Position: Full time / Permanent Technopolis Group is looking to grow its data science team. We are now looking to recruit a motivated and experienced specialist to join our Brussels team as a Senior Consultant.

About Technopolis Founded in 1989, Technopolis Group is an independent research and consultancy company, European leader in providing strategic policy advice to public sector institutions at the local, regional, national, and international levels (such as the European institutions) – as well as to third sector organisations, public-private partnerships and research organisations. Our Group is active in many areas such as R&I, Health, Higher Education, Green economy, Industry and entrepreneurship, Regional and urban development, Digital economy and Open science. We have grown steadily over the past 30 years and have and a track record of over 4,000 projects. Technopolis Group has offices in ten European cities and offices in Colombia (Bogotà) and Ivory Coast (Abidjan). Our team of consultants brings an educational mix in a variety of policy, social, environmental science disciplines, and linguistic richness, originating from 40+countries and covering 30+ languages. For more information: www.technopolis-group.com

The team The selected person will be part of the Technopolis Group Data Science Unit (DSU), whose members work in different country offices. The growing team of DSU data scientists have diversified academic backgrounds but a shared passion for developing data science applications to improve policymaking. The unit works in policy consulting jobs for our clients but also conducts R&D to develop new, untested and exciting applications, potentially in collaboration with internal and external partners. The DSU is active in all types of data science applications in policymaking. See https://www.technopolis-group.com/solutions/data-analytics/. Examples include record linkage, building classifiers, semantic and sentiment analysis, web scraping and dynamic visualisations. Additionally, the team is looking forward to expanding its portfolio of techniques using real-time indicators, causal AI and generative AI. Experience in these last techniques, or a general understanding of their functioning combined with a demonstrable willingness to master them, is highly desirable.

About this job

Main tasks 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

Your profile

Experience and skills 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

Our offer

What we offer

  • A full time, permanent position
  • An attractive salary package with benefits including hospitalisation insurance and a pension scheme
  • A positive working atmosphere within a team of like-minded professionals in Brussels, while also being part of a larger international Group with multiple opportunities for international cooperation
  • Good opportunities for career progression, from both a content perspective (thought leaders, methodological specialists) and in the areas of business development and company leadership

Interested? Apply directly

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons with a residency and work permit in Belgium.

How to apply Applications can be done directly on Technopolis website or sent to [email protected] (reference: DS26) and include a cover letter and an Europass-style CV.

Application deadline: 09 October 2026. Early applications are encouraged. Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Applicants should have the EU citizenship or a valid work permit to apply.

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