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Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we continuously strive to offer our colleagues a great place to work, with opportunities to learn, innovate, develop their careers, and serve the community.\n\nBMI's team integrates cross-domain expertise (Economics, Politics, 20+ industries, ESG, Commodities) and computer science to create systematic country-by-country risk analytics and time series forecasts that are transparent and can be validated. We build and maintain robust models that our customers use to identify and manage country risks.\n\nJoining as a Data Scientist Lead to support risk research and analysis, you will lead the ideation and prioritization of BMI’s Data Science roadmap alongside BMI’s Product Team, and provide leadership and coordination to BMI’s growing team of Data Scientists.\n\nAs BMI’s Data Science Lead, you will participate and oversee the design, build, and deployment of quantitative models that power advanced analytics and insights for our clients. You will work closely with Developers, Product and Content teams (country analysts, industry analysts, economists, political scientists) to deliver interpretable, scalable solutions. 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