Data Science and AI Consultant

Overview Maximize your potential. Tackle the world’s toughest problems. Build expertise in areas that matter to you. Become a global development leader. ABOUT DALBERG We help solve the most pressing challenges of our time through systemic change. We are entrepreneurs and innovators, designers and creative problem solvers, thinkers, and doers. We are from everywhere, at home anywhere – an African and American company as much as an Asian, Middle Eastern, and European one. We partner with and serve communities, governments, and companies throughout the world, providing an innovative mix of services. Today’s complex global problems require new solutions, so we approach problems differently and work closely with our partners to create impact berg is a place where a diverse mix of talented individuals are able to bring their whole selves to work – whether it’s how you identify, where you come from, the languages you speak, the person you love, the way you worship. Dalberg is a home where people feel safe, understood, nurtured and encouraged to grow. As a team of 600+ people from 50 countries, speaking over 90 languages collectively, with 49%+ female leadership team, Dalberg places diversity, equity and inclusion principles at the heart of our organization and the work we do alongside our clients, partners and communities. Established in 2001 by experienced private sector consultants, Dalberg operates from 25+ worldwide locations. For more information, please visit Dalberg. ABOUT DALBERG ADVISORS Dalberg Advisors is a strategic advisory firm combining the best of private sector strategy skills and rigorous analytical capabilities with deep knowledge and networks across emerging and frontier markets. We work collaboratively across the public, private and philanthropic sectors to fuel inclusive growth and help clients achieve their goals. ABOUT OUR CLIENTS Our clients come to us with some of the most difficult global problems, seeking solutions where the obvious ones have failed. We are entrepreneurs and innovators, designers and creative problem solvers, thinkers, and doers who supply new ideas, drawing from a deep base of knowledge that cuts across sectors and geographies and is growing every day. We partner with and serve communities, governments, and companies throughout the world. Some of our recent clients include foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, corporations such as Pepsi and Vodafone, multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, UN agencies such as UNICEF and the UNEP, and government agencies such as the Ethiopian Ministry of Innovation and Technology, USAID, and India’s NITI Aayog. ABOUT YOU Dalberg Advisors is looking to hire a Data Science and AI Consultant, based out of its offices in India. The Data Science & AI Consultant is responsible for designing, building, and delivering AI/ML and generative AI prototypes/products that enable Dalberg Advisor teams and clients to solve complex, high-impact problems across its practice areas. The role translates ambiguous problem statements into deployable, decision-support products by leading end-to-end delivery from data preparation and model development to evaluation, visualization, and creating demo-ready prototypes/products while ensuring usability, transparency of assumptions, and ensuring a measurable impact of the deployed prototypes/products. WHAT YOU WILL DO AND HOW YOU WILL GROW Principal accountabilities • Deploying machine learning and advanced analytics • Apply supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods (regression, classification, clustering, dimensionality reduction, prediction) aligned to the problem context. • Lead data preparation, feature engineering, and machine learning model training. • Define evaluation strategies and metrics (e.g., cross-validation, error analysis, bias checks where relevant). • Build reusable components (data pipelines, model utilities, evaluation scripts) to accelerate activities for other projects. • AI prototyping • Design and build AI workflows (prompting, retrieval, tool use/function calling, orchestration) and package them into client-facing… Apply tot his job