Lead Data Scientist

Reference 25000JLH

Responsibilities
The role is a
Lead Data Engineer
who will help shape the future of data-driven auditing. With 7–10 years of experience, you will design and maintain scalable data pipelines, ensure compliance with global data regulations (including GDPR), and empower auditors/inspectors with high-quality data and advanced analytics. You will masterize all the datasets of the perimeter assigned to you, becoming the point of contact for all Internal Audit. This is a strategic role offering exposure to cutting-edge technologies, global collaboration, and the opportunity to influence audit practices across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize secure, scalable data pipelines for audit use cases.
• Collaborate with audit teams and CDOs to understand data needs and deliver compliant, high-quality data products.
• Ensure data solutions align with global privacy regulations, including GDPR.
• Develop interactive dashboards and reports in Power BI to visualize audit metrics.
• Continuously improve data accessibility and quality to support audit missions.
• Stay up to date with emerging data engineering tools and audit trends.
• Document pipeline architectures, data processes, and compliance measures.
• Perform advanced analytics and exploratory data analysis using Python to support audit findings and risk assessments.

Required
Profile required
Bachelors/Masters Degree of Engineering with 7-10 years of experience

What We're Looking For

• 7–10 years of experience in data engineering, with a focus on pipelines and dashboards.
• Strong skills in Python, SQL, and Power BI.
• Experience with modern data engineering tools (e.g., Spark, Kafka, Airflow, Hadoop).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Deep understanding of GDPR and data governance best practices.
• Experience in audit or compliance environments is a strong plus.
• Excellent problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Strong communication skills to bridge technical and audit teams.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of data cataloging and metadata management tools.
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks and audit data lifecycle.
• Experience with machine learning or statistical analysis applied to audit data.

Why Join Us?

• Work on strategic audit projects with global impact.
• Collaborate with top experts in data, audit, and compliance.
• Access the latest technologies and innovation opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and career growth in a leading financial institution.

Functional skills
:

Ability to work on multi location/global audit with large and diverse teams

Ability to work well with and communicate with others, from teammates to executives.

Ability to manage multiple work efforts and to quickly change direction as needed..

Fluent Command over English language (oral as well as written)

Behavioural skills
:

Result Orientation and time management

Client Focus

Contribution to Strategy

People Development

Change management

Cooperation

Ability to work with diverse teams/Team player

Conflict management

Why join us
"We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status".

Business insight
At Société Générale, we are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrow will be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious. Whether you're joining us for a period of months, years or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating, and taking action are part of our DNA. If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful on a daily basis and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us

Still hesitating? You should know that our employees can dedicate several days per year to solidarity actions during their working hours, including sponsoring people struggling with their orientation or professional integration, participating in the financial education of young apprentices, and sharing their skills with charities. There are many ways to get involved.

We are committed to support accelerating our Group's ESG strategy by implementing ESG principles in all our activities and policies. They are translated in our business activity (ESG assessment, reporting, project management or IT activities), our work environment and in our responsible practices for environment protection.

Diversity and Inclusion
We are an
equal opportunities employer
and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. Societe Generale is committed to recognizing and
promoting all talents
, regardless of their beliefs, age, disability, parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, membership of a political, religious, trade union or minority organisation, or any other characteristic that could be subject to discrimination.