The nine roles you need on your data science research team

There are a variety of data science research roles for an organization to consider and certain characteristics best suited for each. Most enterprises already have correctly filled several of these data science positions, but most will also have people with the wrong skills or motivations in certain data science roles. This mismatch can slow things down or demotivate others throughout the enterprise, so it's important for CIOs to carefully consider who staffs these roles to get the most from their data science research. Here is Kozyrkov's rundown of the essential data science roles and the part each plays in helping organizations make more intelligent business decisions. Data engineers are people who have the skills and ability to get data required for analysis at scale.