Climate Data Scientist

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ISS STOXX is looking for a Climate Data Scientist for our Climate Solutions Team at the Mumbai - Goregaon East location.

Overview:

Climate Solutions is a unit withinISS Sustainability Solutionsthe responsible investment business ofISS STOXX. As investors seek to gain a better understanding of their exposure to climate-related risks Climate Solutions provides data analytics and advisory services tosupport investors in understanding measuring and acting on climate-related risks & opportunities and their impact on investments across all asset STOXX Sustainability Solutions Climate Solutionsis an innovative market leader within its field.

ISS STOXX Climate Team is working closely with its clients to help them with risk analysis and is looking for passionate team members to work extensively on ISS STOXX ESG Physical Risks products. The successful candidate will be a topic expert in physical climate risks climate change climate impacts and natural hazard this role you will contribute as a key member of our dedicated Physical Risks team focusing on improving our existing climate risk models creating new models and developing new products and analysis tools to assess the financial impacts for companies and real assets arising from climate physical hazards such as floods tropical cyclones wildfires heat stress and drought.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to data science-driven product development including climate risk assessment products.

• Develop and maintain custom data models and algorithms for large geospatial and climate datasets.

• Improve existing models and ensure regular data updates.

• Assess the accuracy and effectiveness of new data sources and data-gathering techniques.

• Analyze international regulatory requirements public datasets and scenario data to identify opportunities for new climate-related sustainable finance products.

• Collaborate with other ESG and climate-risk product teams and maintain awareness of the competitive landscape.

• Act as a subject matter expert on ESG product offerings supporting colleagues and clients through day-to-day communications operations and specialist inquiries.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Degree in atmospheric or physical sciences meteorology hydrology environmental science or a related field.

• 24 years of experience as a climate specialist geospatial data analyst environmental engineer or similar role with expertise in climate data analysis (e.g. atmospheric sciences climate change impacts physics-based hazard modelling or natural catastrophe modelling).

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with prior research experience.

• Familiarity with climate data sources climate models and initiatives e.g. CMIP5 and CMIP6.

• Proficiency in data science geospatial data analysis and statistical analysis.

• Strong programming skills in Python (including libraries such as xarray rasterio geopandas) and good working knowledge of UNIX shell.

• Comfortable working with large geospatial datasets (vector and raster) and GIS tools.

• Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git) and containerization tools (e.g. Docker).

• Familiarity with cloud computing environments (e.g. GCP).

• Experience developing or maintaining large-scale climate hazard models is a plus (e.g. river/coastal floods tropical cyclones wildfires heat stress drought).

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively across locations and time zones.

• Detail-oriented and proactive in problem-solving within a fast-paced environment.

• Excellent oral and written command of English.

• Interest in ESG responsible investment and sustainability is desirable.

• Previous experience in ESG and/or sustainable climate finance is a plus.

• Experience publishing climate or hazard science papers or posts is beneficial.

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What You Can Expect from Us

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About ISS STOXX

ISS STOXX GmbH is a leading provider of research and technology solutions for the financial market. Established in 1985 we offer top-notch benchmark and custom indices globally helping clients identify investment opportunities and manage portfolio risks. Our services cover corporate governance sustainability cyber risk and fund intelligence. Majority-owned by Deutsche Börse Group ISS STOXX has over 3400 professionals in 33 locations worldwide serving around 6400 clients including institutional investors and companies focused on ESG cyber and governance risk. Clients trust our expertise to make informed decisions for their stakeholders benefit.

ISS Sustainability Solutionsenable investors to develop and integrate sustainable investing policies and practices engage on responsible investment issues and monitor portfolio company practices through screening solutions. ISS Sustainability Solutionsalso provides climate data analytics and advisory services to help financial market participants understand measure and act on climate-related risks across all asset addition our solutionscover corporate and country ESG research and ratings enabling its clients to identify material social and environmental risks and opportunities.

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