Senior Data Scientist

About Us :

UpEnergy delivers high-impact, emission-reducing projects that accelerate decarbonization and create long-term benefits for local communities. We focus on making life-improving clean technologies available across Africa, impacting millions of lives and significantly reducing CO2 emissions. With a growing team spread across multiple countries, we seek motivated and entrepreneurial talent eager to help us deliver even more impact.

About the role :

UpEnergy seeks a Senior Data Scientist familiar with Customer & Market Research, behavioural science and impact evaluation within the retail industry. The main objective for the role is to enhance our ability to design and execute tests of products, distribution methods, communications and any other initiatives within the Go-to-market activities to improve interactions and outcomes for the users of our products that will impact the overall performance of the business metrics.

UpEnergy runs both large scale distribution, tests and pilots across 7 African markets and will expand to new markets and products in the coming years. For UpEnergy to generate the maximum possible impact, we constantly seek new methods to increase the adoption and usage of our products as well as testing methods that will help us to distribute cost efficiently on each market.

Occasionally, The Senior Data Scientist will also partner with researchers to facilitate the implementation of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) on UpEnergy interventions, entrepreneurial and proactive attitude is key to always maintain a culture of improvement.

You will have the exciting opportunity to design and execute tests and trials to continuously improve the efficacy of interventions and products we deploy in households and schools across Africa and soon on other continents. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of continuous testing and optimization methodologies including A-B testing frameworks to deliver actionably, statistically significant insights. You’ll be using data science to tackle one of the world’s most pressing challenges – alleviating energy poverty and ensuring that a climate transition helps those most affected by climate change.

Key Responsibilities :

Research and Documentation

• Lead the research efforts to improve the understanding of end users of Upenergy’s products across different markets.
• Conduct literature reviews and staying up to date with relevant research advancements in the clean cooking, safe water, and other relevant focal areas.
• Documenting experimentation methodologies, procedures, and findings for internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop an internal strategy for rigorous, powered, and publishable RCTs including serving as principal investigation.
• Analyzing and interpreting RCT data to drive the global conversation on clean cooking and provide actionable insights and recommendations.
• Publish and communicate the results of evaluations and RCTs

Pilots, Intervention testing and methodologies.

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Why Join Us?

Your Impact, Amplified

Joining UpEnergy means becoming part of a mission-driven team dedicated to making a tangible difference in the world. Our focus is on ensuring that the world's poorest are not left behind in global decarbonization efforts, and that sustainable, life-improving technologies reach those who need them most. As a fast-growing organization, we provide the unique opportunity to work on innovative projects that directly impact millions of lives across Africa. Whether you're on the ground implementing projects or supporting our global expansion, you'll be part of a dynamic team where your work contributes to reducing CO2 emissions and fighting energy poverty. This is more than just a job—it's a chance to create lasting change and be at the forefront of a global movement towards equitable decarbonization.