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Are you a passionate techie looking to use your personal strengths to help shape the future of an international media group? As a Data Science Trainee in the Bertelsmann Future Leaders Graduate Program, you will work with and learn from the best. As part of the trainee community, you will constantly advance in an innovative environment. For 18 months, starting on September 1, you will be assigned to diverse teams on data projects across various business divisions – possibly even in other European countries – and make a meaningful contribution to the company's success. For the most part, you will work independently, while we will support you to the best of our ability.

Your future employer

Bertelsmann is a media, services and education company with 75,000 employees, that operates in about 50 countries around the world. It includes the entertainment group RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House, the music company BMG, the service provider Arvato Group, Bertelsmann Marketing Services, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments, an international network of funds. The company generated revenues of €19 billion in the 2024 financial year. Bertelsmann stands for creativity and entrepreneurship. This combination promotes first-class media content and innovative service solutions that inspire customers around the world.

• Get to know different divisions of Bertelsmann and gain deep insights into the respective data,
• Work intensively on the analysis, implementation and evaluation of data projects,
• Investigate new use cases for machine learning and AI to develop innovative solutions for the media industry,
• Develop your potential and continuously expand your skills in theory and practice.

• A M.Sc. or Ph.D. in data science, computer science, artificial intelligence, statistics, engineering, applied mathematics, physics or a related field,
• Data science experience through internships or research projects,
• Advanced knowledge of machine learning methods, database concepts, prompting and generative AI,
• Solid programming skills in Python and SQL (R, Scala, Spark and other programming languages are a plus) as well as extensive experience with GitHub,
• Solution-oriented thinking with strong interpersonal and communication skills,
• Fluent English (other languages are an advantage) and willingness to move to a new location several times.

• An annual salary of between €65,000 and €70,000,
• Intensive further development with a good work-life balance,
• Diverse projects in which you solve problems and improve processes,
• Modern working methods and cooperation networks,
• Excellent job prospects.

Let your insights speak – and the world will listen.
Take the Data Science Track. Become a Future Leader.