AI Placement Analyst - Undergraduate Sandwich Year

About the role

PRGX, a provider of source-to-pay data analytics and software, is offering a 12-month fixed-term student placement as an AI Placement Analyst in Manchester. This is a sandwich-year programme for an undergraduate student, and candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK for the duration of the placement.

Key responsibilities

• Collect, clean, process and analyse large datasets to extract insights
• Apply machine learning algorithms and statistical modelling to find patterns, trends and relationships
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business needs and develop data-driven AI solutions
• Design, implement and tune end-to-end ML pipelines, from pre-processing through model training, evaluation and deployment
• Document technical processes, methodologies and findings in a structured, repeatable way
• Communicate complex analytical findings to non-technical stakeholders using visualisation and clear storytelling
• Support ongoing AI/ML initiatives that improve operational performance and analytics capability

Required profile

• Undergraduate student enrolled at a UK university in Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics or a related degree, with a placement/sandwich year
• Predicted 2:1 or 1st Class Honours
• Academic or practical experience applying AI/ML methods to real datasets
• Understanding of supervised and unsupervised learning, deep learning and statistical modelling
• Experience with data preprocessing, feature engineering and data visualisation
• Fluent English (written and verbal)

Required skills

• Strong proficiency in Python and experience with large or unstructured datasets
• Excellent communication skills and strong analytical thinking
• Desirable: NLP, TensorFlow, PyTorch, LLMs, Flask, Docker, SQL, Git and Agile