Is a Data Scientist a Data Manager?

Question

What is the difference between a Data Scientist and a Data Manager?

Answer 1

To simply put it, no. A data manager is very different from a Data Scientist.

Data Manager

• Has overall responsibility for the governance, stability, integrity, and quality of the data of an organization

• Responsible for the data-related processes in an organization

• Doesn’t necessarily require technical skills

Data Scientist 

• Doesn’t own any data but can extract insights from it using advanced analytics

• Requires proficiency in programming and statistics

• The Data Science process is a subset of the data management lifecycle

A Data Scientist has to coordinate with the Data Manager and ensure that all work is carried out in accordance with the specific Data Management procedures. One can become a professional Data Scientist by enrolling in Intellipaat Data Scientist Course.

To learn more extensively how a Data Scientist is different from a Data Manager, you have to first know about Data Science. Intellipaat has a specifically curated course on Data Science aimed at training Data Science aspirants. The course comes with a 24/7 online learning support as well as job assistance. Intellipaat is tied up with top MNCs around the world.

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