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Discover Financial Services · 1 week ago

Principal Data Science

Riverwoods, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$126K/yr - $177K/yr

6+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Provides thought leadership & strategic thinking to translate business problem into analytical framework(s), and independently recommend actions and provide business insights. Operates as a subject matter expert on statistical analysis, test and design of experiment, analysis methodology, modeling & application, and financial impact analysis.

Collaborates with cross-functional partners to understand their business needs, formulate and complete end-to-end analysis that includes data gathering, analysis, ongoing scaled deliverables and presentations. Facilitate implementation of work product and ensure accuracy. Establishes and maintains effective performance tracking; identifies improvement opportunity, form hypothesis, propose, design and implement tests to drive strategy enhancement and optimization.

Leads the development and implementation of advanced analytics including customer segmentation, optimization, prescriptive analytics and machine learning algorithm & recommendation to solve business problems. Lead the development of Analytical capabilities with the aim of creating long-term strategic data/analytics assets for the company.

Delivers effective presentations of findings and recommendations to multiple levels of leadership, creating visual displays of quantitative information.

Develops and automates reports, iteratively build and prototype dashboards to provide insights at scale, solving for analytical needs.

Consistently follows standard work processes and documentation requirements. Recommends improvement to work processes to increase efficiency while maintaining quality of work. Continuously improves technical and leadership skills through training and development.

Qualification

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Credit riskFraud riskMarketing analyticsOperations analyticsModeling/data scienceProblem-solvingOptimization

Required

Bachelor’s Degree in Analytics, Engineering, Statistics or related field

6+ years of experience in Credit Risk, Fraud Risk, Marketing Analytics, Optimization, Operations Analytics, Modeling/Data Science or related field

Preferred

Master’s Degree in Analytics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or related field

4+ years of experience in Credit Risk, Fraud Risk, Marketing Analytics, Optimization, Operations Analytics, Modeling/Data Science or related field

Benefits

Paid Parental Leave

Paid Time Off

401(k) Plan

Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account

STD, Life, LTD and AD&D

Recognition Program

Education Assistance

Commuter Benefits

Family Support Programs

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Company

Discover Financial Services

Glassdoor

3.9

We are Discover. As one of the most recognized brands in U.S.

Founded in 1985

Deerfield, Illinois, USA

10,001+ employees

https://www.discover.com

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