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Original Job Post

Discover Financial Services · 2 days ago

Senior Manager Data Science

Riverwoods, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Director

$150K/yr - $210K/yr

8+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Provide thought leadership & strategic thinking to solve business problems by leveraging techniques such as segmentation, optimization, advanced analytics and machine learning. This role will closely monitor performance metrics and KPIs to ensure goals are met and course correct as necessary.

Manage a large team of high performing quantitative analysts and/or managers and will be responsible for ensuring the team stays motivated and engaged. He/she will manage team performance, coach and develop employees and hire the right talent. This role will identify, prioritize and supervise the team to flawlessly execute on initiatives, set strategic direction for the team on analytic initiatives as well as develop analytic core capability development that enable better decision making and nimble action.

Provide thought leadership & strategic thinking to translate business problem into analytical framework(s) and independently recommend actions and provide business insights. Lead the development and implementation of advanced analytics including customer segmentation, optimization, prescriptive analytics and machine learning algorithm & recommendation to solve business problems.

Operate as a subject matter expert on statistical analysis, test and design of experiment, analysis methodology, modeling & application and financial impact analysis.

Establish and maintain effective performance tracking; identify improvement opportunity, form hypothesis, proposes, designs and implement tests to drive strategy enhancement and optimization.

Recruit, train, coach and develop talent to their full potential with exceptional quantitative/analytical competencies, as well as project management skill and leadership skills. Manage and set priorities of analyst, assign projects and allocate resource, communicate business performance and project progress to management & business partners.

Collaborate 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. Deliver effective presentations of findings and recommendations to multiple levels of leadership, creates visual displays of quantitative information. Facilitate implementation of work product and ensure accuracy.

Ensure standard work processes and documentation requirements are timely and consistently followed by team. Encourage continuous improvement of team processes and share across functional teams to ensure consistency.

Qualification

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People ManagementData ScienceCredit RiskFraud RiskMarketing AnalyticsOptimizationOperations AnalyticsModeling

Required

Bachelor’s Degree in Analytics, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or related and 8+ years of experience in Data Science, Credit Risk, Fraud Risk, Marketing Analytics, Optimization, Operations Analytics, Modeling or related field (OR)

Master’s Degree in Analytics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or related and 6+ years of experience in Data Science, Credit Risk, Fraud Risk, Marketing Analytics, Optimization, Operations Analytics, Modeling or related field

2+ years of experience in People Management

Preferred

Master’s Degree in Analytics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics

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