PayPal · 6 hours ago
Sr. Data Scientist
Scottsdale, AZ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$124K/yr - $213K/yr
8+ years expPayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years, empowering consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets. The Sr. Data Scientist will play a key role in measuring critical servicing and risk metrics, leveraging analytics to generate actionable insights and enhance customer experience while mentoring junior team members.
E-Commerce PlatformsFinTechMobile PaymentsTransaction Processing
Responsibilities
Dive into extensive datasets, defining and tracking essential KPIs to drive actionable insights for informed business decisions
Develop controls and monitoring dashboards to ensure performance against business goal, regulatory requirements, and business priorities
Architect and oversee the entire data infrastructure lifecycle, ensuring seamless automation of processes from end to end, ensuring efficiency and accuracy
Lead or participate in ad-hoc projects and initiatives related to risk management, operations optimization, leveraging data-driven approaches to address specific business challenges or opportunities
Work on assignments of intermediate complexity with minimum supervision and constantly seek improvement within defined tasks
Good understanding of general business trends and directions to be able to put own work in a broad business context
Drive effective communication with collaborators to achieve the optimal level of decisioning and business results
Ability to proactively derive actionable insights from developed solutions to enhance and influence operational decision making
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in analytics and data science with Master's Degree required in same
High proficiency in Big Query, SQL, Python and Excel
Expertise in building interactive dashboards using visualization tools like Tableau & PowerBi
Highly Proficient in statistics; exhibit critical and analytical thinking, with a focus on problem-solving and attention to detail
Experience in leading and delivering end-to-end Business Intelligence Solutions (requirement gathering, analyzing large, multi-dimensional data sets and synthesizing insights into actionable solutions)
Highly motivated, result-oriented self-starter who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment
Proven ability to function well independently as well as in a team
Strong interpersonal skills including ability to present insights and recommendations persuasively
Skill and confidence in dealing with people at all levels of the organization are essential
Requires an excellent understanding of standard business practices related to Compliance processes and systems
Clear, strategic thinker with vision, with the ability to execute on priorities
Skilled in translating technical processes for a business audience
Preferred
Industry experience in payments, e-commerce, or financial services is an advantage
Benefits
Flexible work environment
Employee shares options
Health and life insurance
Annual performance bonus
Equity
Medical, dental, vision, and other benefits
Company
PayPal
PayPal is a financial service company that provides online payment solutions to its users worldwide.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$12.17BKey Investors
Kohlberg Kravis RobertsBlueRun Ventures
2025-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $6.95B
2023-06-07Post Ipo Debt· $5B
2015-07-20IPO
Leadership Team
Simon Bladon
PayPal UK CEO
chaloem khompitoon
President & CEO
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