Senior Data Scientist

Questrade Financial Group; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing resources

Paid vacation & sick days

Competitive compensation

Hybrid in-office work

Career growth

Community involvement

Diverse team environment

Job summary

Questrade Financial Group is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to leverage advanced analytics to surface strategic insights across multi-product and multi-channel financial services. You will lead data-driven initiatives, from problem formulation to model development, and mentor teammates while collaborating with Strategy & Corporate Development to embed analytics into product decisions.

The role involves building predictive models, dashboards, and analytics infrastructure to inform customer

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in data science, analytics or related field.
• Ability to translate business situations into credible analytics frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with large-scale customer, transactional and financial datasets.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL for data extraction, analysis and model development.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in business discussions and storytelling.
• Ability to multi-task with minimal supervision and uphold commitments.
• Self-learner capable of independent study of new concepts and tools.
• Ability to review and critique technical work of the team.
• Ability to coach and mentor other team members.

Responsibilities

• Supporting Strategy and Corporate Development team with data requests to inform decision making.
• Collaborating on customer segmentation and profitability analysis.
• Contributing to set up and inputs for customer / product profitability models.
• Building and refining predictive models.
• Embedding data and analytics throughout strategy and new product development process.
• Making improvement recommendations to analytics data infrastructure.
• Building dashboards to support insight generation and business management.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Storytelling

Communication

Mentoring

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

What’s in it for you as an employee of QFG?

• Health & wellbeing resources and programs

• Paid vacation, personal, and sick days for work-life balance

• Competitive compensation and benefits packages

• Work-life balance in a hybrid environment with at least 3 days in office

• Career growth and development opportunities

• Opportunities to contribute to community causes

• Work with diverse team members in an inclusive and collaborative environment

This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

We’re looking for our next Senior Data Scientist. Could It Be You?

The Senior Data Scientist leverages advanced analytics skills to surface strategic insights to assist Questrade in growing and delivering customer‑centric solutions in a multi-product / multi-channel financial services environment.

The Senior Data Scientist utilizes advanced Data Science skills to solve strategic business problems for Questrade. The incumbent will tackle a wide variety of business issues such as customer acquisition, customer engagement, retention, pricing, and more to make positive contributions.

The incumbent is well‑versed in all aspects of Data Science including problem formulation, data engineering, in‑depth analysis, machine learning, communication, story‑telling and process change monitoring; he/she will contribute significantly to the fabric of the Strategy & Corporate Development team. The Senior Data Scientist acts as the lead of a functional capability in the department providing guidance and assistance to other members.

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In this role, responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Supporting Strategy and Corporate Development team with data requests to inform decision making

• Collaborating on customer segmentation and profitability analysis

• Contributing to set up and inputs for customer / product profitability models

• Building and refining predictive models

• Identifying opportunities to embed data and analytics throughout strategy and new product development process on an ongoing basis

• Making improvement recommendations to analytics data infrastructure

• Building dashboards to support insight generation and business management

So are YOU our next Senior Data Scientist? You are if you…

• Have 3+ years of experience in data science, analytics or related field

• Are able to assess business situations and translate this into credible analytics frameworks

• Have hands‑on experience in working with large-scale customer, transactional and financial datasets

• Possess advanced proficiency in Python and SQL for data extraction, analysis and model development

• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills in business discussions and story‑telling

• Are able to multi‑task with minimal supervision and uphold commitments made

• Are a self‑learner capable of independent study of new concepts and tools

• Have the ability to review and critique technical work of team

• Have the ability to coach and mentor other team members

Compensation Information:

• Base salary range: $120,000 - $130,000

• The final compensation package will be commensurate with the successful candidate's experience, skills, and geographic location (Canada). It includes a comprehensive benefits plan and a competitive incentive (bonus) program for Full‑Time Permanent roles.