Hybrid Director, Lead Data Scientist - Investments

Church Pension Group; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 255,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical (including Vision)

Dental

Pension plan

Life Insurance

AD&D Insurance

STD & LTD

Job summary

Church Pension Group seeks a Director, Lead Data Scientist to shape CPF’s data strategy in its Investments department. You will partner with the CIO, asset class leads, and the risk and performance team to turn data into investment insights and actionable portfolio recommendations.

You will help build an internal data warehouse from holdings-level data, guide analytical capabilities, and drive cross-functional data quality and visualization initiatives across IT and Investments.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of institutional investment topics.
• Expertise in business intelligence and database management tools.
• Familiarity with coding languages used for data analysis.
• Strong understanding of data visualization and reporting techniques and tool-kits.
• Strong communication skills and interpersonal skills, including the ability to convey complex information clearly and to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to conduct research both independently and under direction.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Investments department’s data warehouse, working with asset class specialists to assure data quality.
• Develop an overall view of the Investments department’s data resources, combining the data warehouse with other vendor tools.
• Determine, in collaboration with the CIO and other members of the Investments team, the strategic direction for CPF’s data analysis capabilities.
• Use business intelligence tools to drive value from the data warehouse and other databases, creating and maintaining regular reports at the level of the overall portfolio and individual asset classes.
• Respond to ad hoc requests and inquiries about CPF’s data, for example to identify trends in portfolio-company valuations within private investment funds or sector and factor exposures within the public equity allocation.
• Carry out modeling and stress-testing work at the portfolio and asset class levels.
• Form well-supported hypotheses about exposures and risks within CPF’s portfolio and present them to asset class specialists, the risk team, and the CIO.
• Liaise with the Investments department’s vendor specialist to optimize CPF’s data access and flow while managing resources prudently.
• Work with the data engineering team within Church Pension Group’s Information and Technology Services department to facilitate advances in the data warehouse and ensure smooth functioning of the overall data layer.
• Collaborate with data engineering to facilitate cross-vendor data quality checks and reconciliation.
• Effective performance of the essential functions of this position requires regular in-person, on-site interaction with colleagues, both for purposes of relationship building and meaningful collaboration.

Skills

Knowledge of institutional investment

BI tools

Data visualization

Communication skills

Independent research

Education

Master's degree in data science or related field

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

Church Pension Group seeks a Director, Lead Data Scientist to shape CPF’s data strategy in its Investments department. You will partner with the CIO, asset class leads, and the risk and performance team to turn data into investment insights and actionable portfolio recommendations.

You will help build an internal data warehouse from holdings-level data, guide analytical capabilities, and drive cross-functional data quality and visualization initiatives across IT and Investments.