Lead Principal Data Scientist: ML Strategy & Modeling

Forward Financing LLC; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Forward Financing LLC in Boston leads data science initiatives to unlock capital for small businesses. The role focuses on designing, developing, and deploying high-stakes statistical and machine learning models that impact pricing, risk, and business strategy.

You will mentor data scientists, shape the roadmap with senior leaders, and ensure scalable, well-documented production pipelines. The position requires strategic thinking and strong communication with executives.

Qualifications

• Experience leading data science initiatives from problem framing through deployment.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Mentor data scientists and raise the technical bar across the team.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and deployment of the company's most complex statistical and ML models.
• Drive end-to-end data science initiatives from framing to deployment and monitoring.
• Define and enforce standards for model development, validation, code quality, and documentation.
• Partner with senior leaders to shape the data science roadmap and identify high-value opportunities.
• Architect and evolve production ML pipelines and monitoring frameworks for reliability and scalability.
• Mentor data scientists at all levels and elevate the technical capabilities of the team.
• Communicate tradeoffs and business implications to executives and stakeholders.

Skills

Machine learning

Statistical modeling

Model deployment

End-to-end delivery

Leadership

Communication to executives

Job description

Forward Financing LLC in Boston leads data science initiatives to unlock capital for small businesses. The role focuses on designing, developing, and deploying high-stakes statistical and machine learning models that impact pricing, risk, and business strategy.

You will mentor data scientists, shape the roadmap with senior leaders, and ensure scalable, well-documented production pipelines. The position requires strategic thinking and strong communication with executives.