Remote Senior Director, Advanced Data Science

First National Bank of Omaha; Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401k, With Matching Contributions

Time Off Programs

Health Savings Account (HSA)/Dependent

Employee Banking

Growth Opportunities

Tuition Assistance

Short-Term/Long-Term Disability

Job summary

First National Bank of Omaha is seeking a Sr. Director, Advanced Data Scientist to lead the Partnership Division's data science and modeling function, guiding a multi-year modeling roadmap and delivering scalable ML solutions for credit decisioning and portfolio management.

The role combines deep quantitative leadership with executive communication, owning end-to-end model development from problem framing to deployment with emphasis on fairness, interpretability, and risk management.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in statistics, data science, CS, math, OR, econometrics, or related quantitative field.
• PhD strongly preferred, with research in ML, statistics, or quantitative finance.
• 7+ years of experience developing statistical or ML models, preferably in financial services or consumer credit.
• Strong experience in Python and/or R; strong SQL skills.
• Experience with gradient boosting/XGBoost/LightGBM, ensemble methods, neural networks, and other advanced ML techniques.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the multi-year modeling roadmap for credit-risk models.
• Independently design and develop advanced ML models for credit card acquisition and underwriting.
• Translate business objectives into modeling frameworks and performance criteria.
• Establish training, validation, and out-of-time testing strategies; document results.
• Monitor model performance and collaborate with validation and risk teams.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Gradient boosting

Neural networks

SHAP

Credit risk modeling

Model development lifecycle

Education

Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Operations Research, Econometrics, or related field

PhD strongly preferred (ML/Statistics/Quant finance)

Tools

XGBoost

LightGBM

Job description

First National Bank of Omaha is seeking a Sr. Director, Advanced Data Scientist to lead the Partnership Division's data science and modeling function, guiding a multi-year modeling roadmap and delivering scalable ML solutions for credit decisioning and portfolio management.

The role combines deep quantitative leadership with executive communication, owning end-to-end model development from problem framing to deployment with emphasis on fairness, interpretability, and risk management.