Senior Manager Data Science

Discover Financial Services, Inc.; Illinois; Remote; USD 153,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a strategic leader to drive advanced analytics initiatives. In this pivotal role, you'll leverage your extensive experience in data science and team management to solve complex business problems through innovative analytical frameworks. You'll guide a talented team, ensuring they are motivated and equipped to deliver insights that enhance decision-making and optimize performance. Join a collaborative culture that values your unique contributions and empowers you to make a significant impact in the financial services sector. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of digital banking and payments while fostering a culture of growth and excellence.

Benefits

Paid Parental Leave

Paid Time Off

401(k) Plan

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Short and Long Term Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance

Recognition Program

Education Assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Data Science or related fields with strong analytical skills.
• Experience in managing teams and developing talent in analytics.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of advanced analytics and machine learning solutions.
• Manage team performance and ensure alignment with business goals.

Skills

Data Science

Credit Risk

Fraud Risk

Marketing Analytics

Optimization

Operations Analytics

Modeling

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's in Analytics

Bachelor's in Engineering

Bachelor's in Statistics

Bachelor's in Mathematics

Tools

Statistical Analysis Software

Machine Learning Algorithms

Job description

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

What you will do

Responsible for providing thought leadership & strategic thinking to solve business problems by leveraging techniques such as segmentation, optimization, advanced analytics and machine learning. This role will closely monitor performance metrics and KPIs to ensure goals are met and course correct as necessary. Manages a large team of high performing quantitative analysts and/or managers and will be responsible for ensuring the team stays motivated and engaged. He/she will manage team performance, coach and develop employees and hire the right talent. This role will identify, prioritize and supervise the team to flawlessly execute on initiatives, set strategic direction for the team on analytic initiatives as well as develop analytic core capability development that enable better decision making and nimble action.

Develops and coaches teams to be able to identify, manage, and escalate risk, and effectively manages risk within the teams you oversee.

How you will do it

• Provides thought leadership & strategic thinking to translate business problem into analytical framework(s), and independently recommend actions and provide business insights. Leads the development and implementation of advanced analytics including customer segmentation, optimization, prescriptive analytics and machine learning algorithm & recommendation to solve business problems.
• Operates as a subject matter expert on statistical analysis, test and design of experiment, analysis methodology, modeling & application, and financial impact analysis.
• Establishes and maintains effective performance tracking; identify improvement opportunity, form hypothesis, proposes, designs and implements tests to drive strategy enhancement and optimization.
• Recruits, trains, coaches and develops talents to their full potential with exceptional quantitative/analytical competencies, as well as project management skill and leadership skills. Manages and sets priorities of analyst, assign projects and allocate resource, communicate business performance and project progress to management & business partners.
• Collaborates with cross-functional partners to understand their business needs, formulate and complete end-to-end analysis that includes data gathering, analysis, ongoing scaled deliverables and presentations. Delivers effective presentations of findings and recommendations to multiple levels of leadership, creates visual displays of quantitative information. Facilitate implementation of work product and ensure accuracy.
• Ensures standard work processes and documentation requirements are timely and consistently followed by team. Encourages continuous improvement of team processes and share across functional teams to ensure consistency.

Qualifications you will need
The Basics

• Bachelors Analytics, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or related
• 8+ years Data Science, Credit Risk, Fraud Risk, Marketing Analytics, Optimization, Operations Analytics, Modeling or related
• 2+ years People Management

Physical and Cognitive Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:

• Primarily remain in a stationary position.
• No required movement about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.
• Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.
• Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator.

Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

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Application Deadline: The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Apr-12-2025. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.

Compensation: The base pay for this position generally ranges between $153,500.00 to $215,500.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skill level may impact the pay for this position.

Benefits: We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include:

• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) Plan
• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account
• Short and Long Term Disability, Life, and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurances
• Recognition Program
• Education Assistance
• Commuter Benefits
• Family Support Programs
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Learn more at mydiscoverbenefits.com.

All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.

Discover is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status. (Know Your Rights)

Discover complies with federal, state, and local laws applicable to qualified individuals with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search for a position, to complete an application, and/or to participate in an interview, please email [e-mail]. Any information you provide regarding your accommodation needs will be kept confidential and will only be used to determine and provide necessary accommodation.

At Discover, we are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace through our Fair Chance Hiring practices. Fair Chance Hiring means that we base our hiring decisions on an applicant’s qualifications rather than their criminal record. All our positions are subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Our applicants go through a background check, and we follow all applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance (LA County Fair Chance).

Positions marked as remote eligible are limited to remote locations within the country in which the position is based.

Applicants must be 18 or older at the time of hire.