Remote Lead Data Scientist - Financial Risk & ML Strategy

Placements24; Centurion; Hybrid; ZAR 1.200.000 - 2.200.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Fully remote work

Competitive package

Professional growth opportunities

Collaborative team culture

Zusammenfassung

Placements24 seeks a Lead Data Scientist to guide risk modeling efforts in a fully remote role. You will head a team of data scientists and analysts, developing advanced machine learning models to quantify and mitigate credit, market, and operational risk.

The role requires a strong mix of technical depth, strategic vision, and leadership, with collaboration across risk, compliance, and IT to translate insights into action.

Qualifikationen

• Master's or PhD in a quantitative field or related discipline.
• Strong background in financial risk modeling and ML.
• Proven leadership of data science teams and projects.
• Expertise with Python or R and ML libraries.

Aufgaben

• Lead and mentor a team of data scientists focused on financial risk.
• Design and deploy ML models for risk prediction and mitigation.
• Extract and analyze large financial datasets from diverse sources.
• Establish model validation frameworks and monitor production performance.
• Collaborate with risk, compliance, and IT to embed data solutions.
• Stay updated on advances in data science and risk management.

Kenntnisse

Machine learning

Statistical modeling

Data analysis

Leadership

Communication

Ausbildung

Master's or PhD in Data Science/Statistics/CS/Mathematics

Tools

Python

R

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

SQL

Spark/Hadoop

Jobbeschreibung

Placements24 seeks a Lead Data Scientist to guide risk modeling efforts in a fully remote role. You will head a team of data scientists and analysts, developing advanced machine learning models to quantify and mitigate credit, market, and operational risk.

The role requires a strong mix of technical depth, strategic vision, and leadership, with collaboration across risk, compliance, and IT to translate insights into action.