What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Data Scientist position at Ally Financial?
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Ally and Your Career
The Opportunity
As a Principal Data Scientist at Ally you will be responsible for the development of machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions within the Advanced Analytics team. You will lead statistical modeling and analysis of customer data in applications, such as real-time fraud detection and loan pricing, to ensure Ally’s analytic data product offerings are viable and secure.
The Work Itself
- Lead a team focused on creating repeatable, interpretable, dynamic, and scalable models that are seamlessly incorporated into Ally’s analytic data products
- Collaborate with business partners to develop novel ways to meet objectives, utilizing cutting edge techniques and tools
- Lead the evaluation, implementation and deployment of emerging tools and processes for analytic data engineering, in order to improve our productivity as a team
- Advocate and educate on the value of data driven decision, focusing on the “how and why” of solving problems
- Partner with machine learning engineers, business intelligence engineers and solutions architects to develop technical architectures for strategic enterprise projects and initiatives
- Effectively communicate the analytics approach and how it will meet and address objectives to business partners
The Skills You Bring
- 5 years of experience in a quantitative field with a strong knowledge of statistical programming packages; Python preferred
- A self-starting mentality and passion for analysis, with interests in using state of the art technology and identifying unconventional opportunities for success
- Experience with linear and logistic regression, time series analysis, decision trees, survival analysis, designs of experiment, mathematical programming and other quantitative techniques; experience modeling rare events or fraud analysis is a plus
- Ability to analyze and synthesize complex data into clear action-oriented recommendations for the business
- Desire to work within a diverse group of people and passion for challenging the status quo
- Experience with Snowflake and AWS
How We'll Have Your Back
- Time Away: competitive holiday and flexible paid-time-off, including time off for volunteering and voting.
- Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan and 529 educational assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, and other financial well-being programs.
- Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including dental and vision, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
- Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy, and fertility support as well as parental and caregiver leave, back-up child and adult/elder day care program and childcare discounts.
- Work-Life Integration: other benefits including LifeMatters® Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.
Who We Are:
Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.
Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.
Where permitted by applicable law, must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by date of hire to be considered, if not currently employed by Ally.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at work@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
