What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Data Science position at Discover Financial Services, Inc.?
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Job Description : What You’ll Do
Responsible for working closely with management to execute analytical initiatives. Responsible for providing thought leadership & strategic thinking to solve business problems by leveraging techniques such as segmentation, optimization, advanced analytics and machine learning. This position will closely monitor performance metrics and KPIs to ensure goals are met and course correct as necessary. Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.
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How You’ll Do It
Provides thought leadership & strategic thinking to translate business problems into analytical frameworks, and independently recommend actions and provide business insights. Operates as a subject matter expert on statistical analysis, test and design of experiment, analysis methodology, modeling & application, and financial impact analysis.
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. Facilitates implementation of work products and ensures accuracy. Establishes and maintains effective performance tracking; identifies improvement opportunities, forms hypotheses, proposes, designs, and implements tests to drive strategy enhancement and optimization.
Leads the development and implementation of advanced analytics including customer segmentation, optimization, prescriptive analytics and machine learning algorithms & recommendations to solve business problems. Leads the development of analytical capabilities with the aim of creating long-term strategic data / analytics assets for the company.
Delivers effective presentations of findings and recommendations to multiple levels of leadership, creating visual displays of quantitative information.
Develops and automates reports, iteratively builds and prototypes dashboards to provide insights at scale, solving for analytical needs.
Consistently follows standard work processes and documentation requirements. Recommends improvements to work processes to increase efficiency while maintaining quality of work. Continuously improves technical and leadership skills through training and development.
Qualifications You’ll Need
The Basics
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Statistics, Analytics or related field.
6 years in Credit Risk, Fraud Risk, Marketing Analytics, Optimization, Operations Analytics, Modeling / Data Science or related fields.
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.
Ability to communicate verbally and in written form.
Bonus Points If You Have
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Statistics, Analytics, Mathematics, or related field.
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.
Application Deadline :
The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Jan-21-2025. 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 $130,000.00 to $182,000.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as 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
STD, Life, LTD and AD&D
Recognition Program
Education Assistance
Commuter Benefits
Family Support Programs
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Learn more at mydiscoverbenefits.com.
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All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contributes every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.
Discover is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. 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.
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 HireAccommodation@discover.com. Any information you provide regarding your accommodation needs will be kept confidential and will only be used to determine and provide necessary accommodation.
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