VP Data Science

Company: ExecuNet
Location: Lewisville
Posted on: January 11, 2021

Job Description:

As our Vice President of Data Science, you will lead a cross-functional team of data scientists and data engineers to create both amazing customer experiences and powerful business recommendation models. You will utilize your blend of data and technology skills, with your leadership skills, to execute our strategic technology and business roadmap for data that syncs with the overall company objectives. You will deliver product enhancements that leverage data insights, predictive models, and data-based automation tools across the full enterprise and to all of our customers. The Ideal Candidate* You have a passion for doing well by doing good, and using data for both! * You are a demonstrated data leader who has a strong track record, with concrete successes in realizing business goals. * You have deep technology and analytic skills, but your real superpowers are in understanding how to use data to create business value, and how to collaborate with business stakeholders, and technology teams, to get there.Key Responsibilities The VP of Data Science position will encompass three key dimensions:Strategy:* Define data strategy for our enterprise, in collaboration with company senior leadership* Identify opportunities for innovating with data science, machine learning, and AI that delivers tangible ROI* Define our data technology roadmap, including platforms, tools, and services* Map out our path to grow our data science and analytics capabilities, leveraging our in-house expertise, as well as utilizing external vendors and partnersLeadership: * Directly manage a growing team of professionals with diverse skills, oriented around a mission to deliver data insights:* Thought leadership to develop data intelligence across our senior leaders and data culture across our company* Financial planning for investing in building our capabilities, and for operating our data programsDelivery: * Deliver data science and ML initiatives to Product Management, Engineering, and Bank Success, in a variety of domains, such as: * customer risk rating * financial performance predictions* visual data identification* behavioral prediction* Advise, guide, and mentor the data team on machine learning technologies and approaches* Define, build, and evangelize a common data vocabulary and data dictionary across all business stakeholders* Build data pipelines for analytics; data ingestion and ETL; and data repository management * Continuously scale our platforms and capabilities, without disruption to the businessExperience / Education / Background / Skills* Proven leadership in delivering high-impact data science and data analytics initiatives* 10+ years in data science, data analytics, data engineering, or related field* 5+ years of direct people management * 5+ years direct hands-on experience building--machine learning models, data analytics pipelines, and/or data repositories* Excellent communication skills, with fluency at both the executive level and the individual contributor level* Direct experience and results in financial services a plus* Thoughtful strategic skills combined with timely execution* Ability to effectively utilize consumer data while also embracing security, compliance, and customer privacy* Proven effectiveness in partnering with disparate business disciplines to deliver business value.* Well-tuned emotional intelligenceWorking experience with some or all of:* Python, R, Hive, SQL* Spark or Hadoop ecosystems* ML models (Regression, Clustering, SVM, Neural Nets, etc) * Redshift and AWS big data services (Athena, Kinesis, etc)* Required: Bachelors degree in Data, Comp Sci, Statistics or other related field* Helpful: Advanced Degree, or Data-Related Education/Certifications

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