Manager-Data Science

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Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

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Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day.

And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

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How we serve our customers is constantly evolving and is a challenge we gladly accept. Whether you’re finding new ways to prevent identity fraud or enabling customers to start a new business, you can work with one of the most valuable data sets in the world to identify insights and actions that can have a meaningful impact on our customers and our business.

And, with opportunities to learn from leaders who have defined the course of our industry, you can grow your career and define your own path.

Find your place in risk and analytics on #TeamAmex.

How will you make an impact in this role?

This position is in the Data Science team for enterprise personalization. The selected candidate will be responsible for analytics on expansion of the Personalization product across placements and channels along with data science research on algorithm and levers driving the product.

This role will work on several analytics initiatives to identify opportunities to enhance the levers for the product and to identify the gaps in the existing framework.

We are looking for candidates who have knowledge and practical experience in statistical analytics, data science and who possesses a passion for innovation and data exploration.

The role also requires close partnership with marketing ,product and tech teams to drive the initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Masters in a quantitative field (Statistics, Mathematics, Operation Research, Computer Science and etc.) with at least 3+ years of work experience leveraging sophisticated analytical and data science techniques to drive business results.
• Strong quantitative skills with a solid understanding of statistics.
• Expertise in an analytical language (Python, R, or the equivalent), and experience with databases (Hive, SQL, or the equivalent).
• Prior experience working with very large datasets using Big Data tools and platforms (Hadoop, Spark, or the equivalent).

Experience working in UNIX / Linux and distributed computing environments.

Strong relationship building, management and influencing skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Creativity to go beyond current tools to construct and deliver the best solution to the problem.
• Ability and comfort with working independently and making key decisions on projects.
• Demonstrated ability to frame business problems into mathematical programming problems, leverage external thinking and tools (to engineer a solvable solution to deliver business insights.

Salary Range : $90,000.00 to $165,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include :

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities
30+ days ago