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Manager - Data Science @ American Express

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 Manager - Data Science

Job Description

You Lead the Way. we've Got Your Back.
With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. 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.
At American Express, you'll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company s success. 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.
Join Team Amex and lets lead the way together.
How will you make an impact in this role?
Model Risk Management Group (MRMG) within Global Risk and Compliance Group, is responsible for the independent
risk management of all American Express (AXP) models.
Purpose of the Role:
The successful candidate will be responsible to manage and controls model risk, specifically associated to the next generation Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning based models. This role will elevate model excellence, strengthen long term shareholder value, and adapt to the changing landscape of both model development innovation, external environment and heightened regulatory expectations.
The specific responsibilities include:
  • Conduct independent oversight of enterprise-wide models with a focus on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning based models for credit, fraud, or other business/ risk types.
  • Conduct gap assessments and establish robust framework to strengthen model risk controls and meet heightened
    regulatory standards
  • Conduct research to explore opportunities to elevate model excellence and drive business impact
  • Seek and incorporate external perspective in day-to-day work and projects
  • Communicating results to partners, senior leadership and various model committees
Critical Factors to Success:
  1. Business Outcomes:
    Effectively challenge the conceptual soundness, theory and approach, purpose/usages of predictive models
    Maximize business returns by institutionalizing efficient and accurate models.
    Innovate modeling techniques and variable creation
    Ensure modeling accuracy and enhance modeling efficiency in existing processes using Machine Learning
  2. Leadership Outcomes:
    Put enterprise thinking first, connect the role s agenda to enterprise priorities and balance the needs of customers,
    partners, colleagues & shareholders.
    Lead with an external perspective, challenge status quo and bring continuous innovation to our existing offerings
    Demonstrate learning agility, make decisions quickly and with the highest level of integrity
    Lead with a digital mindset and deliver the world s best customer experiences every day
Past Experience: 0-2 years experience in credit and fraud analytics, machine learning or both
Academic Background: B.tech / B.Eng, MBA, masters Degree In Economics, Statistics Or Related Fields From Top Tier Institute
Functional Skills/Capabilities:
  • Hands-on model development or validation experience.
  • Strong Analytical and Relationship and project management skills for driving validation initiatives.
  • Experience in applying advanced statistical and/or quantitative techniques to solve business problems is preferred.
  • Good Verbal, Written, Interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a team environment.
  • Willingness to Collaborate with Cross-Functional teams to drive validation and Project Execution.
  • Effectively communicating complex Analytical results to Business Partners and Senior Management.
  • Flexibility and Adaptability to Work Within tight deadlines and changing priorities.
Technical Skills/Capabilities:
  • Experience with at-least one of the data manipulation tools such as R, Python, SQL and SAS is a must have.
  • Data Science/ Machine Learning/ Artificial Intelligence, Expertise in Coding, Supervised and Unsupervised Techniques - active learning, transfer learning, neural models, decision trees, reinforcement learning, graphical models, Gaussian processes, Bayesian models, map reduce techniques, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, Deep Learning, Text Mining Algorithms.
Behavioral Skills/Capabilities: Enterprise Leadership Behaviors:
  • Set The Agenda : Define What Winning Looks Like, Put Enterprise Thinking First, Lead with an External Perspective
  • Bring Others With You : Build the Best Team, Seek & Provide Coaching Feedback, Make Collaboration Essential
  • Do It The Right Way : Communicate Frequently, Candidly & Clearly, Make Decisions Quickly & Effectively, Live the Blue Box Values, Great Leadership Demands Courage
  • Competitive base salaries
  • Bonus incentives
  • Support for financial-we'll-being and retirement
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
  • Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
  • Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
  • Free access to global on-site we'llness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
  • Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
  • Career development and training opportunities

Job Classification

Industry: Financial Services
Functional Area / Department: Data Science & Analytics
Role Category: Data Science & Machine Learning
Role: Manager - Data Science
Employement Type: Full time

Contact Details:

Company: American Express
Location(s): Noida, Gurugram

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Keyskills:   Text mining Career development SAS Finance Analytical Artificial Intelligence Machine learning Risk management SQL

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