
Sr Manager, Data Science
- Arizona
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead complex data science projects, ensuring they meet business objectives and deliver actionable insights.
- Develop advanced data models and algorithms to analyze large datasets and solve complex business problems.
- Collaborate with senior leadership to identify data-driven opportunities for business growth and efficiency.
- Implement best practices for data management, analysis, and visualization.
- Ensure data governance and compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
- Provide mentorship and technical guidance to the data science team.
- Minimum of 12 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- Previous management experience
- Minimum of six years of experience in the field ofAML transaction monitoring, fraud detection, and AML/CFT
- Minimum of four years of experience working with development, tuning and optimization of AML transaction monitoring rules and reports, by leveraging data and statistical analysis techniques to derive thresholds, identify outliers and utilize statistical sampling techniques to facilitate above-the-line and below-the-line testing
- Thorough understanding of AML typologies, as well as transaction monitoring processes used to mitigate these risk typologies
- Good understanding of transaction monitoring systems – custom built or vendor systems such as Oracle Mantas, Actimize etc. - and the standard monitoring rules/scenarios offered
- Strong research and analytical skills, business acumen, strategic and creative thinking, project leadership skills and multi-tasking capabilities
- Strong SQL skills using tools like Teradata, MS SQL, MySQL, Hadoop, Big Query
- Experience in building and developing models, queries, or software to analyze and visualize data using tools such as Tableau
- Ability to analyze large sets of complex data, draw meaningful conclusions, and make business recommendations based on analysis
- Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to communicate to all levels of the business
- Self-driver with the ability to work with a cross-functional team
- Ability to work in multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced and dynamic financial services environment
- Experience in developing documentation that meets the highest regulatory standards and audit requirements
- Prepare reports and updates to senior management regarding the above activities
- Structure and refine analysis with the goal of distilling insights from the data
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, in dealing with people at all levels of the organization
- Intellectual curiosity, passion for problem-solving, and comfort with ambiguity
- Ability to take initiative and execute against key projects independently
- Ability to thrive in a cross-functional environment while juggling multiple responsibilities
- Strong SQL skills using tools like Teradata, MS SQL, MySQL, Hadoop, Big Query
- Experience in distilling and presenting complex quantitative analysis to business users
- High energy and a desire to work in a results-oriented, fast growth environment
- A passion for understanding and serving the unique community of PayPal