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Lead Data Scientist

Chicago, Illinois, US💼 Full-time💰 $100,000–$100,000🗓 2026-08-27 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead analytic client engagements to deliver predictive risk management and business intelligence solutions for B2B customers in the US financial services segment.

Role type

Senior IC Lead Data Scientist (Financial Services)

Builds

Predictive risk management and business intelligence solutions for credit card issuers, auto & mortgage lenders, collections agencies, and retail banks.

Domain

Financial Services / Risk Management

Deliverable

production ML models | dashboards & analysis | client delivery

Required skills

Predictive modeling, statistical analysis, client engagement, project management, mentorship, data extraction, segmentation, presentation design

Preferred skills

Industry trend analysis, proactive opportunity identification

Technologies

R, SAS, SQL, Hive, Pig, Python, C/C++, Java, Linux, PC, mainframe, Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

Partner with cross-functional teams to drive new business initiatives; lead analytic client engagements using descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analysis; design and write programs for data extraction and statistical analysis on large datasets; deliver analytic insights and recommendations to executive audiences; develop project proposals and sales presentations; identify strategies for customer adoption of analytic products; provide mentorship to junior colleagues

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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