Amex | Hiring | Director-Data Science | BigDataKB.com | 2022-09-09

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Functional Description:

The Credit and Fraud Risk Team of American Express is looking for a Director to lead and develop a diverse team of high-performing risk professionals to build, implement and enhance predictive models for Global Commercial (Issuer and /or Merchant) portfolios at American Express.

Key responsibilities:

• Planning and delivering of high performing models, meeting agreed deadlines and ensuring accurate, efficient implementation of models in production systems
• Learning industry developments and best practices, conducting research and development to incorporate best in class modelling methodologies and share with the team
• Performing annual reviews, performance monitoring reviews, retrains and remediation activity on models as required
• Ensuring all deliveries conform to AXP’s Model Risk Governance Framework and regulatory requirements and producing robust, clear documentation
• Lead, engage, and inspire a large team of high performing risk management professionals in US and India

• Six or more years of experience in credit or fraud risk analytics in a Financial Services company- preferably in commercial credit risk or merchant acquirer risk analytics
• Excellent analytical skills helping to develop and implement predictive machine learning models on large data sets in Hadoop environments using tools such as Hive, Python, and SQL
• Deep knowledge of commercial business and AXP risk capabilities
• Strong analytical skills and an innovative approach to solving both practical and theoretical business problems
• Intellectual curiosity, adaptability in a dynamic environment, and an ability to re-engineer long-standing processes and infrastructure
• Strong people leader and team player with a demonstrated ability to develop team members and create highly effective and results-driven culture
• Strong relationship management and proven track record of positively collaborating and partnering with stakeholders

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.