Lead Data Scientist - Finance Technology

Lead Data Scientist - Finance Technology Jersey City, NJ, United States Job Information Job Identification: 210635777 Job Category: Predictive Science Business Unit: Consumer & Community Banking Posting Date: 06/23/2025, 10:13 PM Locations: 545 Washington Blvd, Jersey City, NJ, 07310, US 880 Powder Mill Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19803, US Job Schedule: Full time Job Shift: Day Base Pay/Salary: Jersey City,NJ $142,500.00-$210,000.00 Job Description Join our Finance Technology team to build world-class AI/ML solutions for finance processes and drive significant business impact by tackling diverse challenges across multiple technologies and applications. As a Lead Data Scientist in our Finance Technology team, you will play a pivotal role in building and delivering cutting-edge AI/ML solutions that enhance our finance processes. Your deep technical expertise and problem-solving skills will drive significant business impact, as you work on diverse challenges across multiple technologies and applications. Collaborate with business users and technology partners to identify and execute machine learning opportunities, while managing a global team of data scientists and engineers. Job Responsibilities: Build and train production-grade ML models on large-scale datasets to solve business use cases. Utilize large-scale data processing frameworks to extract value from structured and unstructured data. Apply Deep Learning models like NLP, LLM, and Gen AI for summarization, forecasting, and anomaly detection. Conduct data modeling experiments, evaluate against baselines, and extract key statistical insights. Create data models using best practices to ensure high data quality and reduced redundancy. Stay current on industry trends and adopt the latest methodologies into existing implementations. Present and market proposed solutions to senior business and technology colleagues. Collaborate closely with business users to identify and execute machine learning opportunities. Work with the team and other technology partners on ML Ops aspects. Manage a global team of data scientists and data engineers. Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or Data Science. 12+ years of experience as a data scientist. Experience with machine learning techniques and advanced analytics (e.g., regression, classification, clustering, time series, econometrics, causal inference, mathematical optimization, NLP). Experience with LLM and Gen AI. Experience with Agentic workflows. Proficiency in ML languages such as Python, SQL, Scala. Experience with statistical techniques - i.e., data mining, data transformations, text mining, data visualization. Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills: Familiarity with Financial Services. Experience building ML models in a cloud environment. Experience with Big Data Platforms such as Hadoop. Outstanding written/verbal communication and presentation skills. Comfort with ambiguity and proven ability to structure problems. Team-oriented collaborator. We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation. Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans #J-18808-Ljbffr