Data Risk Strategy Specialist

Job Summary

As a full-time Data Risk Strategy Specialist working remotely, the candidate will serve as a trusted subject matter expert in data and risk, collaborating with data scientists and engineers to optimize data pipelines and enhance risk decision-making processes.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as a liaison between data consumers and engineering teams, translating business and risk requirements into clear data needs
• Partner with data engineering teams to design and improve data pipelines that support risk analytics and modeling
• Establish best practices for feature development and promote the reuse of existing features within the feature store ecosystem

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in data, analytics, or risk-related fields, preferably in financial services
• Strong understanding of data ecosystems, including ETL/ELT processes and data governance
• Advanced SQL skills with experience in handling large, complex datasets
• Experience working with feature stores or similar analytics infrastructure
• Knowledge of credit risk, fraud risk, or other financial services risk domains