Director of Data Science

Job Summary

Leading a team of over 25 data professionals, the remote full-time Director of Data Science will own the data strategy and model performance across Identity and Financial Crime domains, ensuring data quality and driving fraud detection initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Define, generate, and ensure the quality of data across Identity and Financial Crime domains, establishing accountability for data integrity
• Oversee the development, deployment, and monitoring of fraud detection models, maintaining model performance in production
• Collaborate with engineering and data teams to set standards for data production and promote a culture of ownership and accountability

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of technical experience in a hybrid IC/management role, with a track record of leading data organizations of 15-25 people
• Demonstrated experience in managing mixed technical teams, including Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers, and Analytics Engineers
• Proven ownership of data quality at scale, with experience in contracts, observability, and semantic consistency
• Fluency with modern analytics engineering practices and production ML in real-time contexts
• Direct experience leading teams in FinCrime/Fraud or Identity engineering/data science domains