Director of Data Science - Lending

Harnham
London
2 days ago
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Director of Data Science - Lending

London

Hybrid

Up to £150,000



The Company


We are recruiting a Director of Data Science for a top lending fintech based in London. They work with a wide range of partners and external sources to make fast, informed credit decisions. The business has grown quickly and is now strengthening its modelling capability to support expansion and improve decision quality.


The Role


As the Director of Data Science, you will be:

• Lead end to end development of underwriting, credit, & fraud models.

• Set modelling standards, regulation requirements and model frameworks.

• Improve model robustness through validation, monitoring and performance tracking.

• Define key modelling concepts, including performance criteria.

• Work closely with product, engineering and commercial teams across multiple markets.

• Managing a team of Data/Decision Scientists


Your Skills and Experience


To be successful as a Director of Data Science, you will need:

• Strong hands on experience building credit or risk models.

• Strong experience developing models in python.

• Confident with techniques such as XGBoost or GBM.

• Ability to link modelling decisions to commercial outcomes.

• Clear communication and strong stakeholder management skills being able to manage both upwards and downwards.

• Experience leading technical teams and setting high development standards.


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