Head of Data Science HND / BA / BSc Job
2024-04-01 19:16 Engineering / Technical Lagos 135 viewsJob Details
Location: Lagos
Responsibilities
As the Head of Data Science at M-KOPA you will be, managing a distributed Data Science team in a growing FinTech environment.
Training team members throughout the organization to improve data fluency, and collaborating with the business to allow data-driven decision-making on critical business questions.
Following a hiatus hiring for this role and some internal moves and restructuring we are now back recruiting for this role.
This is a Senior role reporting directly to the CTO. You'll be leading a team of Data Scientists that focus on;
Building mission critical machine learning models for a global-scale financial technology company:
Your experience should definitely include.
Experience building data science models in a consumer lending company, with experience in some combination of credit scoring, repayment forecasting, and/or risk assessment.
Experiencing line-managing data scientists
Requirements
Building models to predict loan repayment or similar financial flows for an active financial portfolio
Consumer Credit/Lending experience
Experience and a high capacity for managing multiple problems and assignments at the same time and delivering high-quality outputs
Proficiency in data mining and data modelling techniques.
ML Ops experience in an Agile environment
Knowledge of machine learning algorithms and their applications in data analysis.
Experience of ML models in Production supporting finance/credit Preferred skills include R, Python, DAX, and PowerBI or similar data visualisation tools (eg. Tableau) Additional skills
Team Management skills, managing a team of full stack Data Scientists that are integrated into consumer Product teams.
A balance of strategic direction, model design, business impact & insights and reviews.
Debt receivables
Application Closing Date
Not Specified
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click apply online
Application Process
Recruiter call 30 mins - an introduction to the process and M-KOPA
Hiring Manager call 45 mins - High level introductions
Technical Assignment
Technical Deep Dive 90 mins - This is where the magic happens
Final Interview - a chance for us all to reflect and make decisions and meet some wider stakeholders in the Business
Company Description
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