Head of Data Science HND / BA / BSc Job

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

M-KOPA is a fast-growing FinTech company offering millions of underbanked customers across Africa access to life-enhancing products and services. From our roots as the pioneer in pay-as-you-go PayGo solar energy for off grid homes, we have grown into one of the most advanced connected asset financing platforms in the world, empowering a broad range of customers to achieve progress in their lives.
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