Sr Data Scientist

Why GM Financial?

GM Financial is the wholly owned captive finance subsidiary of General Motors and is headquartered in Fort Worth, U.S. We are a global provider of auto finance solutions, with operations in North America, South America, and the Asia Pacific region. Through our long-standing relationships with auto dealers, we offer attractive retail financing and lease programs to meet the needs of each customer. We also offer commercial lending products to dealers to help them finance and grow their businesses.

At GM Financial, our team members define and shape our culture — an environment that welcomes new ideas, fosters integrity, and creates a sense of community and belonging. Here we do more than work — we thrive.

Our Purpose:  We pioneer the innovations that move and connect people to what matters.

This position will be posted until filled. 

About the role: 

The Senior Data Scientist is responsible for  Implementing the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of predictive/prescriptive/statistical models in originations, collections, risk, pricing, fraud, customer experience and marketing;  Modeling with expertise in forecasting, optimization, data mining, analysis, and analyzing complex datasets;   Conducting studies with the use of descriptive and supervised machine learning methods and advanced statistical methods using innovative and the latest advanced technique and algorithms;  Summarizing, reporting, and providing polished presentations of findings to a variety of internal clients as well as working with other departments to achieve the overall company objectives;  Lead in the production of research and analysis to quantify the impact of internal and external environments on portfolio performance.  The Senior Data Scientist is the subject matter expert with an in-depth knowledge of quantitative methods and diligent knowledge of data sources and tools.

In this role you will: 

• Provides leadership, coaching, and/or mentoring to Data Scientists I and II
• Performs research, analysis, and modeling on organizational data
• Assists in analyzing key metrics and performing data analysis
• Builds technical knowledge to support research and analytic responsibilities including advanced techniques and algorithms
• Conducts research projects, incorporate project design, data collection and analysis, summarizing findings, developing recommendations and effectively communicating to leadership the impact to the business
• Develops and applies algorithms or models to key business metrics with the goal of improving operations or answering business questions
• Presents findings and analysis for use in decision making
• Ensures that the delivered products meet the business needs of the company
• Partners with and provide recommendations to business leadership on the appropriate application of analytics to business strategies and effectively communicate analysis and implications to senior leadership
• Prioritizes tasks and meets project deadlines in a fast paced work environment