PayPal-posted 2 months ago
Full-time • Executive
Hybrid • Chicago, IL
5,001-10,000 employees
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

We are seeking an accomplished and visionary Senior Director of Data Science to lead and scale our fraud prediction modeling capabilities across PayPal. This strategic role will be responsible for shaping the long-term vision for data-driven fraud prevention, guiding multiple teams of data scientists, and partnering with senior stakeholders across product, engineering, and operations. You will own the roadmap for fraud decisioning models spanning identity, onboarding, authentication, abuse, scam, and product-specific vectors. This is a high-impact leadership role, ideal for a candidate with deep expertise in machine learning and fraud analytics, a passion for innovation, and a proven ability to influence at the executive level.

  • Define and drive the strategic vision for machine learning initiatives at the organizational level.
  • Lead the development and optimization of state-of-the-art machine learning models.
  • Oversee the preprocessing and analysis of large datasets.
  • Deploy and maintain ML solutions in production environments.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate ML models into products and services.
  • Monitor and evaluate the performance of deployed models, making necessary adjustments.
  • Mentor and guide junior engineers and data scientists.
  • Publish research findings and contribute to industry discussions.
  • Represent the company at conferences and external engagements.
  • Influence the direction of the company's AI/ML strategy and contribute to long-term planning.
  • Minimum of 18 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum of 5 years management experience
  • flexible work environment
  • employee shares options
  • health and life insurance
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