Senior Data Science Analyst at Discover

Discover. A brighter future.
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Job Description
Responsible for working closely with management to execute analytical initiatives. Responsible for solving business problems by leveraging techniques such as segmentation, optimization, advanced analytics and machine learning. Creates reports and dashboards to closely monitor performance metrics and provide insights.
What You'll Do

Work closely with management to execute analytical initiatives.


Solve business problems by leveraging techniques such as segmentation, optimization, advanced analytics and machine learning.


Create reports and dashboards to closely monitor performance metrics and provide insights.

How You'll Do It

Develop advanced analytics solutions including customer segmentation, optimization, test & design of experiments and prescriptive analytics to solve business problems. Operate as a subject matter expert on statistical analysis, test and design of experiment, analysis methodology, modeling & application and financial impact analysis.


Collaborate with cross-functional partners to understand their business needs, formulated and completed end-to-end analysis that includes data gathering, analysis, ongoing scaled deliverables and presentations. Deliver effective presentations of findings and recommendations to multiple levels of leadership, creating visual displays of quantitative information.


Establish and maintain effective performance tracking; identify improvement opportunity, form hypothesis, propose, design and implement tests to drive strategy enhancement and optimization.


Manage multiple priorities, communicate business performance and project progress to management & business partners.


Develop and automate reports, iteratively build and prototype dashboards to provide insights at scale, solving for analytical needs. Facilitate implementation of work product and ensure accuracy.


Consistently follow standard work processes and documentation requirements. Recommend improvement to work processes to increase efficiency while maintaining quality of work. Continuously improve technical and leadership skills through training and development.

Qualifications You'll Need
The Basics

Bachelor’s Degree in Analytics, Engineering, Statistics or related field


2+ years of experience in Credit Risk, Fraud Risk, Marketing Analytics, Optimization, Operations Analytics, Modeling/Data Science or related field

Bonus Points If You Have

Master’s Degree in Analytics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or related field


Experience in Credit Risk, Fraud Risk, Marketing Analytics, Optimization, Operations Analytics, Modeling/Data Science or related field

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