Who is recruiting from scratch:
Recruiting from scratch is a premier talent firm that focuses on placing the best product managers, software, and hardware talent at innovative companiesOur team is 100% remote and we work with teams across the united states to help them hireWe work with companies funded by the best investors including sequoia capital, lightspeed ventures, tiger global management, a16z, accel, dfj, and more.
If you are a fit, the team will reach out to you about this role or any others that may be a fit for our clients.
Our client
This role can fit for several of our clients that are looking to hire a senior leader to become their vp of data science and help scale our growing companyIn this role, you`ll oversee the data science and analytics orgs, with responsibility for managing and executing on the roadmap, hiring and scaling the team, and using modeling and analytics to influence our business strategy.
The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, coupled with years of management experience, and ideally prior board exposureWhile your day-to-day will not be primarily spent modeling, the ability to help mentor and dive in to drive modeling efforts forward is expectedFinally, a strong history of hiring and retaining senior talent is desired.
Responsibilities
Build and refine our default and/or pricing models using structured data
Identify, analyze, and acquire new data sources to improve model accuracy
Influence product offerings based on quantitative insights
Become a domain expert in risk and/or pricing
Work experience
You have 8+ years of experience in machine learning or data science, with at least 4 years of management experience
You have a history of hiring and retaining senior talent
You have experience in either r or python
You have a strong understanding of statistical modeling techniques
You demonstrate the ability to clearly communicate analysis
Bonus points for previous credit default modeling experience, risk management experience, and/or real estate pricing (avm) experience
Bonus points for executive or board level experience
