Job Abstract

Description

Citizens’ Enterprise Data & Analytics (ED&A) organization is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to help drive and lead the building, maintaining, and refining of machine-learning capabilities that will unlock sustainable value creation through intelligent product and relationship pricing.

In this role, you will:

• Serve as the lead analytics partner for deposits & relationship pricing, building critical relationships with partners in product, pricing & profitability, finance, data, and technology to collaboratively bring transformational ML capabilities to market
• Own the strategy and roadmap for pricing modeling and experimentation
• Design, develop, deploy, and integrate price elasticity models into pricing and relationship decision engines
• Synthesize analytic findings into recommended actions to improve business outcomes
• Communicate analytical insights as a clear and approachable story, reducing complexity as appropriate for different audiences
• Familiarity with designing experiments, including randomized controlled trials and discrete choice experiments
• Maintain a mindset aligned to Citizens’ commitment to an Agile operating model and to managing ML models as a product

A successful incumbent will have:

• Master’s or PhD degree in statistics, economics, analytics, data science, or related field 
• 3-5 years of experience in preparing raw data for analysis and extracting useful information by applying advanced technical and statistical programming techniques
• Solid command of the theory and application of statistical methods and machine learning algorithms, including causal inference techniques
• Proficient in Python and SQL
• Applied experience with the full model development lifecycle, from design and development to deployment, monitoring, and governance
• A strong sense of intellectual curiosity and ability to thrive and deliver value in an entrepreneurial working environment
• Ability to work in a high-performance professional environment, with quick turn-around and evolving priorities
• Commitment to intellectual rigor and observance of compliance and data privacy controls
• A disciplined approach to making decisions and setting expectations
• Experience working with large datasets (greater than 1 million records) and applying techniques to efficiently manage big data
• Experience working with technical collaboration and project management tools such as Git and Jira (preferred)
• Experience working with financial datasets (preferred)

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of Citizens Bank to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy/childbirth, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability or perceived disability, genetic information, citizenship, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

At Citizens we value diversity, equity and inclusion, and treat everyone with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on experience, performance, and ability. Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender individuals who are transitioning, have transitioned, or are perceived to be transitioning to the gender with which they identify), genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence, family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws.

Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer

Citizens is a brand name of Citizens Bank, N.A. and each of its respective affiliates.