Remote Data Scientist Manager

Overview

Join one of the nation's fastest-growing mortgage teams. At Penfed, our people are our greatest advantage. As we grow rapidly, we want to hire the industry's leading talent. If you are up for the challenge, you belong here.

PenFed is hiring a Remote Data Scientist Manager at one of the following locations: Dallas, Texas; and Frisco, Texas. The primary purpose of this job is to develop and evaluate models associated with PenFed's mortgage lending and servicing functions to quantify the organization's lending opportunity, fulfillment performance, market penetration, and evaluate the performance of established controls with guidance from management. Incumbent provides statistical input for the development and implementation of policies, plans, and programs related to mortgage origination and servicing portfolio monitoring. This position will also manage the timely and accurate information delivery to the various business partners within mortgage... division.

Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties and the position will perform other duties as assigned.

• Manage and mentor a small team of data analytics professionals, associates, and seniors. Manage the assignments and workload of all team members.
• Act as the subject matter expert for all of Real Estate data.
• Promote innovative ways to visualize and digest complex data. Articulate, draft and compose accurate and detailed business requirements based upon future state analysis and design.
• Identify opportunities to analyze business data with a consistent focus on increasing the ability of business team to make data-driven decisions.
• Interact with and advises Management regarding origination and servicing issues; formulates product and operational strategy recommendations, and evaluates the operational risk in the overall loan manufacturing process.
• Managed statistical and regression model development, validation and operationalization process. Ensure that business requiremetns are satisfactory met and adequate measurement feedback loops are impmemented.
• Autonomous end-to-end statistical model creation, including but not limited to identifying objectives, compiling data, sampling/prepping data, feature selection, model comparison/selection, deployment and monitoring. Ensures adequate internal control processes around model development, implementation and validation are established.
• Develop statistical models using advanced regression for production forecast, custom risk/performance scorecards with guidance, including but not limited to compiling data, sampling/prepping data, feature selection, model comparison/selection and monitoring.
• Coordinate with other analysts, project managers and executives in real estate division as well as other divisions of credit union to ensure work requests are completed timely and accurately. Will be assisting in developing and mentoring other analysts on the team
• Development, monitoring and maintenance of performance scorecards using machine learning and statistical method. Recommends and implements model changes to improve performance of origination functions.
• Apply intermediate to advanced knowledge of financial processes and procedures, and routine modeling theories and techniques to create effective modeling solutions for a single or multiple business functions.
• Participate in corporate projects as requested
• Keep informed of new ideas and academic research within the industry, best practices, and regulatory developments through publications, membership in professional organizations and contact with other financial institutions
• Assist management with maintaining PenFed's compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances by abiding by PenFed compliance program and all policies, procedures, rules and regulations

Qualifications

Equivalent combination of education and experience is considered.

• Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Economics, Mathematics Required. Master Degree (or progress toward a Masters) in a quantitative discipline is highly preferred.
• Three to five (3-5) years of Supervisory/Assistant manager experience. Strong Leadership skills.
• Five years related work experience. Experience in using data to illustrate business performance, options and risks. Strong ability to develop materials and explain data to technical and non-technical end users of all levels of the company, from operational to C-level audiences.
• Effective listening, critical thinking and analytical skills. Ability to understand business needs and translate them into technical specifications.
• Applied experience with Logistic Regression, Linear Regression, Time Series Analysis, Decision Trees, and Cluster Analysis.
• Applied experience with Business Intelligence/Data Visualization tools (e.g., Tableau).
• Advanced programming skills to include knowledge of statistical programs (e.g. SQL, SAS, Python, and R).
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and implement rapid changes in project direction.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills, high competency in balancing multiple projects. Proven project management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication and organizational skills required with ability to work with all management levels.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position will not supervise employees.

Licenses and Certifications

There are no additional certifications required.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an indoor office setting with moderate noise.

• Most roles require working in an office setting with moderate noise and the ability to lift 25 pounds.*

Travel

Limited travel to various worksites is required.

Special Message Regarding COVID 19

PenFed is continuing to hire and train exceptional individuals to help us serve our 2 million members both here and around the world. In light of the current situation with novel coronavirus (COVID-19), we have modified our hiring, onboarding, training, and deployment protocols in order to comply with current local and state guidance around social distancing.

About Us

Established in 1935, PenFed today is one of the country's strongest and most stable financial institutions with over 2 million members and over $26 billion in assets. We serve members in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Guam, Puerto Rico and Okinawa. We are federally insured by NCUA and we are an Equal Housing Lender. We are available to members worldwide, via the web, seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day.

We provide our employees with a lucrative benefits package including robust medical, dental and vision plan options, plenty of paid time off, 401k with employer match, on-site fitness facilities at our larger locations, and more.

Equal Employment Opportunity

PenFed management will maintain and observe personnel policies which will not discriminate or permit harassment or retaliation against a person because of race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, military or veteran status or obligation, the presence of a physical and/or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, and all statuses protected by applicable state or local law in all recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, overtime, position classifications, work assignments, facilities, promotions, transfers, employee treatment, and in all other terms and conditions of employment. PenFed will also prohibit retaliation against individuals for raising a complaint of discrimination or harassment or participating in an investigation of same.

PenFed will also reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can apply for a job or perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to PenFed. Contact human resources (HR) with any questions or requests for accommodation at 240-224-4256.

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