Data Science Manager at Renmoney

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Department: Decision Science

The Position

• Currently we are seeking to expand our fast-growing team and we are looking for a Data Science Manager to join us.
• The successful candidate will help us build and improve upon our customer decisioning strategy and journey.

Job Description
We are the Place For You, If:

• You’re excited about technology and the future, and you’re looking for a place to learn and grow.
• You care a lot about detail and pride yourself in impeccable execution.
• You can collect and analyze lots of data and feed in just the right amount of intuition to make sound decisions.
• You are ready to work extremely hard, at a fast pace, to achieve audacious goals.
• You love to speak up, ask questions and are comfortable challenging anyone or any idea.

Responsibilities

• Transform business cases to data science (DS) tasks
• Identify (DS) opportunities based on data availability
• Support and lead the team regarding technical innovation – algorithms, tools, etc.
• Manage a team of junior and mid-level data scientists assuring the quality and relevance of their output
• Hands-on statistical programming
• Ability to deliver complex analytical output to a non-expert audience with a stress on insights and action items
• Knowledge sharing.

Requirements
Required:

• University Degree or equivalent standard with a high numeric content: Statistics, Econometrics, Business Administration / Economics, Mathematics, Finance e.t.c.
• Independent person that can work and deliver projects on their own
• Experience with the following software tools – R, Python or similar
• 4+ years of experience in the analytics field – very strong statistical background along with portfolio of business cases solved leveraging advanced analytics techniques
• 2+ years in managing people, teams & projects.

Preferred:

• Experience with hands-on credit risk scorecards development
• Domain knowledge in the Credit Risk working for a banking or non-banking financial institution
• Experience working and managing people under agile

This job is perfect for you if you:

• Enjoy adding structure and developing approaches to ambiguous problems
• Are a self-starter, take initiative, work collaboratively and can self-manage in ambiguity
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Are numbers-savvy and very detail oriented but still enjoy the day-to-day human interactions.

You will not enjoy this job if you:

• Work best in structured, hierarchical settings
• Require clear, pre-set deliverables and constant direction
• Are used to working in/with a large team.

What’s in it For You

• You’ll receive competitive compensation and work with amazing people.
• You’ll work in a beautiful environment with a flat structure and solve complex, real-world challenges.