Principal Data Scientist

Drive significant business value and innovation by spearheading our most critical machine learning initiatives and establishing a center of excellence for the data science practice. This is more than a modeling role; you will be a thought leader and a key driver in our journey to operationalize advanced analytics. Your work will directly influence customer growth, product strategy, and marketing effectiveness, tangibly impacting our revenue and our customers' financial lives. As a hands-on leader, you will own high-impact initiatives from concept to production, setting the standard for how data science creates value at Self. Examples include revolutionizing Marketing & Partnership Strategy, engineering Next Best Action & Communication, and predicting/preventing Customer Churn. You will also lead with an AI-First Mindset and mature a Center of Excellence, partnering closely with leaders in Credit Risk, MLOps, and Architecture to define and implement company-wide standards for the entire ML lifecycle.