Senior Data Scientist

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Description

Position summary: Would you like to make the most of your talent to improve our client experience?

Then keep reading!

Your role: Your mission will be clear and straightforward: use data to improve our understanding of clients, optimize growth strategies, and help improve marketing initiatives.

• Integrate, explore, transform and analyze data from different sources and work environments, such as SAS, Databricks, Snowflake, Azure, AWS and Oracle
• Develop relevant analytics solutions (exploratory analysis, profiling, segmentation, predictive models for propensity, cross-selling, up-selling, attrition and recommendation) in order to solve complex business problems
• Extract useful knowledge and insights, offer recommendations and propose action plans aligned with strategic objectives and business priorities
• Prepare and deliver clear and informative presentations to a variety of audiences at all levels
• Support the product and marketing strategy teams in creating and developing initiatives
• Identify opportunities to implement analytics initiatives to improve the client experience
  

A career in IT at National Bank means contributing to the technology transformation and having a direct impact on clients. As a Senior Data Scientist, you’ll be part of our Client Data Enhancement team, whose mission is to accelerate client acquisition and make the client-centric approach a reality within the Bank. You will report to the Manager – Client Intelligence and Advanced Analytics, Strategy and Transactional, and will play a key role in data use and enhancement using modern tools and approaches in advanced analytics and artificial intelligence.

Qualifications

Required competencies:

• A bachelor’s degree in statistics, engineering, sciences, mathematics or a related field and 5 years of relevant experience OR a master’s degree in a related field and 3 years of relevant experience
• In-depth knowledge and solid skills in data science methods and techniques, including segmentation, clustering, classification, regression, time series, neural networks, deep learning, etc.
• Excellent programming skills and experience, including with SQL, SAS and Python
• Experience in cloud computing: Databricks, and Snowflake on Azure and AWS
• Excellent communication skills and ability to explain concepts in plain language
• Strong analytical mindset
• Good business intuition and initiative
• Bilingualism, both spoken and written (English and French)
  

Preferred Competencies

• Business knowledge of Personal Banking, cards, payments and transaction accounts and experience using transactional data
• Advanced knowledge of data science, programming languages and cloud development environments
• Intense curiosity and passion for learning and excellent ability to explain your work to non-technical audiences
  

Your Benefits

Upon hiring, you’ll be eligible for a wide range of benefits. In addition to competitive compensation, we offer attractive benefits for you and your family:

• Health and wellness program, including many benefits
• Flexible group insurance
• Defined benefit pension plan
• Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Preferential banking services
• Community involvement program
• Telemedicine
• Virtual sleep clinic
  

These are just some of the many benefits we offer. Due to the current pandemic, our entire team is working remotely. We’ve also rolled out several additional measures to ensure your health, safety, and wellbeing during the pandemic.

People first

We’re a bank on a human scale that stands out for its courage, entrepreneurial culture, and passion for people. Our mission is to have a positive impact on people’s lives.

Our core values of partnership, agility, and empowerment inspire us, and inclusivity is central to our commitments. We offer a barrier-free workplace that’s accessible to all employees.

We want our recruitment process to be fully accessible. If you require accommodation, feel free to let us know during our initial conversations.

We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?

Are you ready to live your ambitions?