Data Scientist 1 PayPal

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The Company Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities. Job Description: Your way to impact Your day-to-day Developing strategy through analytics that include understanding of the swap-in and swap-out trade-offs in losses and end user experience. Presentation to senior management within Risk and Business Unit on core strategy changes Monitoring and management fraud events Working with both Risk Product and Business Product organizations on risk control requirements from feature development for strategy implementation to platform orchestration on step-up authentication Partnering with data scientist to develop statistical models as part of tools kits in managing different risks Work is generally self-directed. Works on assignments that are of intermediate complexity with multiple steps in execution, and guided by generally defined processes and project requirements Managing approval rate, complaint rate, and loss target. What Do You Need To Bring Strong analytical skills - ability to build quick estimates using back-of-the-envelope analysis, structure (and, if needed, execute) more complex analyses, pull together business cases with financial support to navigate through multi-dimensional sets of tradeoffs. Enthusiasm for data-driven problem solving within a fast-paced environment is a must. In addition, experience with statistical optimization software, working knowledge of SQL or other relational database languages, and hands-on experience in data analysis involving large data sets are strongly desired. Polished communication and influence skills to collaborate cross-functionally across different global markets with product managers, data scientists, business owners, and customers to learn from various subject-matter experts. Presenting in a clear and concise manner and reach alignment on how to execute risk strategies. Demonstrated ability to influence groups and effectively finding solutions that enable business growth while balancing risk controls. Can-do attitude, team player, energetic personality, ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment to meet deadlines. The successful risk analyst is a self-starter who has the resilience to learn from their mistakes and reach their true potential. Identify glitches in processes and tools and develop and execute solutions to overcome general issues and obstacles with little supervision. Learning in-depth analysis of alternatives and applying specialized knowledge Impact of decision has moderate reach Seeks improvement within defined tasks. Understands, evaluates, and executes improvement ideas from supervisors BS/BA degree with 5+ years of experience or masters degree with 3+ years of experience. Our Benefits: Who We Are: To learn more about our culture and community visit https://about.pypl.com/who-we-are/default.aspx Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please Join our Talent Community. We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please dont hesitate to apply.,