Senior Analyst-Data Science - job 2 of 4

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

How we serve our customers is constantly evolving and is a challenge we gladly accept. Whether you’re finding new ways to prevent identity fraud or enabling customers to start a new business, you can work with one of the most valuable data sets in the world to identify insights and actions that can have a meaningful impact on our customers and our business. And, with opportunities to learn from leaders who have defined the course of our industry, you can grow your career and define your own path. Find your place in risk and analytics on #TeamAmex.

We are a global services company and the world’s largest card issuer. Our direct relationships with many millions of consumers, businesses and merchants worldwide – combined with our leading-edge marketing, information management and rewards capabilities – enable us to offer an array if valuable services that enrich lives, build business success, encourage financial responsibility and create communities of people with common interests.

As part of our global Decision Science team, you will use industry-leading modeling and AI practices to predict customers’ behavior and create smart and innovative strategies that advance the way we do business. We develop, deploy and validate predictive models and support the use of models in economic logic to enable profitable decisions across credit, fraud, marketing and servicing optimization engines.

We seek a thought leader and a problem-solver who can blend business, technical, and industry best practices when it comes to developing the analyses, models, and algorithms that power our customers’ experiences. If you’re interested in getting to know all areas of our business and can translate our business needs into remarkable solutions, you should consider pursuing a career in Data Science at American Express.

Job Responsibilities

The role will entail some of the responsibilities listed below:

• Work with large amounts of data and sophisticated tools in an industry-leading Big Data environment to derive business insights and create innovative solutions
• Partner with Risk and Marketing Strategy teams to design, develop and implement models for emerging opportunities with Machine Learning techniques.
• Communicate the usage of various modeling algorithms and results to senior leaders and business partners.
• Collaborate with tech partners to test, implement and deploy modeling solutions to the production system.

Qualifications and Skills Required:

• Master’s degree in computer science, statistics, data science, artificial intelligence, applied mathematics, or a related field.
• Expertise in an analytical language (Python, R or the equivalent), and experience with databases (Hive, SQL) and cloud computing environment.
• Hands-on experience in machine learning algorithm development or application.
• Prior professional experience or internships in data science are preferred.
• Ability to drive project deliverables to achieve business results.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to learn quickly and work independently on sophisticated, unstructured initiatives, with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional business partners worldwide.
• Knowledge of MS Office: PowerPoint, Excel.

Salary Range: $55,000.00 to $105,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
• Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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