Job Description

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With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and each other. Here, youxe2x80x99ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey thatxe2x80x99s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.At American Express, youxe2x80x99ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impactxe2x80x94every colleague has the opportunity to share in the companyxe2x80x99s success. Together, wexe2x80x99ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the worldxe2x80x99s best customer experience every day. And wexe2x80x99ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.Functional Description
Decision Science colleagues will serve as a key member of the Credit and Fraud Risk organization. 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 customersxe2x80x99 digital experiences.This critical team is responsible for managing enterprise risks throughout the customer lifecycle, across our consumer and commercial businesses, and across all our global products. We develop industry-first data capabilities, build profitable decision-making frameworks, create machine learning-powered predictive models, and improve customer servicing strategies.Our Decision Science teams use industry leading modeling and AI practices to predict customer behavior. 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.Responsibilities:

• Work with massive amounts of digital data (Web, App, API) and sophisticated tools in an industry leading Big Data environment.
• Planning and delivering of high performing models, meeting agreed deadlines and ensuring accurate, efficient implementation of models in production systems
• Learning industry developments and best practices, conducting research and development to incorporate best in class modelling methodologies and share with the team
• Performing annual reviews, performance monitoring reviews, retrains and remediation activity on models as required
• Build everything from basic reports to advanced machine learning models and algos to drive improvements to our customerxe2x80x99s online and mobile app experiences.
• Work with product owners to revolutionize the product and content design with a data-driven approach
• Collaborate with tech partners to test, implement and deploy modeling solutions to production system.
• Develop insights into customer behavior and introduce new approaches to transform complex behavioral data into actionable information
• Leverage the power of closed loop through Amex network to make decisions more intelligent and relevant
• Innovate with a focus on developing newer and better approaches using big data & machine learning solutions
• Lead, engage, and inspire a large team of high performing risk management professionals

Qualifications:

• PhDs in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Operation Research and etc.) with hands-on experience leveraging sophisticated analytical and machine learning techniques. PhD degree with practical experiences NLP is a significant plus.
• Expertise in an analytical language (Python, R or the equivalent), and experience with databases (Hive, SQL, or the equivalent). Knowledge of SAS is a plus but not required.
• Deep understanding of machine learning/statistical algorithms such as deep learning and boosting. Experience with data visualization is a plus
• Demonstrated ability to frame business problems into mathematical programming problems, leverage external thinking and tools (from academia and/or other industries) to engineer a solution and deliver business insights.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Independent thinker whoxe2x80x99s organized, has great attention to detail, and can multi-task
• Strong communication skills
• Strong people leader and team player with a demonstrated ability to develop team members and create highly effective and results-driven culture
• Strong relationship management and proven track record of positively collaborating and partnering with stakeholders
• Ability to learn quickly and work independently with sophisticated, unstructured initiatives
• Ability to integrate with cross-functional business partners worldwide
• Proficient in presentation tools, including Excel and PowerPoint

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• Support for financial-well-being and retirement
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
• 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

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

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