Senior Data Scientist

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What We'll Bring:

At TransUnion, we have a welcoming and energetic environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. We are consistently exploring new technologies and tools to be agile. This environment gives our people the opportunity to hone current skills and build new capabilities, while discovering their genius.

Come be a part of our team – you’ll work with great people, pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.

What You'll Bring:

• Master’s or PhD degree in statistics, applied mathematics, financial mathematics, computer science, engineering, operations research, etc.; or a Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field with 3+ years of experience
• Experience in client-facing roles
• Advanced statistical programming proficiency with R or Python
• Experience with other programming and data manipulation languages (SQL, Hive, Spark, C/C++, Java, Ab Initio)
• Effective communication at multiple levels within and outside the organization
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and creative problem solving skills, with evidence of initiative-taking
• Project and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple assignments effectively
   

We’d Love to See:

• Proven ability to operate independently in a complex and dynamic, matrixed environment
• Familiarity with credit bureau data and solutions
• Work experience in industries served by TransUnion, such as financial services, insurance, fraud, and digital marketing

Impact You'll Make:

• This position is responsible for supporting the development of analytic solutions through consulting engagements for TransUnion’s clients across a broad array of credit, fraud, insurance and marketing business applications. This position requires a general understanding of US financial services risk management practices.
   
• You will partner with internal and external cross-functional teams to drive new business initiatives and deliver long term value added solutions to various TransUnion customers. These tasks will include –among others- the development of predictive models
  and business intelligence solutions of moderate scope and complexity for customers within the various industries served by TransUnion.

• You will lead analytic client engagements involving descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analysis for a variety of business use cases leveraging multiple analytic techniques. As a project leader, you will take ownership of all aspects of the project from design,
  to development, to peer review, to client presentation, to implementation and audit.
   
• You will identify strategies and opportunities for customers to test and adopt TransUnion’s analytic products and services and develop project proposals, sales presentations and promotional collateral to enable the adoption of integrated customer solutions
  supported by TransUnion, applying your practical analytic experience to find areas of new value of TransUnion customers. In the context of these opportunities, you will interact directly with TransUnion Sales and business unit partners and provide an analytic
  perspective and general support as needed.
   
• You will design, write, and test programs for data extraction, segmentation and statistical analysis on large population datasets using languages such as R, Python, SQL, Hive and Spark, formalizing some of these efforts into repeatable process improvements. You will deliver analytic insights and recommendations in succinct and compelling presentations for internal and external customers representing a wide range of backgrounds and levels. You will foster a high performance culture and cultivate an environment that promotes excellence and reflects the TransUnion brand.

This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job resp